Author Topic: Using VA to activate buttons on a Streamdeck device  (Read 74 times)

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Using VA to activate buttons on a Streamdeck device
« on: April 27, 2025, 09:13:27 AM »
Hello.  First time question here.  I have VA v2.  I also have a Streamdeck device that has a plugin to execute various Photoshop shortcuts. I know I can depress a button on the streamdeck that will kick off the selected Photoshop shortcut.  No problem here.  But as there are many shortcuts already defined in the streamdeck plugin, I do now want to code all these shortcuts into VA. 

Instead, I want to code a simple VA command to (for example), create a new layer.  Lets call the VA command "create new layer". The VA command would simply send this "create new layer" command to streamdeck which has a plugin command also called "create new layer".  Once the command from VA is received, the streamdeck create new layer button is depressed causing the create new layer command to sent to photoshop, (which then creates a new layer).

I have looked high and low and so far, no joy.

Can anyone help me here?  Thanks ever so much in advance!

Bob

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Re: Using VA to activate buttons on a Streamdeck device
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2025, 09:45:28 AM »
This would be something to ask the Streamdeck community/Elgato about.

If they have an API or any other method to trigger their shortcuts, it could be possible, but VoiceAttack, nor any other application, can feasibly interface with Streamdeck if their application isn't designed for it