BTT Preset: Searchlight 1.1.0

• Add: Enabled to change the action of search. This feature is an alpha version and has no UI yet.

  • Manually edit in preferences.json. Please set after updating preset and starting once.
    Open the "/Users/[your_name]/Applications/BetterTouchTool/Presets/Searchlight" and edit the line below.
    "fnEnter": "currentTab",
"fnCmdEnter": "newTab",
"fnShiftEnter": "newWindow"
    fnEnter = Enter only.
    fnCmdEnter = Command + Enter.
    fnShiftEnter = Shift + Enter.
    If you want to open in a new tab with just the enter key, set it as
    "fnEnter": "newTab",
"fnCmdEnter": "currentTab",
"fnShiftEnter": "newWindow".

• Change: Change the location of the "preferences.json" and "record" files.

  • When updating from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0, please back up "preferences.json" and "records". The above files is in "/Users/[yourname]/Library/Application Support/BetterTouchTool/PresetBundles/xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxSearchlight/". In v1.1.0, the "/Users/[yourname]/Applications/BetterTouchTool/Presets/Searchlight" folder is created at the first startup. Copy the file you just backed up to this folder.

• Change: If the content is only keyword, close the search form.

• Fix: Bug when opening in new window.

• Fix: The search form may not close after closing help or settings.

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BetterTouchTool(BTT) is a great application for Mac. You can customize input devices such as keyboard, mouse, and touch bar (!!). You can also customize the UI.