For me, I thought it was version 2.4.1 that changed behavior. I usually update things promptly, and it couldn't have been earlier than mid-August, I don't think. Dates are missing from the latest entries in the Change Log <https://qsapp.com/changelog.php>, so I can't cross-check with that.
On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 3:49:51 PM UTC-4 Nathan Henrie wrote: > Can anyone localize this change in behavior to a specific release? Trying > to narrow down the possibilities. > > I initially thought this might be from my change at > https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/commit/0a096e6d6c0f1709092c35af889daf842738b811 > > It still could be, but I find it interesting that I am *not* seeing the > unusual behaviors that others are; for example my default action for > applications is still "open" (even though I can see Calculate lower in the > list). Others seem to have had "calculate" or "large type" become the > default. > > I wonder if setting `kQSObjectDefaultAction` for file paths to "open" > might help? > > Nate > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2023, at 3:11 AM, James McLean wrote: > > Same with my muscle memory. I don't know whether defeating that muscle > memory enough times would teach Quicksilver to adjust the action rankings. > But it worked for me to go into Preferences (General)> Actions> All Actions > and drag Calculate below Open/Reveal. > > Side note: Initially I thought that one of the "Run" actions must be what > launched an app, but reading the descriptions revealed that was incorrect. > > On Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 10:28:43 PM UTC-4 brian...@gmail.com > wrote: > > Thank you. This has been happening to me to. My muscle memory is faster > than my brain. > > So, the solution is to change the ranking on Calculator? > > On Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 9:58:24 PM UTC-4 James McLean wrote: > > Thanks for the link to issue 2960. Following up on that revealed that the > behavior I observed was a case of unintended consequences, rather than a > real error. Now that applications are valid targets for text actions, and > since Calculate is a text action, this was the natural outcome. Calculate > was ranked pretty high for me (I use it all the time), above the > Open/Reveal action, hence the change in my experience. I believe that > adjusting the action rankings is the proper way to deal with this. > > I consider it a bit awkward that Calculate is a text action; too many text > strings are not reasonable targets for Calculate. Nevertheless, I do see > the use case, so I would not ask for anything to be changed. Just need to > make sure that the initial/default rank for Calculate is low enough not to > beat other more likely text actions. (I presume that the action rankings > are adaptive, explaining why it was so high for me.) > > On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 10:05:44 AM UTC-4 Nathan Henrie wrote: > > > Would you mind please making an issue at > https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues? The template helps > make sure we have enough info to give us the best shot and reproducing the > issue, and it's much more discoverable / searchable for other users > experiencing the same. > > FWIW, I'm running the current code from `main`, and I do not see this > behavior. > > It *seems* a lot like > https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues/2960 and I've written > up my thoughts on a possible cause and some steps for debugging in that > thread. > > Nate > > On Tue, Sep 12, 2023, at 12:47 PM, James McLean wrote: > > Thanks, I was able to use that idea to get a usable work-around. > But it still seems like something fundamental is broken. Why is Calculate > even being offered as an action, for an application for example? Calculate > is not even in the Applications list of Actions, let alone enabled by my > check-boxes. > And I just had to share this amusing screenshot. Recursion, anyone? > [image: Untitled.png] > > On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 1:27:25 PM UTC-4 random1destiny wrote: > > Looks like you can go into Settings>Actions and re-arrange the action > priority. For some reason "Open" and "Open File" were moved way down the > list below Calculate after the last update. > > > On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 10:55:28 PM UTC-4 James McLean wrote: > > Something has suddenly scrambled my actions. > > With the Calculator Plugin (which I use very frequently) enabled, objects > such as applications and text files get "Calculate" as the top choice > action. Which of course makes no sense, besides the fact that Calculate is > only supposed to become available with an object starting with "=". (Some > objects, such as Contacts, don't have this problem.) > > With Calculator Plugin disabled, at least an application gets the top > action Open. But the list of other action choices includes things which > make no sense, such as Search Contents. And I must misunderstand > something, because in QS> Preferences> Actions> Type=Applications, the Open > action does not even appear in the list??? This leaves me uncertain if it > is just Calculator gone wrong, or something deeper. > > I've tried deleting and reinstalling the Calculator plugin, with no > effect. 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