Question: Is there a way to select text and then trigger a shortcut

[stevenlis]

I'm trying to find an extension to trigger a shortcut after some texts are selected.

This could be useful when I need to select two lines of code and then run them in vscode (the run command is triggered by a shortcut)

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[pilotmoon]

There sure is, here is some more info on how to do it: https://forum.popclip.app/t/how-to-make-a-key-press-extension-in-popclip-textexpander-example/328/19

[stevenlis]

@invariant Am I missing something here? I get an invalid key combo error and tried the following two snippets.

# popclip
name: run code
key combo: return shift

# popclip
name: run code
key combo: shift

[pilotmoon]

The modifiers have to be listed first so you need:

# popclip
name: run code
key combo: shift return

Also a modifier on its own (just shift) is invalid.

[stevenlis]

@invariant Thanks you. That works! Btw, is there a way to set a whitelist for this extension so that I could customize different shortcuts for different apps? I only found a global blacklist in the settings.

[pilotmoon]

Yes you can use the required apps field in the extension configuration. Details are in the extensions documentation in this repository readme

[stevenlis]

@invariant thank you!