Here is a little Fix for the Spotlight Search Prompt Documentation Macro
I Provide this Fix for all who use this wonderfull Macro with the Resources Package stored on Dropbox and who also run / ran into the same issues like @dbrooks787 and I described in earlier posts.
The Macro now uses the normal behavior to open the Spotlight Documentation.html file in the default Browser.
Macro: Spotlight Search Prompt Documentation -- Ver 1.0.1
I used to use this macro for something a while back but, at some point, it stopped working. I tried re-installing and setting up again, but get this error:
Spotlight Search Prompt
Variable 'sspOptions' not set
I can't see in the documentation that I need to set this. Can you tell me what I need to do to get this working?
Also, I previously had a version of this that it selected a specific variable for editing. I can't remember how I set it to do that, so if you can remind me that would be great.
Yeah, you're not wrong. I think that what I did before was I copied the default Spotlight Search Prompt and had a customised version where a specific variable was automatically selected (in the input/prompt) area, so I could just tab straight to the variable and edit it, rather than have to type to filter.
Basically, I wanted to have a way where I could use a hotkey to edit a variable (multi-line, almost like a log file) very quickly without opening KM. This macro was the one suggested to me at the time.
OK, I think I was completely missing that it had found a match because that specific part was disabled (and collapsed down) and I was somewhat blind to it. That's working now, thanks.
I have my mac connected to two other larger monitors, and when i am at my desk I use the these larger monitors more. However, teh Spotlight Search Prompt always shows up in the small Mac screen, is there a way I can change this to be shown (or moved after being shown) to the larger monitor?
IIRC, there's a setting in "sspOptions" called "customPromptPosition", and you can use that to position the prompt.
Figuring out if your other monitors are connected is something I don't know how to do, although I think I remember reading a topic on the subject not too long ago.
Those tokens (use in text fields) return the dimensions of each screen. When one returns 0,0,0,0 then there's no screen there. So check if Screen%2% is 0,0,0,0, and if it's not, then you have more than one display connected.
From here, use Position Next Engine Window or Manipulate a Window to move the window to location on display 2 or 3 if the test is true, otherwise to a position on the internal.
For my application, I have complicated codes that I want to filter from a list of such codes. In some cases, I can remember the start of the code. In other cases, I can remember subsequent parts of the code.
For example, here is a list of the codes:
5031.now.set
6591.set.forever
now.897979.ok
If I type “now”, what is returned in the filtered list underneath? Is it:
“now.897979.ok”
because it starts with ‘now’.
Or is it:
“5031.now.set
now.897979.ok”
because both of the above contain ‘now’?
I believe a Spotlight search would return the latter (two items) in the filtered list, and that is what I need.
Does the MACRO: Spotlight Search Prompt return the latter (two items) or the former (one item)?
I received an answer in another thread, Methods to Pick from a List [Tutorial], that the "Prompt with List" Action achieves my objective, so I guess that the Spotlight Search Prompt is not necessary for my use case (and I am not aware of a compelling reason to use it instead of the "Prompt with List" Action).
I wrote a greatly-simplified Spotlight-like prompt that can be used as an alternative to the Prompt With List action. The main benefit is that it includes fuzzy search, so typing (for instance) aw would match Apple Watch and Apple Watch Ultra.
