topic Re: Tip - Making life easier with complex shortcuts - Macro Deck in General discussions

Tip - Making life easier with complex shortcuts - Macro Deck

fabioverissimoTUU — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:48:43 GMT

Hello,

In order to make my life easier with "complex" shortcuts I've been using Macro Deck, an open-source, customizable macro pad that you can use with any smart phone or tablet, (even old ones).

You can also "program" mouse movements and clicks.

A screenshot of my Macro deck.

A screenshot of a key example.

And a screenshot of my plugins.

Re: Tip - Making life easier with complex shortcuts - Macro Deck

vistasp — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:12:12 GMT

Good to know someone else is also trying it out. I had started setting it up a few months ago on an old android tablet, and then got busy so the process stalled.

Here's what I have so far, although I think I should focus more on the editing part of my workflow.

It's an open source app, if this piques anyone's interest, and currently only available for Windows.

https://macro-deck.app/

Re: Tip - Making life easier with complex shortcuts - Macro Deck

fabioverissimoTUU — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:43:58 GMT

Thank you for sharing the link.

And nice icons! It's a shame that one has to be a developer to have easy access to AC icons.

I had to write my post two times. I had an error while placing my screenshots...

By the way GS, please allow for F13-F24!

Re: Tip - Making life easier with complex shortcuts - Macro Deck

Patrick M — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:14:56 GMT

its a bit of a scavenger hunt, but you can find some of the UI icons in the application folder. You can also find some in the (AC27 and older) .lcf; but you need to extract and hunt for them there too.
I haven't found a way to extract .libpacks... but I also have to admit that I kind of hate the libpack system, so I haven't even adopted it yet.

Re: Tip - Making life easier with complex shortcuts - Macro Deck

Lingwisyer — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:47:03 GMT

Reminds me of the Elgato Stream Deck.

Re: Tip - Making life easier with complex shortcuts - Macro Deck

fabioverissimoTUU — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:35:49 GMT

@Lingwisyer wrote:
Reminds me of the Elgato Stream Deck.

Yes! that's the "poor men's version".

Re: Tip - Making life easier with complex shortcuts - Macro Deck

vistasp — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:19:52 GMT

@Lingwisyer wrote:

Reminds me of the Elgato Stream Deck.

It doesn't look as Elega(n)to, but it works very well once you set it up. If one has an old android device lying around, it costs nothing.

I've configured mine to jump to the Archicad shortcuts page whenever Archicad is the active window. Otherwise, it defaults to another page that has shortcuts to various commonly used folders and apps.