On Sep 7, 11:42 pm, mason k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm confused as to what you're trying to do.
>
> Are you trying to use Quicksilver's ability to dynamically search the
> menu bar of an open application as an alternative to mousing through
> the menu bar? (The menu bar is the grey bar at the top of the
> screen).
yes
If it's this one, then you need to enable a lot of features
> to get it working: #1, access for assistive devices, #2, the Menu
> Interface plugin, #3 advanced features, and #4, proxy objects.
i had done all of this......thanks for specifying the requirements
though.
Then
> you need to make sure to use the correct actions: "Menu Bar Items..."
> and "Menu Bar...". These two actions allow you to search through
> current application's list of menu bar actions. Items... will search
> all the items, and Menu Bar... will only search the header
> categories. This was a really cool feature of QS pre-Leopard, but
> Leopard incorporated the idea into the system itself, and I like
> Leopard's implementation better. cmd-shift-/ (aka cmd-?) is now a
> find-as-you-type search bar for menu bar commands, as well as
> searching help.
i did not know this....... i just have to change the shortcut cmd-
shift-/ to something simpler and thats it
>
> Or are you trying to use quicksilver's action "menu", which is not the
> same thing at all, but rather a menu of quicksilver actions that are
> available for the object you've selected? If that is the case, why
> are you using it? That action menu is for use with the mouse,
> presumably designed to be set up as an Abracadabra trigger (but I've
> never used that side of things, so I don't really know).
i did not know this either.....thanks
>
> On Sep 7, 2:05 pm, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > i read "Dynamically Accessing a Menu" and it does give me a lot more
> > options (atleast all of the File menu options) and many more....but it
> > is taking a really long time to display the actions .....infact i even
> > had to force QS to quit and restart....what to do to speed it up....is
> > it also related to the catalog?
>
> > On Sep 7, 10:44 pm, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Hmm, it's not working for me either (on 10.5.4), I don't get anything
> > > back, not even bookmarks.
>
> > > See the section Dynamically Accessing a Menu in the manual for the
> > > various options and requirements, but it's probably flakey on leopard.
>
> > > Howard
>
> > > On Sep 7, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Chris wrote:
>
> > > > even in "Show Menu"(and not "Show Menu Items" as u said) i get only
> > > > the bookmarks for Safari
> > > > On Sep 7, 10:24 pm, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >> Maybe you want Show Menu Items
>
> > > >> Howard
>
> > > >> On Sep 7, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Chris wrote:
>
> > > >>> nothing specific. i thought setting a trigger for "show contents
> > > >>> menu"
> > > >>> would be a faster and more convenient way than accessing the menus
> > > >>> but
> > > >>> i have also realised that "show contents menu" shows very few items
> > > >>> and therefore not of much use. (for example, in Safari all i get is
> > > >>> the Bookmarks)
>
> > > >>> On Sep 7, 6:10 pm, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >>>> Why are you using the Show Contents Menu action to use the keyboard
> > > >>>> to
> > > >>>> navigate? Why not just use the 2nd pane and type the action you
> > > >>>> want? What specifically are you trying to do?
>
> > > >>>> Howard
>
> > > >>>> On Sep 7, 2008, at 8:38 AM, Chris wrote:
>
> > > >>>>> But someone must fix this, its annoying to use the mouse.
>
> > > >>>>> On Sep 7, 6:09 am, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >>>>>> Does for me too (B54 3815 on 10.5.4). Goes into a nasty loop
> > > >>>>>> chewing
> > > >>>>>> up 600MB of RAM in less than a minute and growing. Had to force
> > > >>>>>> quit
> > > >>>>>> it.
>
> > > >>>>>> Don't do that. :(
>
> > > >>>>>> Howard
>
> > > >>>>>> On Sep 6, 2008, at 12:35 PM, Chris wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>>> Quicksilver hangs when
> > > >>>>>>> i select an app/folder and
> > > >>>>>>> select action "Show contents Menu"
> > > >>>>>>> and use keyboard (down arrow, right arrow etc)
> > > >>>>>>> if i use the mouse then it does not hang.
> > > >>>>>>> Anyone else facing the problem.
> > > >>>>>>> (QS B54)
