# Discussion: BetterTouchTool Launcher / Spotlight Replacement (very much work in progress) **URL:** \ **Category:** Configuration Help & General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768 "2026-04-16T13:47:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Volker](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/77aa72/32.png) [@Volker](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Volker)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/21 "2026-04-19T06:29:19Z")
Nice, I will give it a try and replace Alfred with it next week in the office. Would you mind sharing your setup of the [leo.org](http://leo.org) floating menu. This is much better than opening a browser tab - that I need to close after I see the right translation. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 7:25am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/22 "2026-04-19T07:25:45Z")
here it is, best use with 6.410: [leo-floating-menu\_launcher.bttpreset](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/short-url/ykBwBuTO97cVjBdT39lJuT2qSWQ.bttpreset) (69.2 KB) The keyword is set to "leo" in this preset ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/23 "2026-04-22T18:14:38Z")
with 6.430 support for creating launcher plugins via AI should be much better. I asked it to create an in-launcher Tetris and it worked on first try (after it fixed a few initial compilation issues by itself) ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/c/b/cb9cb22119aab462f39e7fa5eda6c573b02c7dc3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Volker](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/77aa72/32.png) [@Volker](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Volker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/24 "2026-04-23T04:22:54Z")
Hi Andreas, that is amazing and leads me to the question: "When can the Launcher run Doom?" 🤣 After using the Launcher productively for the last three days I can say that it already works pretty good and most of my findings are fixed with the current alpha version (6.433). Only one thing is left so far: - Marking words with the mouse in the prompt e.g. to delete them does not work - instead the launcher position is moving, even if I have configured that it opens at the center of the focused screen Feature Idea: - I guess this can easily set up with a Floating Menu - Type e.g. "Timer 1m30s" into the launcher and press "Enter" - A Floating Menu with a Countdown Timer opens and counts down from 1min 30s - At the end of the Countdown a tone or notification (HUD) pops up - Bonus Buttons: Pause, Restart, +30s, -30s and Close - Bonus Information: Original Start Time of the Countdown (e.g. 1min 30s), End time of the Countdown e.g. 2:31:31pm - I was trying to adjust this timer [Porting timer widget from the Touch Bar to a floating menu - #3 by Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/t/porting-timer-widget-from-the-touch-bar-to-a-floating-menu/39658/3) but so far couldn't invest enough time Best regards, Volker ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 10:13am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/25 "2026-04-23T10:13:56Z")
6.434 improves the dragging (hopefully) and adds a integrated timer widget. If you assign a keyword to that timer widget you can e.g. type "timer 15min" (supports various time formats) ---
**Author:** ![StanN](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/stann/32/44869_2.png) [@StanN](https://community.folivora.ai/u/StanN)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/26 "2026-04-23T16:24:30Z")
Looks great, would be nice to have the option to set a audio file for the timer to play when timer ends. ---
**Author:** ![xidiot](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/xidiot/32/27204_2.png) [@xidiot](https://community.folivora.ai/u/xidiot)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/27 "2026-04-23T21:10:37Z")
BTT launcher - that's great! Thanks Andreas! Strange behavior - typing exactly what the result is (check 2nd screenshot) doesn't show the needed action. ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/1/0/1089df74ce73b813b5c4310a1a1b9b74d6cc302b.jpeg) but when slighly changed it knows what I want to do. ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/0/4/04949d414769e0f2fd5e154da8ae8f6cc4a4ab7a.png) I guess it is because the 1st word is **timer** , but still I find it a bit odd that typing exactly what is shown as result in the 2nd screenshot doesn't show the actual action, but it is offering me some other actions - search files etc. Another one for the Timer, the **Pin** is always active and there's no way to go back: ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/5/3/534ef3e78a8d010f73e8fbc33b076dbb01649e70.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Chaiman](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/chaiman/32/44830_2.png) [@Chaiman](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Chaiman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/28 "2026-04-24T12:51:13Z")
Is there anyway to reset the launcher settings/configuration? I’m having problems with the launcher, the trigger does not activa the launcher. It may be a problem related to a frozen status while allowing permissions in the first activation. Don’t worry, I understand that it is in beta stage. ---
**Author:** ![Chaiman](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/chaiman/32/44830_2.png) [@Chaiman](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Chaiman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/29 "2026-04-24T23:53:25Z")
Last update solve the problem to start the launcher. Is there anyway to select the desired calendars in the calendar widget? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![uv3](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/uv3/32/44148_2.png) [@uv3](https://community.folivora.ai/u/uv3)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/30 "2026-04-25T12:19:21Z")
The launcher currently appears to only search based on adjacent letters. The only way I've been able to get abbreviations like the ones below working is to assign custom keywords. - `ap` → Affinity Photo - `mb` → MusicBrainz Picard - `tp` → TablePro - `trm` → Transmit It would be great if nonadjacent searching could be supported, possibly with a heavier initial weighting for capitalized letters (i.e. `tp` would rank **TablePro** above **Tips** ). Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/31 "2026-04-25T12:54:20Z")
good idea, will add that! ---
**Author:** ![StanN](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/stann/32/44869_2.png) [@StanN](https://community.folivora.ai/u/StanN)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/32 "2026-04-26T09:53:45Z")
Any plans on supporting the raycast [extensions store](https://github.com/raycast/extensions). ---
**Author:** ![yougotwill](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/yougotwill/32/45202_2.png) [@yougotwill](https://community.folivora.ai/u/yougotwill)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/33 "2026-04-26T10:47:53Z")
@Andreas_Hegenberg Can we expect the standard clipboard manager UI to be updated to match the Launcher’s Clipboard Manager at some point? I like it a lot! ---
**Author:** ![Grig](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Grig](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Grig)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/34 "2026-04-26T16:57:26Z")
Playing around with the launcher, it seems pretty feature-rich, but one major miss is searching macOS system settings. For example if I type “keyboard” in alfred, raycast, or spotlight it will show the keyboard setting, keyboard accessibility, keyboard shortcuts, language input settings, etc, all I assume coming from spotlight. So maybe the answer is to support the spotlight source in BTT launcher as well? ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/35 "2026-04-26T18:05:52Z")
good idea, I'll add an option to include system settings search ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/36 "2026-04-27T10:45:44Z")
> [@uv3](#): > > The launcher currently appears to only search based on adjacent letters. The only way I've been able to get abbreviations like the ones below working is to assign custom keywords. > > - `ap` → Affinity Photo > - `mb` → MusicBrainz Picard > - `tp` → TablePro > - `trm` → Transmit > > It would be great if nonadjacent searching could be supported, possibly with a heavier initial weighting for capitalized letters (i.e. `tp` would rank **TablePro** above **Tips** ). Thank you! Could you check whether this works for you in 6.443? > Playing around with the launcher, it seems pretty feature-rich, but one major miss is searching macOS system settings. For example if I type “keyboard” in alfred, raycast, or spotlight it will show the keyboard setting, keyboard accessibility, keyboard shortcuts, language input settings, etc, all I assume coming from spotlight. So maybe the answer is to support the spotlight source in BTT launcher as well? System Settings search should now also be available in 6.443 (basic). It is currently in a subgroup by default, if you want it to work on top level you need to drag it up there in the launcher settings. ---
**Author:** ![jordikt](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/jordikt/32/26021_2.png) [@jordikt](https://community.folivora.ai/u/jordikt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/37 "2026-04-27T14:15:18Z")
I want to download 6.443 but it seems 6.441 is the latest one. ![Captura de pantalla 2026-04-27 a les 16.13.31](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/5/5/556e1a6ee476d6e4aa57405ebc4d302f29e59b6b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/38 "2026-04-27T15:29:02Z")
Was traveling by train today and apparently earlier this morning the connection dropped. I just initiated a reupload! ---
**Author:** ![uv3](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/uv3/32/44148_2.png) [@uv3](https://community.folivora.ai/u/uv3)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/39 "2026-04-27T23:11:03Z")
> [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](#): > > > [@uv3](#): > > > > It would be great if nonadjacent searching could be supported > > Could you check whether this works for you in 6.443? Yes, it works. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![somelinguist](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@somelinguist](https://community.folivora.ai/u/somelinguist)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768/40 "2026-04-28T14:40:42Z")
The clipboard preview seems to be broken for me in the launcher (it’s fine in the old clipboard manager). I can see all of the same list of history times, but the preview pain is empty. Sometimes changing the preview type from `Auto` to `public.html` will show the preview, but most of the others are blank too. I’m on macOS 15.7.5 and BTT 6.443. [Previous page](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.folivora.ai/t/discussion-bettertouchtool-launcher-spotlight-replacement-very-much-work-in-progress/46768.md?page=3)