Keyboard shortcuts
Most of the information here comes from Howard Melman's Quicksilver User Manual and Quicksilver Quick Reference
Here are some key characters with their meanings attached:
⇧shift ⌃control ⌥option ⌘command ↵enter ⇥tab ⌫delete ⎋escape ⇲end ⇱home ⇟page down ⇞page up ←left arrow →right ↓down ↑up βbeta ßeszett!
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[edit] From OS X
| Key combination | What it does |
|---|---|
| ⌃space | Invoke Quicksilver |
| ⌘⎋ | Invoke Quicksilver with Finder or frontmost app selection |
[edit] Within Quicksilver
| Key combination | What it does |
|---|---|
| ↵ or ⌃O or hold ⇥ | Execute current Command |
| ⌃↵ | Collapse current Command into first pane as an Object |
| ⇥ | Move focus to next pane |
| ⌘⇧letter | Execute Command for Action associated with ⇧letter |
| ⌫ | Clear entered keystrokes in current pane |
| ⌫ | Clear selection in current pane if no entered keystrokes |
| ⌘↵ | Run the alternate for the current action |
| ⌘⌃D (twice?) | Set as default item for current search (Broken in 10.7?) |
| ⌘K | Show task viewer |
| ⌘L | Show Clipboard History |
| ⌘⌃Q | Restart Quicksilver |
| ⌘R | Rescan catalog |
| ⌘⌥S | Show Shelf |
| ⌘T | Open Fonts (flaky*) |
| ⇟ or ⌃V | Next page in list |
| ⇞ or ⌥V (broken?) | Previous page in list |
| ↓ or ⌃N or ⌃J | Next item in list |
| ↑ or ⌃P or ⌃K | Previous item in list |
| ⇲ | End of list |
| ⇱ | Start of list |
| ⌘, | Preferences |
| ⌘? | Guide |
| ⌘' or ⌘⌃: | Triggers |
| ⌘; | Catalog |
| ⌘" or ⌘⇧' | Plug-ins |
| ⎋ or F5 | Dismiss list if visible |
| ⎋ or F5 | Dismiss Quicksilver if no list visible |
[edit] Within the first pane
| Key combination | What it does |
|---|---|
| ⎋ or F5 | Reset search to top level of Catalog if list visible |
| hold letter | Execute default Command for Object associated with letter |
| ~ or ` or ⌘⌥N | Home folder |
| ⌘A | Select all in list |
| ⌘G | Grab Finder or frontmost app selection |
| ⌘⌥G | Grab 'n Drop |
| ⌘[ | Last Object |
| → or / or ⌃L | Drill down into Object |
| ← or ⇧/ or ⌃H | Drill up out of Object |
| ⌥→ or ⌥/ | Show hidden files |
| ⌘. | Stop remote web searches (?) |
| , | Comma Trick |
| . | Enter text mode |
[edit] Within the second pane
| Key combination | What it does |
|---|---|
| hold letter | Execute Command using Action associated with letter |
[edit] Spacebar behavior
Determine this in Preferences>Preferences>Command. The table describes the effect of each option.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Normal | Returns items with space(s) in the name. |
| Select Next Result | Next item in list |
| Jump to Argument Field | Moves the focus to pane 3 and subsequently selects the next Action that requires pane 3 |
| Switch to Text Mode | Also adds a space to the typed text (pane 1 only) |
| Show Item's Contents | Drill down into Object (pane 1 only) |
[edit] Emacs-style keybindings in text entry mode
| Key combination | What it does |
|---|---|
| ⌃A | Start of line |
| ⌃E | End of line |
| ⌃B | Back one character |
| ⌃F | Forward one character |
| ⌃D | Forward delete |
| ⌃H | Delete |
| ⌃K | Forward delete line |
| ⌃N | Down one line |
| ⌃O | Line break / Carriage return (?) |
| ⌃P | Up one line |
| ⌃V | Last character |
| ⌃Y | Paste forward deleted line (?) |
Standard OS X shortcuts work in Quicksilver, too: ⌘H Hide, ⌘W Close, ⌘Q Quit, ⌘X Cut, ⌘C Copy, ⌘V Paste, ⌘B Bold, ⌘U Underline, ⌘⌥T Show Char Palette
Some shortcuts, such as the main invocation hotkey, can be modified in Preferences, and others can be added with Triggers.
Note that system-wide shortcuts (such as ⌘⎋ to enter Front Row) might supersede application shortcuts—you may have to disable these in System Preferences to expose the Quicksilver key combination.
(*Appearance of the Fonts pane depends on Preferences being last activated in the current Space (10.6).)
