Essentially, I'd like to trigger left-click/FN with ⌥-Right-Click when hovering over a link but am failing.
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I use an app called Velja that presents users with different browser options for opening a link. This is particularly useful for links I want to open in Chrome apps. It has a native shortcut of FN-Left Click to present the browser selection prompt. However, I would like to change this shortcut, which is awkward. I tried a few ways but failed. Any suggestions?
I happed upon your post looking for a solution to your exact same problem. Trying to trigger Velja browser picker, which is done by clicking link while holding FN key. I have "3 finger click" tied to "custom mouse actions and modifiers", and the FN box checked. Doesnt work properly though.
Did you ever figure it out?
Or does anyone else know why a simple left-click + FN action output would not be working correctly"
or @Andreas_Hegenberg
it seems velja is using some low level approach of recognizing fn, that can not be generated by BTT.
Is this about links clicked in a browser or links clicked in some other app?
If it's just about links clicked outside of a browser, you can easily create a browser picker in BTT itself that is more customizable.
Here is an example preset. You'd just need to make sure to set BTT as default browser. It uses a floating menu to choose a browser - in the example preset the if condition checks whether three fingers are touching the trackpad and only triggers in that case - but you can do all sorts of things there.
The "Did Open URL" trigger from "Automations, Named & Other Triggers" is used to show a floating menu if a condition is met - otherwise it opens the link in Safari.
For me it is primarily in the apple mail app that I am trying to activate the browser picker prompt and failing.Apple Notes and Reminders too checking it now. Within a browser it defaults to opening all links inside that browser, and I have another method sending links between browsers.
My attemoted setup: 3-Finger Force Click: Execute "Custom Mouse Buttons & Modifiers", with the 'fn' box checked immediately below it.
It acts like a left click with the fn key and send the link to my primary browser.
I love veljas functions for most things, with setting up rules for default browsers and profiles based on source and actions. Mail is one of the few apps I use that I have all my categories of life that I use different browsers or profiles for. Persona, work, finance, entertainment, etc.
Right now I chose to do the workaround of using BTT to
On 3 finger force click:
Trigger Context Menu: Copy Link --> Input Keyboard Shortcut shft+ctrl+opt+cmd+V
This is the key sequence I have setup inside Velja for opening link from Clipboard in my 2ndry browser, wich is set to the Browser Picker Prompt
Once you know how to do it, setting up these with BTT is also pretty simple using the "Did Open URL" trigger.
It requires BTT to bet set as default browser, afterwards you can do all kind of automations with that and it's probably more flexible than Velja for this.
Do you have a concrete example? Then I can provide you a ready to use example preset that doesn't require Velja to achieve the same.
I just spent an hour and a half trying to make a basic floting window to take notes and I was unable to achieve that. I then downlaod a few presets I found across reddit/btt forum to see if I could get the just of it then customize it to my own need. I couldnt even figure out how to get the background and tex colors fixed.There is no way I will be tyring to make a BTT replacement for Velja. It is beyond me an beyond my desire to spend the amount of time needed to learn it now that I have tested and demonstrated my own ineptitude.
