New Freeform window
Opens Freeform and presses the keyboard shortcut to create a new window.
Actions Used
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Set Variable
Sets the value of the specified variable to the input of this action.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=New%20Freeform%20window
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=New%20Freeform%20window
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “New Freeform window”
end tell
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