Sorry to bump an old topic, but this is the right place to reply (let me know if I should have just started a new one anyways).
I have this problem, and it's a known bug: http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users/2011/Aug/msg00340.html Or at least, it's a known bug to me and at least some of the people on that mailing list. Basically, it seems like Finder doesn't update the "current selection" it presents to AppleScript for a second or two after that selection changes, meaning that switching from one Finder window to another usually "leaves the selection behind". Sometimes it takes way longer to update, or won't do it at all without prodding (i.e. opening a new window or changing the selection), in which case it's much more visible, since just reinvoking doesn't solve the problem. Regarding the service, it works on folders but only from the context menu. It doesn't show up in the Services menu for anything but files—and I would expect that, even if this were fixed, it would not show up for Finder windows with only a sidebar item selected, and nothing in the main view selected. (The Finder Selection proxy etc. do work in this case.) This is a problem because if it's not in the services menu I can't give it a shortcut, so I can't use it to replace the "Command Window with Selection" trigger. Since this thread was started, though, proxy objects and everything that goes along with them have gotten dramatically more stable—it's just that Apple needs to fix the bug or they don't work right. On Monday, September 19, 2011 5:46:35 AM UTC-4, AdamAL wrote: > > After upgrading to Lion, I often experience that invoking QS with the > current Finder selection doesn't do so consistenlty. It is often like > QS sometimes keeps a previously selected file and doesn't get the > actual current finder selection. > > Example: > I select file (file1) in Finder. > Press cmd+alt+space to invoke QS with the file chosen. > Perform some operation with the file. > Do some other stuff. > Select a new file (file2) in Finder. > Press cmd+alt+space to invoke QS => problem: file2 is not brought into > QS. Instead, file1 is still chosen. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Quicksilver group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en
