Can Notchy's command palette find files and clipboard text?
Yes. Open the command palette (⌃⌥K) and type at least two characters: below the matching commands it lists files and folders from your home folder by name, and matching text from your clipboard history. Return opens a file, and ⌘Return or ⌘-click shows it in Finder.
Step by step
- Press ⌃⌥K, or ⌘K inside the open panel.
- Type part of a file or folder name. Up to 8 matches appear, most recently used first, each labelled File or Folder with its parent folder.
- Press Return to open the selected file, or ⌘Return to show it in Finder.
- For text you copied earlier, type a word from it. Up to 5 matches appear labelled Clipboard; Return copies the one you pick.
Good to know
Files come from Spotlight and only from your home folder. Hidden items, anything in ~/Library and the contents of apps and other bundles are left out.
Clipboard matches only appear while clipboard history is on, and are hidden while your screen may be seen by others — during a call, a Notchy recording or display mirroring.
A query that starts with : searches emoji instead.
Files and clipboard text you open from the palette are not added to its recent commands.
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