This is a pretty simple and straightforward macro. It offers most of the menu options from Tinderbox on a palette. I leave on the bottom on my screen and set it to shrink automatically. You probably will have to add other macros to get all the functions you need, but I share it here so as to spread the idea.
I don’t know how others use the menu functions (clicking on the menu every single time? memorizing all the shortcuts?). It would be great if it were possible to add other buttons to the toolbar, like one can do on DEVONthink.
Along these lines, I have a KM macro palette for Tinderbox and several other applications. The palette is specific to the application, with different macros depending on context, but the hot key is always ^\. So I don’t have to remember a lot of hot keys.
Also, KeyCue is a great help for getting access to shortcuts for any Mac application on a singe palette.
Make sure to choose a shortcut, or tick the option “… menu entry is clicked” so that you’ll have a way to activate the palette. Then click on Palette Style and make sure to tick the option Shrink.
In case you want to make it look similar to mine, these are the configurations. After you activate the palette, just drag it to the bottom of the screen and then hover the mouse on top of it to activate.
Let me know once you manage to do it or if you have any other question.
What I meant about the shortcut is that you need a way to activate the palette. There are several ways to do it. One of them is using the hotkey field you see there. Another one is clicking on the Keyboard Maestro menu:
Thanks for the advice, @PaulWalters. I’ll try Keycue again (I tried it a couple of times, but never got the hang of it. Perhaps trying it with Tinderbox will warm me up to it).
@eastgate, could you perhaps allow older posts to be edited (this is a discourse setting, I believe) so I can update the link in the first post? Thanks.
Yes, many thanks - I had just found it and therefore cancelled the post. Many thanks for the hint, though!
One question since I’m in touch with you: how do I influence the position of the pallet on the screen? I’d like to have it at the bottom of the screen but don’t know how to move it there…
Just click and drag if you can’t find a spot to click without activating a macro, just enable the title to be displayed in the palette and you won’t have any problems.