Improve QuickLook on Mac
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- Dominant language
- Python
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- 275
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Description
Pressing Shift+Space on Mac opens macOS's QuickLook for the selected file(s). Unfortunately, this has several drawbacks:
- It's a bit slow
- It sometimes brings Finder windows in front of fman, so it's hard to switch between QuickLook and fman
- The QuickLook window contains an ugly
[DEBUG]in the title - The QuickLook contents aren't update as you navigate to other files in fman, and vice versa.
The goal of this issue is to solve the above problems. In #166, @matangower suggested to ditch QuickLook and use QLPreviewPanel instead. Experimenting with this may be a first starting point.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start from the Shift+Space entry point that opens macOS QuickLook, then investigate the QLPreviewPanel suggestion from #166. Compare the current behavior with the four listed drawbacks; done means the replacement is faster, stays usable alongside fman, removes the [DEBUG] title text, and updates as selection changes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100