I have one that immediately locks my computer (handy for if I need to walk away and don’t want to leave it open for any riff-raff to noddle around with. Most of the time I’m just doing simple-but-handy things like launching an application, but my favorite ones are the buttons which can control Keyboard Maestro macros. I had this in the beginning while getting used to using the Stream Deck (and not switching status in the Zoom client), but once you start to use only the Stream Deck – this does not happen.I have a Elgato Stream Deck XL - Advanced Stream Control with 32 customizable LCD keys on my desk attached to my Mac, and it’s one of my favorite accessories I’ve found in years. One ‘annoying’ thing is that the switch button status can differ from the actual status, Zoom can be unmuted, while the button indicates it’s muted. It’s helped me prevent some awkward moments and generally helped to speed things up. It’s amazing to be able to toggle mute, video, focus the Zoom client window, and leave meetings with a single button. Disabling the experience feedback survey disables that “thumbs up or down” window at the end of every meeting. Disabling the prompt before leaving the meeting makes the leave button actually effective – otherwise, you’re still in the meeting unless you click “Yes, really leave the meeting”. But also required to synchronise the button icon with the actual status. The last 2 are generally good Zoom etiquette, to prevent embarrassing moments when you join a meeting. Audio → Mute microphone when joining a meeting.Video → Turn off my video when joining a meeting.General → Advanced Features → Disable Display end-of-meeting experience feedback survey.General → Prompt a confirmation before leaving a meeting.Just drop them into the key icon window.įor these shortcuts to work optimally, there are a few Zoom settings you need to enable: Using some open-sourced images, I put together this icon set to use in the SD actions. Rinse and repeat for the Video Multi Action Switch. Then switch to the next page, using the right dot and do the same thing, only with the Unmuted icon. On the first page, drop the muted icon, add the System → Website action and make sure the URL goes to the Zoom Mute Toggle kmtrigger URL. This function allows two different icons with two different actions a toggle.įor the Multi Action Switch function, there are two dots under the key icon box (1), which switches between the different actions. I found the Multi Action Switch function best suitable. I wanted to also show the status of the Mute and Video button on the Stream Deck. Do not check Access in background (doesn’t seem to work). For these one-offs, pick the System → Website function in SD.ĭrop the icon (download is below) in the key icon box, and point the URL to the proper kmtrigger URL from KM. In this case, the Zoom Focus and Leave Meeting functions are one-off they do one thing. Once KM is set up with the macros, we can add the actions to SD to trigger the macros. But, there are also generic functions opening a website, multimedia control, triggering hotkeys, etc. The built-in features are targeted towards Streamers (hence its name), with Game Capture, Twitch, Twitter, YouTube functions. The Stream Deck (SD) control software is pretty extensible. I’ve opted to use the internal URL structure that KM uses, and not sacrifice a global key combination to trigger these functions. I believe you also have to enable all the macros after import, as the default is to disable imported macros.Īfter importing and activating the macros, find the kmtrigger:// URL for each one you’ll use these URLs in Stream Deck. It should create a new group on the left, called Zoom. Save that file and import it using the KM file menu: Import Macros Safely. To make it easier to duplicate this setup, I’ve uploaded the KM Macros to GitHub here: I was already using KM for other purposes, but any application that can send a targeted shortcut will do. By using the targeted shortcut that KM can execute: it doesn’t matter if the Zoom client is not the focus window. I’ve programmed the SD keys to call Keyboard Maestro (KM), and KM will target Zoom and send a shortcut. These buttons work with a combination of the Stream Deck software and Keyboard Maestro. Combination of Stream Deck + Keyboard Maestro I’ll explain how to get here in the rest of this post. Bottom 2 buttons should be obvious: toggles for mute and video. Top left is a Zoom window focus button, which brings up the Zoom client to focus. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the lower-left corner are the 4 Zoom shortcuts I’ve been using. I love my new little productivity optimization with this Stream Deck.The zoom client can be buried under other windows and I can still quickly control mute, video, and leaving the meetings – without finding the client □ #writeupcoming /PZRKlsGuRH- Martijn Smit March 10, 2020
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