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The ultimate Quicksilver Thread

Let's make this the The ultimate Quicksilver Thread. But I really think a own Category would suit our needs alittle bit better. Merlin? Is this Board supporting Subcategories?

Let's start with Websearches through QS: I don't get why i have to select the search action before I can use the variable input field? It's just confusing. My Question is: how can I arrange the various search Targets like I can arrange e.g. the Mail actions?

TOPICS: Mac OS X
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at http://macenvy.com i found... ?Invoke Quicksilver...

tralfaz wrote:
at http://macenvy.com i found...

?Invoke Quicksilver (control+spacebar is the default hotkey)
?Open the shelf (alt+command+S)
?Drag the shelf window to the edge of your screen, and release
?Move your pointer away from the shelf. After a few seconds the shelf will slide out of the way until you mouse to the edge where you dropped it.

This feature is handy but I've run into a few problems with it so your mileage may vary. When a screen saver kicks in or the computer goes to sleep the Shelf has a tendency to stay hidden. Restarting QS is the only way I've found to fix this. Also, when dragging things over there you have to drag items to where the top of the Shelf is or sometimes the Shelf doesn't pop out. The Shelf is one of my favorite features of QS so this doesn't really bother me and I work around them but I thought I'd point out these flaws in the Shelf for people wishing to use it.

 
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