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In a Trait on a NPC sheet, make it whisper to me (the GM)

I have a macro that calls up all the Traits, Actions, Reactions, and Bonus Actions for the selected token and makes nice buttons of each in my chat window, as a whisper, for me to select from. The buttons  send the description or command to the chat, along with any rolls or whatever that are in the ability. very useful. However, when i click one of those buttons, it sends the information from that location in the Sheet to the chat NOT as a whisper. Some things are meant for me to see, not players.  Now, I can click my "Talk to Self" button and anything i do will be to me alone, but its an extra click, which i am trying to avoid, and sometimes I forget to do that, or forget to undo it, and that's a pain.  What I am looking for is a way to write the Description of a Trait so that when i press that button, it will whisper the Description to me alone, instead of sending it to the chat normally.
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Gauss
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Assuming the macro is a template, put the /w "your name" before the template (without the quotes, and replace your name with your name or GM)
It sounds like you're using something like a Universal Chat Menu . If that's the case, the whisper settings are character sheet dependent, and the rolls are coming directly from the sheet itself, the same as clicking on the button from the character sheet itself.  You'll have to select which whisper setting you want for the character, and using 'Query Whisper' will probably be the best option. 
OK, the query thing works. Not ideal, because its one more click, but at least it works. I had already tried putting "/w gm " at the front of the text in the trait description, but it just sent "/w gm blah blah blah" to the chat. I thought maybe I needed a @ or a # or something.