Rob, thanks for the answer.
Still, I found neither the 'Move to...' action's plist nor the post
that you refer to.
There are some items in the ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/
Actions.plist
but I couldn't figure it out how to change it back to the old
behaviour.


On Apr 23, 6:00 am, Rob McBroom <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 22, 2010, at 4:52 PM, sudo wrote:
>
> > could any of the developers shed some light on this issue?
>
> I don't know if I qualify since I haven't done anything with Quicksilver 
> itself, but my work on plug-ins has taught me something that might be 
> relevant.
>
> Some actions "return" something back to Quicksilver after they run. The thing 
> that gets returned becomes the thing selected in the first pane. In the case 
> of the "Move to…" action, the file (in the new location) is returned. As far 
> as I can tell, this has always been the case.
>
> Quicksilver can also be told whether or not an action displays a result. If 
> it true, the interface will pop back up with whatever was returned. If not, 
> the returned thing will still be selected, but you won't see it unless you 
> invoke Quicksilver yourself.
>
> This behavior is configured for each individual action (which is why you 
> don't see a general preference for it) and is pretty much up to the developer 
> defining the action. From what you describe, it sounds like the "Move to…" 
> action was modified to display a result in recent versions. I'm still on ß54 
> 99% of the time so I haven't noticed it myself. This is determined by the 
> plist, not the code, so making the change suggested in a previous post should 
> change it back to the old behavior.
>
> As for why it changed, it's obviously a judgement call so you'll have to hope 
> whoever changed it will chime in.
>
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