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OS X: Keep Quick Look windows in front

Mr.R — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:00:53 +0000

When viewing a file with QuickLook it will appear in the foreground of the screen. When you select a different window, QuickLook will go to the background. It’s possible to keep the QuickLook windows in front.

defaults write com.apple.Finder QLHidePanelOnDeactivate 0

Restart Finder to make changes effect.

killall Finder

Revert the change with:

defaults write com.apple.Finder  1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_-giBSWU7w

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Select text in a Quick Look preview window

Mr.R — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:36:55 +0000

If you use Quick Look to view files that features text, you’ll notice that you can’t click and drag to highlight text. This default write command will let you click and drag to highlight text, and use the cmd⌘ + C key combination to copy text.

To activate the setting, open a Terminal window and type the following:

defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool TRUE

To make the command take effect, you need to restart the Finder.

killall Finder

To deactivate the setting use:

defaults delete com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection; killall Finder

Example:

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X-Ray style Quick Look folder preview

Mr.R — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:59:46 +0000

This command can be performd in Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) and Lion (10.7) to get folders in Quick Look preview to show up with transparent covers. This option gives you an “x-ray” style view of the icons inside a folder.

defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableXRayFolders -bool true

To make the command take effect, you will need to restart the Finder

killall Finder

Revert to the default setting:

defaults delete com.apple.finder

Restart Finder

Screencast:

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