Comments on: Quicksilver Does Menus Too

By: Setting Adium Away Status with Quicksliver | recycledpapyr.us

Setting Adium Away Status with Quicksliver | recycledpapyr.us — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:36:41 +0000

[...] a little more Goggle-ing, I found an older article that Yasser Dahab writes in The Apple Blog about how to get Quicksilver to access your menu bar. Since Adium exposes the online [...]

By: Zelf sneltoetsen maken op de Apple » Lifehacking

Zelf sneltoetsen maken op de Apple » Lifehacking — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:29:11 +0000

[...] Advanced features” aanzet en in de plugins de User Interface Plugin hebt geïnstalleerd (Meer informatie). Een restart van Quicksilver is hierbij wel [...]

By: Matthew Cornell

Matthew Cornell — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:27:02 +0000

I think what you’re referring to is built in quite nicely into Leopard. System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Show Help Menu. Mine is set to command-shift-/, and it’s very sweet. Hit that shortcut and type part of the command name. Even highlights it so you can learn the app’s shortcut.

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:41:10 +0000

I’m not a newbie but I’m totally lost in getting this to work and I really want it to work because I have multiple monitors and getting from a window to a menu on another monitor is a real pain.

Access for assistive devices in the System Preference, done, checked
QS v54 installed, Enable advanced features, done, checked
QS Catalog, Quicksilver, Proxy Objects, done, checked

Plug ins: ONLY 3 SHOW UP

Where do I find the wealth of other plug ins and in particular the magic one being described here?

By: #24

#24 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:19:12 +0000

#24 Not blow your high, but in 99% of the applications out there, save as is just shift-cmd-s, which is faster then cmd-space(or insert random trigger) - sa -enter.
QS is cool, but not because it can emulate the simplest of commands with more keystrokes. This is good for when you have menues with 100+ items and frequently use many of them, and simply for saving applications with poor menudesign.

By: winter.in.july

winter.in.july — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:14:07 +0000

I have enabled proxy objects, user interface and universal devices yet still nothing. Any suggestions?

By: usbcd36

usbcd36 — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:34:46 +0000

Is there a way to have QuickSilver keep all of the menu commands in memory? I ask this because I commonly use commands that are buried deep in a submenu, and have no keyboard shortcut, but because of the number of menus, they don’t load quickly. I hit cmd-space, and wait…and wait…and wait more. Finally, the menus are accessible, but not their submenus or commands in submenus.

Is there a way around this?

By: SpiralOcean

SpiralOcean — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:20:14 +0000

Configure Quicksilver trigger to
current application
menu bar items…

Then all you have to type is:
trigger
sa
for save as.

By: Reality Bytes

Reality Bytes — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:14:58 +0000

Hmm… I am starting to “get the geek”, after having avoid QS for a while, I’m really starting to make it, make me more productive. However, I’ve installed the module, turned on advanced, still no “current application” action.

By: Jason N

Jason N — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:43:35 +0000

Word of warning for those using parallels… in turning on proxy objects (ie. accessibility or something), keys don’t work like they use to in parallels.

eg. Cmd-Tab does not allow you to cycle through apps when parallels has focus. You have to ‘defocus’ out of parallels first and then do stuff.

By: Federico "Phate" Pistono

Federico "Phate" Pistono — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:52:53 +0000

Quite an impressive tool.

It never ceases to amaze me.

By: Give your mouse a holiday « 0ddn1x: a minimalist’s medley

Give your mouse a holiday « 0ddn1x: a minimalist’s medley — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:40:14 +0000

[...] http://theappleblog.com/2006/11/01/quicksilver-does-menus-too/ [...]

By: Patricia Cheng

Patricia Cheng — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 15:20:13 +0000

Love it! I don’t mind a few extra key strokes as long as I don’t have to go for the mouse / trackpad. Thanks!

By: Richard Neal

Richard Neal — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 22:14:12 +0000

Woah, awesome tip! In case no one else mentioned it, you don’t have to use Current Application, you can just type in the name of any running app.

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Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:02:59 +0000

[...] Here’s an explanation of how to use Quicksilver to access Mac menu items. (Windows what?) Tags [...]

By: Howard Melman

Howard Melman — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:11:57 +0000

Annie, you need to go into the Catalog, under Quicksilver, check (to enable) Proxy Objects. That’s where Current Application (and many other useful objects) live.

By: Annie

Annie — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:17:50 +0000

I have having trouble getting the “current application” command. I have downloaded the app, enabled advanced features, and enabled access for assistive devises. Does anyone know what else I should do?

By: links for 2006-11-03 at found_drama

links for 2006-11-03 at found_drama — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:06:44 +0000

[...] Quicksilver Does Menus Too via The Apple Blog (via LifeHacker) (tags: Quicksilver hack todo) [...]

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:28:14 +0000

If nothing shows up in the 3rd pane, go to System Preferences::Universal Access and check the box: “Enable access for assistive devices”

“#11 Phil Bowell

When I try to access any menu items i don’t get anything in the third pane at all. I dont get anything if i try and browse them either. Any ideas why?”

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:51:09 +0000

Richard, keep trying! The application is truly worth it.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:43:51 +0000

After struggling through several Quicksilver crashes trying to impliment great, fantastic, Quicksilver shortcuts. Sorry, I just don’t see the appeal of QS; it’s easier for me to just use whatever shortcuts are built into OS X.

It’s still a very geeky app and not meant for general consumption.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:13:14 +0000

I also don’t get anything in the third pane at all when trying to access menu items.

Strange.

By: Howard Melman

Howard Melman — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:58:55 +0000

As of B51 Quicksilver is a little cleaner. There’s no longer a beta-mode, just “advanced features” that can be enabled. The names of all the plugins are corrected as well. If a plugin ends in “(+)” then it requires advanced features (both to appear in the plugins pane and to work). Some plugins end in a beta symbol, those work just like a regular plugin but should be considered to be in beta (more so than Quicksilver itself) based on stability.

By: Phil Bowell

Phil Bowell — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:08:17 +0000

When I try to access any menu items i don’t get anything in the third pane at all. I dont get anything if i try and browse them either. Any ideas why?

By: Matt Browner-Hamlin

Matt Browner-Hamlin — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:24:44 +0000

GCFiedler - thanks for your help.

I figured it out. The plugin wasn’t showing up in my preferences because I had not enabled advanced features. Once you do that, User Interface Access becomes available.

By: GCFiedler

GCFiedler — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:41:32 +0000

#5/7 - it should be down at the bottom of the list in alphabetical order.

Make sure you have selected ALL PLUG INS not the Installed Plug-ins list shown in this post.

But as I said, I can’t get this plug-in give me a ‘current application’ command.

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:40:45 +0000

i also needed to enable beta features in order for the quicksilver area of the catalog pane to show proxy objects. (i’m using version B49).

thanks for the heads up on this. i’ve been searching for a way to do this kind of thing with quicksilver for a long time.

By: The Apple Blog: Access any Mac menu with Quicksilver » LifeClever ;-)

The Apple Blog: Access any Mac menu with Quicksilver » LifeClever ;-) — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:08:11 +0000

[...] Yasser Dehab of The Apple Blog adds to this neverending list by showing you how to use Quicksilver to access every menu item in any Mac application. [...]

By: Matt Browner-Hamlin

Matt Browner-Hamlin — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:53:05 +0000

Yeah, that’s where I’m not seeing the User Interface Access plugin. Again, I downloaded today…

Is there another place to download this plugin?

By: GCFiedler

GCFiedler — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:45:03 +0000

#5 - click on ‘all plug-ins’ to see the entire list.

Ummm…. user interface access doesn’t give you the ‘current application’ command. What’s up with that?

By: Matt Browner-Hamlin

Matt Browner-Hamlin — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:42:07 +0000

I’m using version B51. I just downloaded it today, but I don’t see “User Interface Access (+)” in my plugins.

Where should I be looking?

By: Yasser Dahab

Yasser Dahab — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:22:16 +0000

Thanks for filling in some of the holes there guys. I knew I had forgot something, and the System Preferences part is pretty key, as is the Proxy Objects part of the QS catalog.

I’ve never tried MenuMaster, thought it looks like a nice piece of software. I think I’ll stick with QS because I like the idea of keeping it simple with one application that I already use.

By: Pierre Neihouser

Pierre Neihouser — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:51:15 +0000

I currently use MenuMaster (from Unsanity). I tried the QS way a long time ago, but MenuMaster is much faster. I’ll never go back !! It’s not free tho

By: Howard Melman

Howard Melman — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:20:41 +0000

The default key to activate Quicksilver is control-space not command-space.

To use the Current Application proxy object you need to enable advanced features and you need to check Proxy Objects in the Quicksilver set in the Catalog.

Unfortunately, in the current release of Quicksilver you can’t create triggers using these actions and the 3rd pane. The contents of the third pane are built dynamically (by talking with the application) and this can’t be saved in a trigger. You can create triggers for these applications if you leave the third pane blank.

You can assign or change keyboard shortcuts for any application’s menus in the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences in the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.

By: leafy

leafy — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:32:00 +0000

Be sure to enable:

Access for assistive devices in Universal Access pane of System Preferences