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Improve keyboard support

Feature Request

Currently you can:

  • Use keyboard shortcut to show/hide Substage. This also tries to be smart, so if you’re in another app it’ll first switch to Finder+Substage, and only on second press (if Substage is fully front/active) will it actually hide.

  • Press Return to confirm, Escape to cancel/clear.

  • Press up/down to cycle through command history


Areas for improvement:

  • BUG: Sometimes when activating Substage, the prompt field isn’t selected?

  • Add a way to jump back and forth between Substage and its attached Finder window.

Posted by joethephish ·
Status: Completed1 comment

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  • joethephish

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    Apr 7, 2025

    As discussed on Discord, I’ve made the simple optimisation that the Finder window gets focussed when closing Substage. This allows the workflow of: 1) showing Substage with global keyboard shortcut 2) doing your prompt/action 3) hiding Substage, and you’re back in the Finder window.

    In addition, I’ve made it so that pressing tab when you’re in Substage switches you back to the Finder window. In order to get back to Substage you have to press the global keyboard shortcut, so it is possible to go back and forth. It’s a shame it’s not a symmetric operation, but I’d say that’s good enough for now…