> These triggers are my third most used Quicksilver feature

I'm pretty sure that at some point I've read a 'tip' in your manual that
'Toggle Application X' is more useful than 'Open application X', which is
why I also use this for various triggers.
I completely agree 100% about this, and will take a look at implementing it
soon enough :)

On 16 June 2012 00:17, Howard Melman <[email protected]> wrote:

> I use Toggle Application all the time and for a very long time I've wished
> it was just a little bit smarter.
>
> It currently just toggles the app between hidden and not hidden and is
> smart enough to start the app if it's not running. I have several triggers
> for my most frequently use apps (Safari, Mail, Reeder, etc.) all with the
> Toggle Application action. It's great to switch between apps and to 'put
> away' an app when I'm done with it, but sometimes to get to an app, I have
> to hit the trigger twice (once to hide it and once more to activate it).
>
> The problem is Toggle Application treats all active (non-hidden) apps the
> same, regardless of if it's frontmost. I'd like to behave as:
>
> If not running -> activate (open)
> else If hidden -> activate (make frontmost)
> else if frontmost -> Hide
> else activate (make frontmost)
>
> Assuming that activate (and I'm assuming this action is a method) will
> open a non-running app, then this can be reduced to:
>
> if app is frontmost -> Hide
> else activate
>
> I'd love it if this could be implemented. These triggers are my third most
> used Quicksilver feature (after various web search triggers and a mouse
> trigger for Hide Application).
>
> Howard
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