Hello, I was wondering if a near future, you would add the possibiliy to call a variable automatically, like if I assign a short names +email to call a variable "EmailFromTab2", it would "automatically" fullfill with the choosen email. At the moment, there is always a popup asking to select the relevant variable, even if the name is unique. It would be wonderful if you could implement this, variable is a huge game changer for your plugin (congratulation by the way lol)
While we're working on ways to make it easier to access the right variables and fill them in your shortcuts, we do not have plans to do this automatically.
The reason is, many of our users fill one variable from many tabs, or type into the variable placeholders. For example, for a placeholder "EmailFromTab2", a user may want to fill it with a variable labeled exactly "EmailFromTab2", but they may also fill it with "Email" from a Gmail tab, or "Customer Email" from a Zendesk tab. Sometimes, they may also manually type an email address, if it's someone they want to use the shortcut to message, but that person's email is not in any tabs.
We're constantly working to improve usability, but we find that "calling a variable automatically" tends to help a % of users while confusing a bigger %. That said, maybe we just haven't tried it the right way. If I haven't convinced you it's right not to do this, let me know! You can reply in the thread or email me at daniel@getmagical.com.
Thanks for using Magical and for taking the time to write feedback!