Guten Morgen!
It could be any other App receiving Shortcuts.
Maybe I am wrong, but I thought this feature was made for this? @Andreas_Hegenberg
I think this is a real benefit for my workflows, as I can sum up many shortcuts in a logical way:
Z will always be for shortcuts regarding Zoom
A will be always be for shortcuts regarding Automation
Right now, all those shortcuts are kind a logical sorted on my keyboard. But with 3000 shortcuts you run into problems
Key Sequences in general don't override the default behavior of keys. This means if the app has internal shortcuts for Z and for 1 they will always also be executed.
There are ways to workaround that, e.g. by defining some key sequence that starts the predefined action "Start Blocking Keyboard Input"
Maybe post a few screenshots of what you tried to setup, it's a bit hard to understand for me right now
Apologize Andreas. I find it hard to describe in english.
Pic1: Z ist already in use.
Pic2: Recall Zoom 1-3 is triggered by keys 5-7.
This isn't intuitive! But 1-3 is used for other stuff. I thought, with your trigger I could make this work:
I press Z and within 1-2 sek I press 1 or 2 or 3. What I get is Recall Zoom 1, 2 or 3.
No triggering of other shortcuts.
The problem is that key sequences do not block events by default. Thus if you press z, that key will always reach LogicPro first - and because of that will trigger the associated action in LogicPro.
Same for the 1,2 or 3 key.
This is hard to solve, you could disable/change the shortcuts in LogicPro and trigger the functions from equivalent key sequences, but I doubt this is what you want.
Oh, this makes me feel sad now. That was just a too short gamechanger moment with BTT.
True, Frank, thanks for pointing out. But changing ca. 30-60 key commands isn't what I am after
I wish there would be another possibility as it is amazing to just memorize the first letter of an action (or a menu) and then press a key for the submenu.
I thought, that BTT can do sequences as I need them.
This feature is super handy. Think on this:
Using 10 shortcuts just for zoom operation, all over your keyboard, it is hard to memorize! Using sequences is for me like a container.
Example from my daily work:
Me: I need to do something in the field of zooming that region vertically aligned with the arrangement.
Brain: Woah, was it ctrl+option+1 or shift+5. Ăh, should I check the preferences? Chaos, time consumption, energy loss.
Sequences say: Hey! Why don't you press "Z" for Zoom and then you have the whole keyboard up for new shortcuts! You need "align"? Easy: Press "Z" to activate the Zoom-Container. Now press "A" for "aligned": DONE! And my brain: Nice! (as my workflow speed up...)
You don't get that in apps that offer an enormous number of shortcuts and you need them because of the complexity of the app!
Because "A" is already the most used key for "trim region at locator point" and it is more important.
If @Andreas_Hegenberg knows any workaround I would be grateful for that!