Is there a way to indicate the number of repetitions for a specific macro?

Discussion & Questions
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Let's say I set up a macro with a set of 6 (different key strokes that happen one after the other), is there a way to insert an action at the very end that tells BTT to repeat this macro "x" amount of times? Does something like this exist?

2

The easiest would be to create a "named trigger" and assign the actions to that. Then assign the "Run Real Java Script" action to execute that named trigger multiple times:

(async ()=> {
    await callBTT('trigger_named', {trigger_name: 'your_trigger_name'});
    await callBTT('trigger_named', {trigger_name: 'your_trigger_name'});
    await callBTT('trigger_named', {trigger_name: 'your_trigger_name'});
    await callBTT('trigger_named', {trigger_name: 'your_trigger_name'});
    await callBTT('trigger_named', {trigger_name: 'your_trigger_name'});
    returnToBTT("");
})();

Of course you can also use a for loop here:

(async ()=> {
    for(var x=0; x<10; x++)  {
       await callBTT('trigger_named', {trigger_name: 'your_trigger_name'});
    }
    returnToBTT("");
})();

Here is a more detailed example on how to use the "Run Real Java Script" action:

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3

Thanks so much Andreas, I'm going to have to read through everything and try and work it out!

4

Ok, I tried doing this but I guess I'm missing something... I've attached screenshots which show exactly how I set things up. Hopefully you can point me in the right direction because I'm obviously doing something wrong somewhere...

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5

Ok I've managed to get it to work in a different way, turns out I wasn't using the correct Action, needed to use "Trigger Named Trigger" instead... then I simply created multiples of the same Action as you'll notice from my screenshot :joy:

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Everything is working now the way I wanted it to but I'd still like to know how to get it to work with the Javascript code you mentioned. Also, what I would actually really prefer is a pop up box that pops up and asks me to type in the number of repetitions before executing the actions, since sometimes I would like it to repeat 4 times, sometimes 5 times, etc... this varies depending on the project I'm working on. Any way to do this?

EDIT: Just tested this Named Trigger thing on a few different projects, it seems like some of the key strokes in the Named Trigger are sometimes "skipped over" and I'm not exactly sure why?

6

Any help?