[tosz]

I looked for a specific thread on this but didn't find one. Here's the problem:

After upgrading to Snow Leopard and updating OF to 1.7.5 I am unable to assign a shortcut for clipping services from within OF.

The service itself works fine (I can right click an email and run the service with no problem) but when I try to enter a keyboard shortcut in OF preferences, it will not "stick" (the window remains blank). The shortcut I would like to set up is cmd+shift+T (worked in previous versions) but I've also tried all kinds of combinations and none worked. Also, when I check the keyboard preferences, it doesn't show up there, either.

I would appreciate any help

[Greg Jones]

I'm not using SN myself, but I believe this is covered in a sticky at the top of this page, link.

[tosz]

Originally Posted by Greg Jones

I'm not using SN myself, but I believe this is covered in a sticky at the top of this page, link.

Greg - thank you for pointing this out to me. With the information in the sticky I was able to find a "workaround" for my problem, but the underlying issue remains. The sticky says:

"Next, select "Application Shortcuts" in the list on the left. The box to the left of the OmniFocus Clipping shortcut in this section should also be checked. Additionally, the keyboard shortcut you specified in OmniFocus' preferences should appear on this line."

The problem is, the OF Clipping shortcut DOES NOT show up in the "Applications Shortcuts" section on my system -- as I said in my first post, I cannot even specify the shortcut from within OF in the first place! Whenever I attempt to assign it in the entry field in the OF preferences "Clippings" section, the field remains empty. Here's the screenshot of that section AFTER I tried to assign the shortcut:


Click for full size - Uploaded with plasq's Skitch

Restarting OF and Mail doesn't help.

But here's the workaround: I manually added "OmniFocus: Send to Inbox" to the Applications Shortcuts section of the Preference pane and assigned it the shortcut I wanted. So far it seems to work fine.

I am still curious as to why it is no longer possible to assign it from within OF. Any ideas/suggestions?

[Toadling]

Originally Posted by tosz

The problem is, the OF Clipping shortcut DOES NOT show up in the "Applications Shortcuts" section on my system...

With the release of 1.7.5, the shortcut was moved under the "Services -> Text" heading instead.

-Dennis

[morgler]

Hi, I have the exact same issue. Unfortunately, your tip doesn't help :(. I can only find the regular "OmniFocus: Send to Inbox" entry in the services list. The special clipping service (i.e. the one which automatically attaches the current email to the action item) is NOT listed here. How can I assign this shortcut, when - as mentioned above - I always get this red error message in the OmniFocus preferences?

[whpalmer4]

Originally Posted by morgler

Hi, I have the exact same issue. Unfortunately, your tip doesn't help :(. I can only find the regular "OmniFocus: Send to Inbox" entry in the services list. The special clipping service (i.e. the one which automatically attaches the current email to the action item) is NOT listed here. How can I assign this shortcut, when - as mentioned above - I always get this red error message in the OmniFocus preferences?

The Send to Inbox clipping shortcut *is* the one that attaches the current email...the other shortcut is the one that brings up the Quick Entry box, and as it doesn't work through the Services menu, people don't seem to have any trouble with it.

So, make sure that you've got the Clip-o-Tron installed (click the button at the bottom of the Clippings Preferences in OmniFocus if needed), and that you've got Mail on Leopard (or later) selected in the list of clipping plug-ins, and that you are actually clicking on the message in the list of messages before attempting to clip (if the focus is in the other pane, you need to have some text selected).