Launcher questions: folders and reveal

Configuration Help & General Discussion
1

Hello, concerning Launcher

  • how do I search for folders instead of files ?
  • how do I reveal a file or folder in Finder ?
  • is it possible to reveal in other file managers like Forklift ?

thank you very much

2

Currently it always searches both, files and folders. You can see the various reveal options by opening the action popover (default shortcut cmd+p)

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3

thank you @Andreas It would be nice to integrate copy and move functions.

4

good idea!

5

I suggested it because it possible and very elegant with Alfred (called file actions and configurable). I would definitely use the BTT version if there was one.

6

Maybe you can describe the exact behavior you'd like for move/copy, then I'll add it to the next build.

7

open Launcher → find source file or folder →reveal→ select copy or move →new search for target folder →send notification when it's done.

At the time of the search for a target folder, it would be very nice to have integration with the default folder X app which has a very elegant way of managing recent and favorite folders. It appears anytime I "Save As" in any application.

I must say that for the moment BTT Launcher has done a poor job of finding files and folders (ie often does not find files and folders) that I find immediately with Alfred or Finder. Something is not working correctly.

Simple example: I have a folder called "Bear Notes", a sub sub folder in Documents which I find immediately with Alfred or Spotlight but not with Launcher. One of many examples. Just to show that it's not an indexing problem on my side.

8

Does it just take a while or does it not show up at all? (I just check with various nested folders, they seem to show fine here but might take a moment to show up)

How are you triggering the file search? (I usually do the space, then enter file name path)

9

I had not triggered files search. Sorry.

Now I find it but:

  • it is much slower than Alfred or Spotlight ("searching files" is displyed)
  • it does not seem to remember past searches (Alfred does for example) which hugely accelerates searches because one tends to look for the same folders
  • it would be nice to be able like Alfred to attribute keywords to files and folders to quicken searches

Also I don't see Space in the documentation except when you mention the usual preview. But I see it when I trigger the file browser

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10

Useful file / folder actions that I frequently use in Alfred

  • open with
  • reveal
  • copy to (+/- replace)
  • move to folder, move to new folder
  • add to Yoink
  • email
  • copy file URL, POSIX
  • compress (ZIP)