Trigger a different action upon subsequent press of keyboard shortcut?

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Is it possible to trigger a different action upon subsequent press of keyboard shortcut?

Here's my specific use case:

I have a keyboard shortcut that maximizes the current window on the screen it's on. It would be amazing if when I pressed the keyboard shortcut again, I could instead trigger the "maximize to the next screen" action. This way I could cycle through all of my screens with the same keyboard shortcut.

If this isn't possible, consider it a feature request! Obviously, there would have to be a timeout in between presses. And no other interactions could happen between each press of the keyboard shortcut or it would reset.

I hope this makes sense! I would be happy to provide more details. Thanks!

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you can use the "cycle between actions" action

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Amazing! I had no idea. Many thanks!

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As I'm trying to work with this, I'm finding an unexpected behavior:

Let's say I'm cycling through 6 actions. I'll start with the first, then the second, then the third, and then I stop and do something else for a while. When I trigger it again, it picks up on where I left off, on the fourth action.

This was unexpected. Not a bug... probably working as intended. But how can I get the cycle to restart from the beginning... maybe after a certain amount of elapsed time or when it recognizes that I've stopped cycling through the actions?

I hope that makes sense. Happy to provide more details!

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That's currently not possible with that action, but I think it's a good idea to add.
For now you could use Apple Script to implement the cycling, similar to this: Touchbar/keyboard shortcut to Cycle a window through Quarter Snaps - #2 by Andreas_Hegenberg (then you have full control over the behavior)

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Ok. Consider it a feature request.

Many thanks for your prompt response!

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Hi again... any plan to add this feature to the roadmap?

And thanks for the Applescript method... it's a little too much for me, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for an official implementation!

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Yes this is on my TODO list. Will be added sometime soon.

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Yes! I'll keep my eyes open for future updates!

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Just checking in. Any progress on this one? Thanks!