Keyboard Maestro is not reliable in dealing with Scrivener’s dynamic menus. By dynamic, I mean that menu items change depending on where you are (in a document, in the binder, etc).
Take for example the View → Text Editing → Show/Hide Page View menu item.
If I am in Page View, the menu item will change to hide page view. If I am not in Page View, the menu item will change to show Page View
With either System Pref. Shortcuts or keyboard maestro, it is easy to toggle Show/Hide Page View.
What I am trying to do is find a way to trigger only Hide Page View:
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if the document is in Show Page View format, then it would trigger Hide Page View
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if the document is already in Hide Page View format, then nothing happens.
Why do I want this ?
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sometimes I want to change the interface setup and change a multitude of menu items in sequence.
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it is not only a question of show/hide page view. If it was, I would simply toggle. This applies to many many more similar menu items. I would like to create a model script I could apply to many other dynamic menu items.
I am not asking about keyboard maestro. I have been working with the moderators of the site for months on this and have not found a reliable answer. Some macros work, but only part of the time. I was wondering if a script could work.
thanks in advance very much for your time and help !
