# Macro triggering a OneShot **URL:** \ **Category:** Programming\ **Tags:** plugin\ **Created:** [May 3, 2018, 8:45am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/macro-triggering-a-oneshot/1452 "2018-05-03T08:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Llamalland](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/llamalland/32/832_2.png) [@Llamalland](https://community.keyboard.io/u/Llamalland)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/macro-triggering-a-oneshot/1452/21 "2018-05-05T09:50:57Z")
Would it help to have OSM(LeftShift) on my keymap somewhere and to reference it by coordinates? Edit: have done so anyway to ensure that it works, which it does. ---
**Author:** ![Llamalland](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/llamalland/32/832_2.png) [@Llamalland](https://community.keyboard.io/u/Llamalland)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 6:58am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/macro-triggering-a-oneshot/1452/22 "2018-05-06T06:58:32Z")
To clarify - I have ensured that OSM(LeftShift) works. I don’t know how to reference it in a macro by co-ordinates and trigger a keypress, not quite at that level of experience. ---
**Author:** ![algernon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/algernon/32/4404_2.png) [@algernon](https://community.keyboard.io/u/algernon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/macro-triggering-a-oneshot/1452/23 "2018-05-06T07:28:01Z")
I’ll try to find some time today to figure out what’s required to make it work. ---
**Author:** ![JDH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@JDH](https://community.keyboard.io/u/JDH)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/macro-triggering-a-oneshot/1452/24 "2018-05-07T17:35:28Z")
I remain interested in giving this a try. It feels like a lot of work to avoid a few extra keypresses on each sentence, but I expect there will be other cases where this functionality would be useful. I can imagine a future where my keyboard’s sentence-ending macro becomes impossible to live without. ---
**Author:** ![Llamalland](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/llamalland/32/832_2.png) [@Llamalland](https://community.keyboard.io/u/Llamalland)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/macro-triggering-a-oneshot/1452/25 "2018-05-11T10:55:07Z")
As a workaround, here’s a (PC) software solution to this: [https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=28199](https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=28199) ---
**Author:** ![Llamalland](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/llamalland/32/832_2.png) [@Llamalland](https://community.keyboard.io/u/Llamalland)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 8:52am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/macro-triggering-a-oneshot/1452/26 "2018-05-21T08:52:51Z")
And as a better, though clunkier but less software-reliant workaround, simply make 26 leader key sequences for each punctuation mark you wish to use 😉 FullStopLeader + Key\_A has output of full stop, spacebar, capital A eliminating the need for a one shot shift. Is there a way to make this work without 26 entries for each punctuation point? As in, a generalisation to PunctuationLeader + [AnyAlphaKey] =\> Punctuation, spacebar, CapitalAlpha? ---
**Author:** ![algernon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/algernon/32/4404_2.png) [@algernon](https://community.keyboard.io/u/algernon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/macro-triggering-a-oneshot/1452/27 "2018-05-21T11:59:59Z")
> [@Llamalland](#): > > As in, a generalisation to PunctuationLeader + [AnyAlphaKey] =\> Punctuation, spacebar, CapitalAlpha? You can use a generic handler, but you will need 26 entries in the Leader dictionary. [Previous page](https://community.keyboard.io/t/macro-triggering-a-oneshot/1452.md?page=1)