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Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request (v2?)

« on: November 04, 2005, 10:56 AM »

Thanks.  I do understand that they are totally different methods for finding and launching progs/docs.  And it will take a little time to develop that muscle memory so it becomes second nature for me. 

I think if I could find a way to launch the run dialog programmatically, then I could bind an arbitrary hot-key to launch it, and have say, alt+; for run, and alt+' for farr.  Since I haven't found a way to do that (launch from cli or other program), I'll probably have to settle for a Run clone to use in conjunction with farr, which I can live with.

BTW, if you haven't already tried PowerPro, you should check it out.  It's been the one util I can't live without, but I think farr could well join it on that pedastal.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request (v2?)

« on: November 04, 2005, 01:38 AM »

I have a couple of ideas, at least on interface/user interaction.

How about if the first thing you type into the input field is a space, switch to auto-complete mode instead of the default search mode. You'd need an indicator to show what mode you're in I suppose, and subsequent hits on the spacebar in the first column of the field would toggle modes.  I have no idea how you'd go about doing the actual autocomplete part, but that's why you're the coder, right?

Another method would be to have 2 fields instead of one. The second would be the equivalent of the Run dialog, and would only require you to hit tab to swtich from primary to secondary fields... I don't like this idea as much as the first one, since it would mean you'd need to tab twice to get to the search list.

Hmmm. What if, when you hold down the activation hotkey it starts up in the alternate mode. Same keys involved, just a change in behavior when held vs tapped.  Double tapping the hot-key is another option.   Or maybe rather than closing/hiding FARR on a second tap of the hotkey, swith to auto-complete mode.  You would still have the Esc key as a means of closing the window.

Ok, enough ideas for one day. Feel free to use any, all, or none of them.

Hmm. I just found something interesting -- if I hold Alt+' (my custom trigger hotkey for FARR), then not only does the FARR window flicker in and out, it slowly shrinks from the right, one pixel at a time. Wierd.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request (v2?)

« on: November 03, 2005, 04:04 PM »

Sorry. I just re-read my original post, and I realized I didn't mention the auto-complete there, specifically.  Anyway, that's what I was really looking for. Thanks again.

Jim

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request (v2?)

« on: November 03, 2005, 04:02 PM »

I had thought of that already, and it's definitely useful, but that doesn't give me the autocomplete on filename/pathnames that the run dialog gives me.  That's really what I was after.

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Find And Run Robot / Feature Request (v2?)

« on: November 03, 2005, 01:37 PM »

Anybody else think it would be useful to have FARR also provide "Start->Run" like functionality?  I'd love to only have to use one tool to launch all my programs, docs, and folders via the kbd.  Bascially, if it starts with a drive letter (x:), or a backslash (\), then function like the run dialog, otherwise, do the normal FARR search/alias stuff.

BTW, I just started using it this week, and I love it.  But I'd really like to be able to launch arbitrary folders and programs, that aren't in my folder list.  Any pointers on how this could be accomplished with the existing version?  At a minimum, I could just launch the run dialog from FARR, but I was hoping to cut down on the steps, and not have to think about "do I hit Win+R, or Alt+'? (I use Alt+' since it's closed to home row than Pause, and I don't like losing the normal Alt-Space function.)

TIA

Jim