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quicksilver/preferences/preferences.txt · Last modified: 2006/06/11 06:05 by 85.180.121.153

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Quicksilver Manual > Preferences

The Preferences panel provides numerous ways to tune and customise the behaviour of Quicksilver and its plug-ins. When you open Preferences (either by choosing it from the Quicksilver menu item, or by using the keyboard shortcut Command-,) you are presented with a number of Preference items on the left of the window (see 1 in screenshot below), and the options that you can edit on the right (2). You can also get some hints on what the options do by hovering over an item in the Preferences panel, which will make a yellow tool tip pop up.

Default Preference Panes

  • Application Application preferences, including starting at login, showing the dock icon, enabling advanced features, and checking for updates.
  • Actions Allows to review and enable the operations on each input, grouped by file type or as offered by the different Plug-ins.
  • Advanced Additional miscellaneous options, including whether to show image previews, capitalized key behavior, and running tasks in the background.
  • Appearance Color and visual settings, including the chosen interface.
  • Catalog Controls the list of searchable items. Want Quicksilver to know about a folder? Add it here.
  • Command Activating and matching options, including the hotkey (or modkey) used to open Quicksilver, timing for matching and catalog scanning, and various behaviors.
  • Helpers (aka Handlers) Choose applications to handle specific actions, like notification, instant messaging, and file system browsing.
  • Plug-ins View your plug-ins and control loading and preferences.
  • Triggers Set up custom hotkeys and mouse clicks to do anything Quicksilver can do.

Plug-in Preference Panes

  • Clipboard Clipboard behavior and settings, including number of items to record.
  • iTunes iTunes preferences, including showing artwork, monitoring tracks, and displaying notifications.
  • Notification Hub Settings for individual notifications with different notifier.
  • Phone Settings for phone dialing such as country, area code and call settings.
  • PyCalc Settings for results notification.
  • Timer Settings for default sound alarm upon timer expiration.

Preferences » Application Preferences