New Action "Activate Previous App"

Discussion & Questions
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@Andreas_Hegenberg The new action "Activate Previous App" action works perfectly, except in this case. The macro below brings the VLC player to front. The cycle action starts/stops a track. This all works. But switching back to the previous app does not. No matter if with or without a delay before the action.

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I also tried to do that directly (without app switching). Cycle action send start/stop to VLC. But then the cycle action does not work reliably. :upside_down_face:

Do you know what the cause of this could be? Thanks!

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mhh I think in this scenario BTT might not catch the app change.

There are two other new actions that might be helpful here to make it more explicit:

  • Save currently active window
  • Go back to saved active window

Maybe these could help. OR maybe actions that happen after the cycle action are not executed correctly - I'm not sure if I have tested that. Does it work if you add the "Activate Previous App / Window" action inside of your cycle action configuration?

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Unfortunately, none of it works.

No.

And neither does this. BTT does not return to the last app.

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Funny that apparently so simple actions cause problems. Maybe that is only me....

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I think I found what's wrong with the save currently active window and go back action. Should be working in 3.953 alpha (currently uploading, will be online in 10 minutes)

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Yes, it works with 3.953. Thanks, Andreas!

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Ah, sorry, what I haven't understood yet, though: When should I use both actions (save/go back) and when "Activate Previous App"? Or should I just try out what works?

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if the app switch is caused by a btt action use the save/go back, if it’s caused by the system use the activate previous app action

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