Aaah OK. Well I was unaware of that setting, I can see how it would come in handy.
Unfortunately, as I've said, this is not a problem with Quicksilver, but with the Quicklook panel which Apple provides to developers. There is no documentation on how to add this setting, so unless someone can reverse-engineer the Finder.app code, then it looks like we're stuck On 24 April 2012 18:50, su <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.macworld.com/article/1164668/select_and_copy_text_within_quick_look_previews.html > > On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 7:38:53 PM UTC+2, Patrick wrote: >> >> I cannot select text when opening PDFs or .txt files with Quicklook from >> Finder. I don't know how you can. >> >> The Quicklook panel used in Quicksilver is not 'custom' for Quicksilver, >> and is the standard Quicklook panel that is supplied by Apple to developers >> (via the frameworks). As such, unless Apple update the frameworks there is >> nothing we can do to change the behaviour of the Quicklook panel itself. >> >> On 24 April 2012 18:27, su <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If I get a pdf or txt file in the first pane and quick look at it with >>> cmd+alt+Y I cannot select its text. >>> The same operation works when performed directly from Finder. Should I >>> open a request at github? >>> >> >>
