Move windows on mac with keyboard maestro?

[AddledBadger]

Hi,

I routinely position windows using keyboard maestro on my mac, the Drafts windows see to resist this, anyone any idea why, and/or preferably how they can be made to behave like standard mac windows?

Thanks

[agiletortoise]

Do you have example macros you could share that demonstrate? And/or screen capture showing behaviors?

Drafts windows are standard Mac windows, so I don’t know why they would behave differently, but happy to take a look more more information.

[belgarion]

Even though I am not the OP, but I notice that the Quick Capture window cannot be moved by Keyboard Maestro. The main Drafts windows work fine. I think the OP might be referring to the Quick Capture.

Here’s the macro I used:

[agiletortoise]

I could see that…or at least it needing some additional steps to identify the window.

The capture window is a “floating” window, meaning it is configured to float above all applications. It would not necessarily be identified by the system as the frontmost window even when it visually appears to be, because that would belong to the active application.

I’m not that familiar with Keyboard Maestro. Their forum might be the better place to get an answer on this…I see there has been a number of discussions there on the special treatment floating windows require to be addressed.

I do see that you can reliably address the Drafts’ capture window if you first bring Drafts to the front, then make sure the capture window is frontmost (it’s title is “Capture”, even though it’s a hidden title), like:

[AddledBadger]

Sorry, not the Quick Capture window, the main one/s. Can’t move that one either.

Thanks.

[agiletortoise]

You will need to share some example macros. I’m not seeing any issues with basic actions in KM and Drafts’ main window. I can move, resize, etc. without any issue.

[AddledBadger]

Sorry, busy with work stuff. Thanks for the reponse.

See pic. Bringing Drafts to the front might be problematic as I’m using the same shortcuts to move multiple apps to set locations. However, this is what’s working for almost (possibly) all other apps.

I’ve posted also to the KM forums too, but thanks for the suggestion.

[AddledBadger]

Quick update, if I add ‘activate’ I can move the window, so I’m guessing it’s a shortcut conflict, thanks.

[AddledBadger]

What’s odd is if I add an Activate Drafts step, the shortcut doesn’t work, but if I add an activate using the Status Menu when Drafts isn’t foremost it will move as intended?

[AddledBadger]

Figured it out. Rookie error, the move windows macros were in a Group with Drafts excepted. Apologies all and thanks for your help.