Main window

Quick Macros is designed to run all the time, and the main window normally is hidden. When you want to add or edit macros, click the QM tray icon . To hide the window, click the X button (Close).

Toolbar

Menu: File Edit Tools

Keyboard shortcuts

List

Here you manage items that are in current file. Click an item to open it for editing. Drag and drop to move. Ctrl+drag and drop to copy. You can also drop onto the editor text or a custom toolbar. Right click to view the File menu.

Editor

Here is code (text) of currently selected item. Right click to view the Edit menu. Click the selection bar to select a line. You can drag and drop the selected text. To disable-enable a line, right click the selection bar. To disable-enable more lines, select them (whole lines) and right click the selection bar, or press key Space or Shift+Space. To insert or remove tabs at the beginning of multiple lines, select them (whole lines) and press key Tab or Shift+Tab.

Output

Here you can see error messages, out messages, and other notifications. Right click to view the context menu.

Status bar

Here you can see mouse-related information.

First line: mouse pointer position in window .. window name . window class . window style, exstyle.

Second line: mouse pointer position in the screen .. program .. child window id . child window class . child window style, exstyle.

Here also are displayed trigger descriptions, identifier type information, and other information.

Tray icon

The QM tray icon normally is blue. When QM is disabled (does not respond to triggers of keyboard, mouse and some other types), it is gray. When a macro (not a function or menu) is running, it is red.

Click to show QM window. If the tray icon is hidden (you can set this in Options), click QM shortcut (e.g., in the Start menu), or press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Q.

Right click to show menu.

Middle click to disable or enable QM.

Ctrl+click to exit QM.