Default Folder X version 6

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I use it all day long for getting to my recent files and folders in open/save dialogs and when attaching files to emails.

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I didn’t use it enough to see any major differences yet, to be honest. Alfred is still my go-to but sometimes when I know I’ve recently worked on certain files and I know its name, I just use DFX to get the first hit.

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This. All. The. Time. I’d be sad if it went away.

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@Topre Unfortunately, I overloaded the default keyboard shortcut so that a second ⌘⌄ Space is used to change the default search mode to “Search All” (if you’re currently searching just folders, for instance). I could close the window if you hit it and you’re already in “Search All” mode, but that seems a bit confusing for people who don’t just always search for everything.

I know I personally switch to searching just for apps because that searches all standard application locations rather than just recent apps (I use DF as my app launcher too). Still, using the same shortcut to close the window does make sense


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@Topre OK - I tried it and you’re right, hitting the shortcut again should definitely close the window if Search All is the search mode. The change will be in the next release. If you’d like a pre-release build before then, shoot me an email at support@stclairsoft.com.

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[quote="stclairsoft, post:24, topic:34906”]
I overloaded the default keyboard shortcut so that a second ⌘⌄ Space is used to change the default search mode to “Search All”
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Thanks for making the change, I appreciate it. But, I just wanted to be sure that I didn’t miscommunicate - the ⌘⌄ Space key stroke which I used was a keyboard shortcut I assigned to trigger DFX search, not the defaults assigned to DFX. What I meant was pressing the same keyboard shortcut again should close the search window, which is the same behavior of Spotlights and Alfred. It is more of a habit of user - press to show the search bar, press again to hide it.

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Yes, I understood what you meant, and that’s what it does now - whatever keyboard shortcut you’ve assigned to Quick Search both shows and hides the window.

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