Sorting of search shortcuts!

[pönn]

Hi there,

since I can't figure out how to sort my search shortcuts I believe it's not possible. So I'd like to request this as a feature. It's annoying as hell to have "Google" and "Google Bilder" (images for you) so far apart... :(

See attachment for explanation.


Thanks
pönn

[afb]

They sort by keyword, not by title.

[pönn]

Thanks a lot afb!

I didn't get it all the time and was annoyed that it did not even sort alphabetically! Now I know that the short name is important AND lower/upper case letters do matter as well. I had

google@
GoogleBilder@

and changing the last one to

googlebilder@

did the job of alphabetic sorting at last! :)


Thanks so much!
pönn

[TommyW]

Actually I wouldn't mind a guide to search shortcuts... I keep wanting to implement it, stumbling at some part, and just jumping to the site and doing it anyway.

Any good online guide?

[pönn]

I did all my search shortcuts manually until I found out that you can right-click any search field on a web site and choose "add to search shortcuts". Maybe that's a start for you.

[JKT]

The easiest way to add them is to use the status bar icon:

http://homepage.mac.com/jtyzack/.Pictures/screenshots/OWsearch.jpg

Click the search field you want to add a shortcut for, click the magnifying glass+ that appears in the status bar and add the field. E.g. for this forum:

http://homepage.mac.com/jtyzack/.Pictures/screenshots/OWsearchforum.jpg

Note, the sps currently have a bug that prevents some search fields being added in this way (e.g. macupdate.com).

Edit: I've just noticed that there is a bad bit of UI in that dialogue sheet - OmniGroup refer to Keyword as short name in the text and not as keyword.

[TommyW]

Thanks both of you. Wonderful!