"open with" apps list

[paulw]

When I choose a file, choose "open with" and then go to the third
pane, more often than not the app I want doesn't show up if I start
typing its name. I have to instead select the Applications folder and
find the app I want.

Any way I can change this?

[Jon Stovell]

The applications listed in the third pane should be the same as those
that appear in the Open With contextual menu that appears when you
right-click on a file in Finder. If the application you want doesn't
appear there, it won't appear in QS's third pane either. Since it is
up to the application itself to declare what sorts of files it is
capable of opening, the only way to change this is to edit the
application's innards so that it announces to the operating system
that it can open the files you want to open with it.

[paulw]

Thanks. Similar question: is it possible for the "move to" contextual
menu to include non-folders?

[philostein]

You can get Move to… in pane 2, and navigate to any file in pane 3
using the ←→ keys. But how can you move something to a non-folder?

[paulw]

If I download an updated version of an app, for instance, I might
forget which part of my app folder hierarchy the original is sitting
in (Applications --> Graphics --> Vector, for instance). What I used
to do, can't remember if it was an earlier version of Q, or if it was
LaunchBar, was select "move to", then in the third pane find the app
and arrow backwards to get the enclosing folder.

Not a big deal, but that used to be convenient.

[philostein]

Get the old app in pane 1, press ⌘C, get the new app in pane 1, Move
To…, ⌘V in pane 3, ←

Basically, just paste the old app into pane 3 then arrow back one.

[paulw]

Brilliant! Thanks!