apply hotkey to snippet

[wellerpond]

Hello,

 

I thought there was an easy way to apply a hotkey to a specific snippet but I don't see it. Can someone assist a newbie?

 

Thank you!

[Stephen_C]

I'm not sure I quite understand your question (sorry if I'm being obtuse!). Do you mean:

• you want to expand a particular snippet using a hot key rather than the snippet's abbreviation? If so, why?
• something else? If so, what?

Again, apologies if I'm missing something obvious!

 

Stephen

[Vero]

@wellerpond Snippets in the Features > Snippets section are intended to be triggered with a keyword generally speaking.

 

If you'd like to paste text to the frontmost app by using a hotkey instead, you can create a tiny workflow containing:

• A hotkey trigger object which you use to trigger it, connected to...
• A Copy Clipboard object set to paste the pre-defined contents to the frontmost app

You can then save this as a prefab, so that you can reuse it any time you want to paste a snippet from a hotkey, you have a template to work from.

 

As @Stephen_C said, if I've misunderstood your question, please don't hesitate to clarify and we'll help you further