Global Shortcut to Searchbar

Hi Leo and community,

I would like a Systemwide Shortcut, that opens (or focuses) Dopus and focuses the cursor in the searchfield in the toolbar. So that I can simply start typing and running a global seach with the new Everything integration.

Is this, or something similar, possible?

So you are looking for something shorter than Win-E F3?

Yes, preferably. But its not a big deal. I am using Everything as a standalone tool already. Would need if I could continue using the shortcut, but jump directly in to a Everything search in Dopus.

Does F3 open the main search or focus the quicksearchfield, in your setup?

Yes, F3 sets the focus on the search field on the Menu toolbar.

With today's beta, you could define a hotkey like this:

Go NEW
@sendkey:F3

Thanks! Are you part of the developer team?

Its not working for me yet.

I am running the 13.3 now. The Hotkey does open a new Lister but does not focus the searchfield. F3 on its own is working.

Also, do you happen to know, if is possible to use and switch between more granular presetz of Everything from within dopus? Like searching only for files or folders. Excluding file types or locations, etc.?

No :slight_smile:

You need at least 13.3.3 (beta).

Yes, just type it in. Opus will send it to Everything and display what comes back.

You can also use CLI QUICKSEARCH to display the find-as-you-type field and fill it with a query.

CLI QUICKSEARCH

Its working now!

Yes, just type it in. Opus will send it to Everything and display what comes back.

Not sure if I understand you correct. What I meant is, if I can somehow use and change the search/filter presets, from with in Dopus. Sorry, the screenshot is in german:

Ah, ok, I misunderstood.

That's possible as well. You need to call Everything.exe and pass your search string, e.g.:

"/programfiles\Everything\Everything.exe" -search "Hello World.jpg"

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