Open the emoji picker
Uses AppleScript to press the key combination for the Special Characters palette.
Activate Things quick entry
Uses AppleScript to trigger the keyboard shortcut for the Quick Entry feature of Things on the Mac.
Shortcut Information
Use this shortcut if you’re a Things for Mac user and want to open the Quick Entry function on top of any application – works with the default keyboard shortcut provided by Things, but can be customized if you’ve changed that.
Also triggers the function remotely if run away from the Mac.
Also triggers the function remotely if run away from the Mac.
Category
Complexity
Interactivity
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Activate%20Things%20quick%20entry
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Activate%20Things%20quick%20entry
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Activate Things quick entry”
end tell
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