Quicksilver ninja reporting for duty.

I am planning on updating all three of my tutorials for the current beta this weekend, so if anyone is getting confused by Alcor's recent preference pane changes, don't worry, it'll become clear soon.

You rule. I couldn't ask for a more competent ninja.

Hi there,

I am intrigued by Quicksilver, but I have been using LaunchBar for years and am very used to it. I feel perhaps like a Windows user deciding whether to take the Mac plunge.

Are there any tutorials or tips for people like me, a sort of starting place?

Maybe it's just a matter of diving in, but if anybody who used to use LaunchBar has thoughts on where to start, you know a sort of reference point -- or perhaps an idea of where one can wade in before diving in, I would be much obliged.

Thanks!

Robyn

I'm having trouble with the Shelf. I've heard lots of tutorials mention it but none of them talk about how to use it. After a while I figured out that it's a plug-in that's not selected by default.

Now I'm having trouble figuring out how to use it. I finally figured out that I can show the shelf by pressing CMD-OPTION-S when QS is activated but I can't figure out an easy way to add stuff to the shelf or use the things that are in there.

The documentation here implies that I should have "Put on shelf" as an available verb. But I don't. The only way I can see to use the shelf is by dragging things to and fro, which kind of defeats the pupose of using QS.

Apparently the "Put On Shelf" action is disabled by default; you'll need to go into Actions and tick the box before you'll see it.

My understanding of the shelf is that it's sort of like a pasteboard for files or clippings or whatever objects you'd like.

I get a lot of questions about the shelf - maybe I'll do a quick tutorial this weekend.

Nick Santilli has a good roundup of tutorials, which Merlin has linked to on more than one occasion.

Thanks. That's exactly what I needed to know.

The only remaining question is why, when I type "shelf" into QS, I don't get the Shelf object. So the only way I know to see it's contents is to use the CMD-OPTION-S shortcut.

But still, thanks a bunch.

My preferred way to use the Shelf is to dock it to one side of my screen. If you haven't restarted Quicksilver since enabling all of your shelf goodness, do so and then invoke Quicksilver. In the top right corner, click the arrow, and select Plugins > Shelf. Then, drag the shelf off the screen. When you move your mouse away, the Shelf will disappear. Drag your mouse back to the edge where you left you shelf and it should show up for you. That is how I use the shelf.

Actually, I'm still having some problems with the Shelf. I can add stuff now but I can't remove anything. When I right click on shelf items I see a "remove" option but it's greyed-out.

Just select the item on your shelf and press delete.