File name completion via hotkey
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:25 pm
Hey David,
hope you're doing well. I intended to make a feature request/suggestion, and ended up writing an autohotkey script demonstrating said feature (it's makeshift at best, but it works). I also recorded a screencast, for your convenience.
Whenever I am at an "open file" dialogue, I fire up Everything, search for the file I want, right click on the result, select copy full path, alt-tab back to the file selection dialogue, and paste the path. It's tiring =)
I figured, with a hotkey, Everything could replace the keywords I typed with the actual file name found, lickety-split. I know it's not a groundbreaking idea, but it provides great convenience. Here are the links for the screencast and the source of the script:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/677762/screencast.wmv
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/677762/field ... mplete.ahk
I would have uploaded the compiled binary as well, but figured you wouldn't want to run executables sent to you by strangers =)
I'd greatly appreciate it if you implemented such a feature.
Anyway, take care.
hope you're doing well. I intended to make a feature request/suggestion, and ended up writing an autohotkey script demonstrating said feature (it's makeshift at best, but it works). I also recorded a screencast, for your convenience.
Whenever I am at an "open file" dialogue, I fire up Everything, search for the file I want, right click on the result, select copy full path, alt-tab back to the file selection dialogue, and paste the path. It's tiring =)
I figured, with a hotkey, Everything could replace the keywords I typed with the actual file name found, lickety-split. I know it's not a groundbreaking idea, but it provides great convenience. Here are the links for the screencast and the source of the script:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/677762/screencast.wmv
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/677762/field ... mplete.ahk
I would have uploaded the compiled binary as well, but figured you wouldn't want to run executables sent to you by strangers =)
I'd greatly appreciate it if you implemented such a feature.
Anyway, take care.