{"id":35448,"date":"2022-04-04T11:06:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=35448"},"modified":"2022-04-04T12:32:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:32:15","slug":"searching-in-open-save-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/04\/searching-in-open-save-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching in Open\/Save Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zach Waugh<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I just discovered you can hit \/ in any macOS save dialog to open a Spotlight-esque quick folder search and even use things like ~ to jump to your home folder. No clue when that was added, but a handy shortcut instead of manually navigating a deep folder hierarchy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This seems to be a new way of invoking the old Go to Folder<\/strong> command, which still works via Command-Shift-G. The folder picker matches Finder’s Go to Folder<\/strong>, which was redone in Monterey.<\/p>\n

Previously, it only let you enter paths (with autocompletion). But now it also shows a list of recent folders, and you can also search by name. Neither of these new features works very well for me. The recent list does not include most of the folders that I’ve recently chosen. And searching behaves like the longstanding open\/save panel search field: sometimes it works, but sometimes it takes a long time to find no results.<\/p>\n

The main way that I navigate these panels is via keyboard shortcuts, which also match Finder’s:<\/p>\n