No, no. Show Menu Items is an action that becomes available when an open application is in the first pane. When run, it will immediately bring up QS again, this time with a list in the first pane containing all the menu items of the application. Then you can type to choose your menu selection.
On Sep 20, 1:49 pm, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > Thanks very much for the details. I've done what you've said, and now > Quicksilver shows me the Current Application item, but when it's > highlighted and I click the right-arrow, I'm not getting "Show Menu > Items" or similar. All I get is the "XYZ.app" item. Navigating further > into that, I get some options, but no menu items. > > Do you have any suggestions? > > I have the User Interface Access (+) plug-in enabled, I have Proxy > Objects enabled in the Quicksilver Catalog preferences, and I have > 'enable access for assistive devices' enabled in System Preferences -> > Universal Access. > > Thanks again. > > Michael > > On Sep 9, 10:59 pm, Patrick Robertson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > 'current application' is what is known as a proxy object. in order to have > > proxy objects enabled in Quicksilver, you must enable 'advanced features' in > > the preferences. > > > Once this is done, if you look in the 'catalog' prefs under 'Quicksilver' > > you should see the current application object. > > > I have also posted this to the groups, so if this does not sort your > > problem, perhaps someone else will be able to help :) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Michael <[email protected]> > > Date: 8 September 2011 19:09 > > Subject: Re: Seeking alt-letter-letter menubar control (to mimic Windows) > > To: Patrick Robertson <[email protected]> > > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to respond to the post, but all I'm getting is an option to > > reply to author, sorry. I hope it's not an intrusion. > > > I'm excited about Quicksilver and it's ability to get to the menu more > > easily. This might enable me to finally make the switch to Mac from > > Windows. But I'm trying what's discussed in the post, including enable > > the Universal Access option as described, but when I search in QS, > > there's no "Current Application" that shows up as I type "current > > ap...". Do you have any suggestions? > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > > On May 21, 7:35 pm, Patrick Robertson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Your best option is to install the 'User Interface Access' plugin > > fromhttp://qsapp.com/plugins/ > > > > Once you've done that, set up a trigger as follows: > > > > Current Application > > > Show Menu Items > > > > This will bring up a list of all the menu items in the 1st pane which you > > > can search through. > > > I know Neurolepsy is hoping to fix the plugin so that when you use > > > > Current Application > > > Menu Bar... > > > > You'll be able to right arrow into the items in the 3rd pane. > > > >http://gigaom.com/apple/quicksilver-does-menus-too/ > > > > Make sure you have 'enable access for assistive devices' enabled in System > > > Preferences -> Universal Access > > > > On 22 May 2011 07:12, hydrostarr < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Can Quicksilver provide alt-letter-letter menubar control (to mimic > > > > Windows)? > > > > > Example use case: appX has a "File" menu. Want to press "alt-f" at > > > > the keyboard, then select a particular "File" menucmd via the keyboard > > > > based upon the beginning letter in said command. > > > > > Feasible? Maybe some other/better functionality to serve the basic > > > > need of mouse-less menu control without having to make pre-set > > > > customer keyboard commands and by also using visually-context-driven > > > > menu sections (eg, the "F" in file automatically enables one to choose > > > > "Alt-F" to access said menu...)?
