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Would Inline Search (⌘+/) help with this @macfixer?

  1. Inline Search
  2. Type ggm
  3. See all Snippets that match that (with hover to view contents)
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Thanks @Francois-AlbertGando! What are your thoughts on a general indication that a Group Prefix exists?

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@Jason Why not just showing the ”Group Prefix” rather than a “general indication”? “Group Prefix” like abbreviations are usually small so, UI wise, there is enough space to add “Group Prefix” at the left of the “Abbreviation” field.

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Adding the ability to search in a specific folder from all the search forms available in TextExpander.

For example: typing “:”, then name of the folder, then some text.

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Automatically update nested snippet abbreviations of nested snippets (Not the content of the nested snippet).

When you change the abbreviation of a snippet, all the snippets that do use this snippet as a nested snippet can’t use this snippet anymore. :confused:

The user should be informed that modifying the abbreviation of the snippet he is editing will break all the snippets that use this snippet as a nested snippet and be offered to update some/all the snippets that do use this snippet as a nested snippet so he can keep using them.

Hope I am clear :slight_smile:

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A faster way to view conflicting abbreviations.

While it is useful to see if a abbreviation is already in use when creating/editing a snippet, it would also be very useful to have a window/a folder(?) with all the snippets that do have conflicting abbreviations.

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Let the user decide whether he wants to include the last typed word when using the '“Inline Search”.

Use case: I have created a lot (+400) of very short snippets for single words (i.e. “browser”).

If, for example, I type “a”, then hit my “Inline Search” keyboard shortcut, I, first, will have to delete “a”, then type “browser” to display the abbreviation of the snippet “browser”.

I would love to have the option to not include the last typed word when using the “Inline Search”.

All my excuses if it is already possible :slight_smile:

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100%, learned this the hard way!

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A post was split to a new topic: How to permanently collapse a Snippet?

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A post was split to a new topic: Checkbox Formatting?

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Hi @Francois-AlbertGando! We are actually looking at this as I type this. The functionality of bringing in previously typed info to Inline Search is confusing to TextExpander users. Especially given the info can be deleted if removed from Inline Search as you mention.

We are going to be changing this behavior, thanks for the feedback! :+1:

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97

I would like a way to set a default expansion style, i.e. “Always Plain Text” or “Always Rich Text” (with something like ‘hold option when expanding to reverse this…’)

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:waving_hand: @macfixer

Would you want this “always plain/rich text” to be at the global level, Snippet Group level, or Snippet level?

Do you by chance have some examples where this would come into play for you?

Thanks! :smiley:

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While I personally would love it to be global, that would probably be impractical for most users. Therefore, it should be at the snippet group level (unless the user has no groups, then it would be just global at that point, huh?).

I am switching between different apps (web apps, Mac apps, iOS apps), and formatting can sometimes (probably most of the time) get borked unless it gets pasted in as plain text.

In my day job, I use it to expand the name of software apps that I’d otherwise kill my wrists typing over and over again… maybe an email signature or two… and TextExpander is super handy for filling in forms online, too. All of those thrive on plain text.

I hope that helps! If I can be of additional assistance, let me know.

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Yes! This will be a showstopper for me coming from PhraseExpress. I have several replacements setup that take multiple clipboard entries, rearrange them and paste them.

For example, on one screen I copy a street address (clipboard_3), a quote title (clipboard_2), and then a quote number (clipboard_1) (in that order). Then, in a different app, I type my shortcut ‘;quo’ and it spits out “Quote [quote_number] - [quote_title] - [street_address]”.

No obvious way in TextExpander to do this, it seems.

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I would love some expanded keyboard macros! Specifically, it would be great to have a way to use something like “cmd+r” to refresh a page and continue with a snippet. (I’ve tried to do this with AppleScript but could never figure out the timing :sweat_smile: )

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Hi Sharon, This is a great suggestion. We’ve heard this from other customers too. We will add a +1 to the functionality - add keyboard macros.

Great example of “cmd+r” to refresh the page. I am sure many others would benefit from this! :raising_hands:

Thank you for writing in! Keep the feature requests coming!

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I’ve asked this several places and still no response.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO CREATE SNIPPETS on my iPhone

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Only by logging into the web interface in the browser and then adding in there. It’s not ideal.

The custom keyboard, which has been in beta since 1987, only allows expansion and not snippet creation.