Search all BTT macros?

joshuawagner · September 13, 2024, 4:26pm

Hi, long-time user here. Thanks for so many years of great work!

My problem
I occasionally configure my automations to bounce back and forth between Keyboard Maestro and BTT using kmtrigger:// and btt:// URLs depending on what I'm trying to accomplish. I find as I try to document along the way that I want to somehow jump to or easily navigate to a given BTT macro.

What I've tried

The search icon at the bottom left of the window but there are main limitations I'm noticing: 1) The scope is locked to the current view and I can't find a view that displays all macros. 2) The scope also does not return results that are inside folders that are visible in the current view.
There are links to trigger automations, of course, but that's not what I'm trying to achieve
I've reviewed the AppleScript Dictionary and I see that I can get information about a macro, but no way to reveal it or search for it.

Questions

Since UUIDs are easily found through the right-click menu and through AppleScript, is there a way to use the BTT:// URL scheme to reveal a macro?
I use the excellent BTT plugin for Alfred. If I know the name of the macro I'm looking for I can use this to execute it. Any thoughts on how to incorporate a search/lookup into something like this?

Thanks!

somelinguist · September 13, 2024, 4:36pm

I wonder if the upcoming Show/Choose From List action might help? It's in the current alpha, and will be programmable. Check out the thread here: Prompt with List - #15 by Frank1

Andreas_Hegenberg · September 13, 2024, 4:36pm

if you have the uuid you can use apple script:

tell application "BetterTouchTool" to reveal_element_in_ui THEUUIDHERE

I have not unlocked this in the btt:// url scheme, but will add it with the next version. So starting with 4.686 you can do btt://reveal_element_in_ui/THE_UUID_HERE

Often the "Recently used" section can be helpful to find items

joshuawagner · September 13, 2024, 5:15pm

That would be amazing! Thank you!

I tried the AppleScript you gave and several variations of it, but Script Editor is telling me that a number can't go after the reveal_element_in_ui identifier.

I'm on v4.643. Is that the problem?

Andreas_Hegenberg · September 13, 2024, 5:15pm

ah you might need to put the uuid in quotes " "

tell application "BetterTouchTool" to reveal_element_in_ui "2D662806-2FF2-43CB-8718-88CC70B0DDE5"

joshuawagner · September 13, 2024, 5:18pm

Hmm, nope. Nothing.

Andreas_Hegenberg · September 13, 2024, 5:18pm

do you get an error? Which version of BTT are you on? //edit: ah sorry just saw. I only recently added this function, it might not be in 4.643 unfortunately

In case you are on Setapp - the latest version will be released to setapp late today or tomorrow.

joshuawagner · September 13, 2024, 5:19pm

v4.643 - Ah, yes - I'm on SetApp.