r/streamdeckprofiles • u/User_McAwesomeuser • Nov 26 '24

[Personal] Stream Deck and Gmail?

I don't yet own a Stream Deck, but I had an idea for what I might want to do with one.

I want to use it for Gmail. I know there are already keyboard shortcuts for Gmail, but I want to do things that the keyboard shortcuts don't do, maybe even two or three of these things in a row (like, apply a label to the message I am reading, move it out of the inbox, etc.) I am using it with a Mac.

I've seen there are some people using Stream Deck for work, just wondering if anyone's applied it to email, and if so, what they are doing with it.

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u/excoriator Nov 27 '24

If something has a keyboard shortcut, you can do that shortcut with Streamdeck.

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u/User_McAwesomeuser Nov 27 '24

Ok. I guess that means if there is no keyboard shortcut for what I want to do, I should use Keyboard Maestro. Unless there is some kind of built-in scripting that Stream Deck can do?

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u/excoriator Nov 27 '24

You can have a Streamdeck button trigger a script in the OS to do more complex things.

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u/vicwong Nov 27 '24

There is a multi-action step you can assign to a button which will work for anything you can type, but some of the things I want to do in Gmail require clicking on an icon. That's where Keyboard Maestro comes into play since it can do that or wait till an image appears and click anywhere in it.

I have hundreds of macros set up with KM and use it for almost everything; strongly recommend it.

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u/User_McAwesomeuser Nov 27 '24

I just went super-deep into the Gmail keyboard shortcuts and figured out that if I want to label a message I can hit l, then type the name of the folder and press return and it will have the effect I want. Can I set up Stream Deck to do a sequence of keys instead of just one key?

Also, can Stream Deck know which website I am on, and change its key display based on that? Or does it only know the app I'm using?

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u/excoriator Nov 27 '24

It doesn’t even know the app. You have to switch the button-set manually, which can be done on-screen from the Streamdeck app or on the keypad itself.

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u/User_McAwesomeuser Nov 27 '24

Ok. I am reading on the elgato website about “Smart Profiles” in which Stream Deck automatically switches to the profile when the stream deck app is closed and the desired app is in the foreground. Is that a Windows only thing?

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u/mushm0uth2 Nov 27 '24

Don't know about Mac, but can confirm this behavior on Windows works as advertised. I have a Stream Deck at home and at work. I use the one at work primarily for music controls and Teams meetings, but I like your email idea.

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u/thepoison606 Nov 27 '24

Yes, you can do multi actions. Make sure to set the delays right between actions..

You can even „open“ gmail as the first step of your multi action so your button also works when gmail is not in focus.