r should become the sole receiver of media button events. If you don't do this, Tasker may not receive the events e.g. because a media player has requested the events.<br/><br/>Note 1: if you <b>do</b> enable <i>Grab</i... app may grab control at a later time and so block events to Tasker.<br/><br/>Note 3: if you enable <i>Grab
r should become the sole receiver of media button events. If you don't do this, Tasker may not receive the events e.g. because a media player has requested the events.<br/><br/>Note 1: if you <b>do</b> enable <i>Grab</i... app may grab control at a later time and so block events to Tasker.<br/><br/>Note 3: if you enable <i>Grab
l features that rely on an Accessibility Service (events <I>Notification, New Window, Button Widget Clicke... s include a service which constantly monitors for events. If you know that you don't need
to monitor events anymore (in-between app launches) you can use the <I>D... Party</I> actions
<LI>apps for <I>3rd Party</I> events
</UL>
<H4>Maps</H4>
<P>
The data for Maps is pr
>callername</I> being the scene name. For element events, <I>subcallername</I> is the element name. For ac... > is the label if one was given. For scene-global events (e.g. Key), <I>subcallername</I> is event type
... re is one. If there are multiple current calendar events the
variables refer to the <B>shortest</B>.
<BR... Variable Value</I> states
and <I>Variable Set</I> events whenever their value changes.
</P>
<P>
Variables
<P>
<H4>Priority</H4>
Only present for relevant events.
<P>
Selects the priority at which this event wil... >
<H4>Stop Event</H4>
Only present for relevant events.
<P>
If checked, then once this profile has dealt... afterwards.
<H4>Event Parameters</H4>
<P>
Some events have paramaters to specify more details about the
d to allow a single
task to handle many different events if desired, Tasker sets certain
local variables ... es are available in tasks triggered by <I>Key</I> events:
</P>
<UL>
<LI><B>%key_code</B><BR> the unique ... re available in tasks triggered by <I>Tab Tap</I> events:
</P>
<UL>
<LI><B>%tap_index</B><BR> the tab nu
ed (with or without an unlock pattern).
<H4>File Events</H4>The named operation was just carried out on t... before MODIFY (if the file is written) then CLOSE events.<br/><br/>The file must exist when Tasker's UI is... a file is deleted and recreated, subsequent file events will not be reported.
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ils, see MIDI in the userguide.
<H4>Media Button Events</H4>After grabbing the Media Button via this acti... turn it on at a later time in response to various events on the device.<br/><br/>If you accidentally reduc... not a plain value, because there may be multiple events at the time specified.
<H4>Test Display</H4>Test
ents in the scene can be changed to track certain
events so that the scene can be immediately displayed wh... lement in the element editor.
There are different events depending on the type of element. For instance, a Button has
tap and long-tap events while a Slider has a value-set event.
</P>
<P>Ev
</A>
<LI><A HREF="#o">Can I control / respond to events in application X with Tasker ?</A>
<LI><A HREF="... -->
<A NAME="o"/>
<H4>Can I control / respond to events in application X with Tasker ?</H4>
<P>
If a Tas
A HREF="#d">Why isn't my app detecting background events ?</A>
<LI><A HREF="#e">How can I send the devel... E="d"/>
<H4>Why isn't my app detecting background events ?</H4>
One possible cause is: when an app has ju
ofile e.g. SMS received,
screen has gone off.
<P>
Events are a little different to other contexts because ... t.
</P>
<P>
For more information about specifying events, see
the <A HREF="activity_eventedit">Event Edit
Element Value) sets the element.
</P>
<P>
Most events consist only of a task to specify but some
allow ... d to allow a single
task to handle many different events if desired, Tasker sets certain
local variables
be used
as invisible 'launchpads' for e.g. stroke events.
<H4>Events</H4>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="activity_elementedit#tap">Tap, Long Tap</A>
<LI><A HREF="activity_el