New to QS: how to search for a file and not a folder of the same name (or the reverse)?

[jipnet]

Alfred lets you specify file or folder, or at least folder not file. Is that possible in QS? tx

[Rob McBroom]

On 24 Jul 2022, at 23:29, jipnet wrote:

Alfred lets you specify file or folder, or at least folder not file. Is
that possible in QS? tx

It’s not something you can toggle in the interface. The closest thing I can think of to what you want would be:

1. Create a custom catalog entry that only shows folders
2. Create trigger with that entry in the first pane and “Search Contents” as the action

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Rob McBroom

[James I. Porter]

Great. It’s unclear to me how to specify: show only folders., I see this:

But “Types” box is not clickable; I think that is where I should enter “fold”, correct? 

(Also depth trigger is not moveable. Wait, it just turned visible. Not sure why (updated internally?)

Also, I added the Spotlight plugin to search for file contents. Do I need to adjust the depth or just leave it?

Here’s a trigger setting for my box sync folder (where all my most frequent folder / file searches will be):

Now here’s what happens when I activate the trigger and search for “Philod” (looking for folder “Philodemus”)

The folder sought does not show up. 

Typing in “Heraclitus” does not bring up the folder of that name:

Thanks very much.

Jim

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[Rob McBroom]

On 25 Jul 2022, at 12:59, James I. Porter wrote:

> Great. It’s unclear to me how to specify: show only folders., I see this:
>
>

> But “Types” box is not clickable; I think that is where I should enter “fold”, correct?
>
> (Also depth trigger is not moveable. Wait, it just turned visible. Not sure why (updated internally?)

Yeah, I noticed that the text is invisible for some reason, but if you type “folder” followed by a comma, it should get set correctly.

> Also, I added the Spotlight plugin to search for file contents. Do I need to adjust the depth or just leave it?

That allows you to add a new type of entry (Spotlight). It doesn’t affect “File & Folder Scanner” entries at all. You could use a Spotlight entry to find folders, but it’s probably overkill.

> Here’s a trigger setting for my box sync folder (where all my most frequent folder / file searches will be):

You want the trigger to use the catalog entry itself, not the folder the catalog entry refers to. Assuming the name of the entry is “Box Sync”, look for “Box Sync (Catalog)”.

You might not see these by default. Go to Preferences → Catalog → Quicksilver and make sure “Quicksilver Catalog Entries” is enabled.

I would have gone into more detail in my original answer, but I didn’t think you’d actually want to do this. 😆

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Rob McBroom