global activation hotkey to mimic nvalt NVMoveFocusToSearchOnActivation is not working

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not dave

December 05, 2020 10:29

Hi, when using the bring to front hotkey in nvALT, the focus returns to the search bar. I find this a most desirable behaviour as i can always activate and then search immediately.

Searching the community i found reference to NVMoveFocusToSearchOnActivation, i have activated to YES, but the focus is stil on the note rather than search when i use my hotkey. 

 

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  Fletcher Penney

  December 29, 2020 16:24

  Are you sure you set the preference correctly (e.g. quit nvUltra before hand, etc.)?

   

  It works fine for me, and when reviewing the code it *seems* correct.

   

  Thanks!

  Fletcher

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  not dave

  December 29, 2020 18:08

  Hi Fletcher. I have retested as i am unsure whether i had nvUltra open when i did this previously.

  Steps taken:

  • Closed nvUltra
  • Opened terminal
  • Right click and pasted

  defaults write com.multimarkdown.nvUltra NVMoveFocusToSearchOnActivation YES

  • Enter. (I receive no confirmation or error message.)
  • Reopened nvUltra
  • moved focus to editing a note body
  • alt-tab to move focus away from nvUltra
  • Used global activation hotkey (CTRL escape). 
  • nvUltra is brought to front window.
  • Focus is still in the note body

  I tried amending the following hidden preference

  defaults write com.multimarkdown.nvUltra NVTableRowSize 57

  And can confirm that the table rows increased as expected, resetting them back to 17 also worked as expected. So can be confident that i am editing com.multimarkdown.nvUltra via terminal.

   

   

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  Fletcher Penney

  December 29, 2020 18:29

  What do you get in Terminal with:

  defaults read com.multimarkdown.nvUltra NVMoveFocusToSearchOnActivation

  I still can't replicate any trouble with this.

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  not dave

  December 29, 2020 22:18

  Hi Fletcher

  MacBook15Retina:~ USER$ defaults read com.multimarkdown.nvUltra NVMoveFocusToSearchOnActivation
  
  YES

  What files should i remove to reinstall nvUltra? I'll try that in case there is something odd with my install or settings.

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  Fletcher Penney

  December 30, 2020 02:09

  This is unlikely to be something that reinstalling changes.

   

  What OS version are you using?

   

  You could also try:

  defaults write com.multimarkdown.nvUltra NVMoveFocusToSearchOnActivation 1

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