Several templates for AppleScript actions are given here. To learn what they mean and how to use them, see AppleScript Actions.
Note that Quicksilver is fully backwards-compatible with AppleScript actions written using obsolete templates, so those will still work with the latest version of Quicksilver, but they will not benefit from the new features available using the current templates. To use these new features, update your scripts to use the current template.
These templates will work for version 1.0 of Quicksilver and above.
If there is one that you use frequently, consider saving the template (perhaps with a link to this page commented at the top) in your ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions folder. Once there, you can use Finder's Info pane to set it as "Stationary" (with or without being "Locked"), and every time it is opened through Finder, it will open a duplicate copy without changing the original. Prevent the template from showing up as an "action" by unselecting it in Quicksilver's preferences (Preferences -> Actions, uncheck), and instead add it to your Quicksilver catalog for easy access through Quicksilver.
using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on open files direct_objects
(* Your script goes here *)
end open files
--This handler may be omitted if the action accepts for all direct object types.
on get direct types
(* Possible values to return can include any of: "NSFilenamesPboardType" "NSStringPboardType" "Apple URL pasteboard type" "QSFormulaType" "qs.process" "qs.command" "QSRemoteHostsType" "com.apple.itunes.track"
See AppleScript_Types for details. *)
return {"NSFilenamesPboardType"}
end get direct types
end using terms fromusing terms from application "Quicksilver"
on open files direct_objects with indirect_objects
(* Your script goes here *)
end open files
on get argument count
(* Use "return 1" (or omit this entire handler) to never show the third pane. Use "return 2" to force the third pane to show. Use "return 3" to make the third pane optional. *)
return 2
end get argument count
--This handler may be omitted if the action accepts all direct object types.
on get direct types
(* Possible values to return can include any of: "NSFilenamesPboardType" "NSStringPboardType" "Apple URL pasteboard type" "QSFormulaType" "qs.process" "qs.command" "QSRemoteHostsType" "com.apple.itunes.track" See [http://qsapp.com/wiki/AppleScript_Types](https://docs.qsapp.com/documentation/applescript\_types) for details. *)
return {"NSFilenamesPboardType"}
end get direct types
--This handler may be omitted if the action accepts all indirect object types.
on get indirect types
(* Possible values to return can include any of: "NSFilenamesPboardType" "NSStringPboardType" "Apple URL pasteboard type" "QSFormulaType" "qs.process" "qs.command" "QSRemoteHostsType" "com.apple.itunes.track" See [http://qsapp.com/wiki/AppleScript_Types](https://docs.qsapp.com/documentation/applescript\_types) for details. *)
return {"NSFilenamesPboardType", "NSStringPboardType"}
end get indirect types
end using terms from
using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text direct_object
(* Your script goes here *)
end process text
--This handler may be omitted if the action accepts all direct object types.
on get direct types
(* Possible values to return can include any of: "NSFilenamesPboardType" "NSStringPboardType" "Apple URL pasteboard type" "QSFormulaType" "qs.process" "qs.command" "QSRemoteHostsType" "com.apple.itunes.track" See [http://qsapp.com/wiki/AppleScript_Types](https://docs.qsapp.com/documentation/applescript\_types) for details. *)
return {"NSStringPboardType", "Apple URL pasteboard type"}
end get direct types
end using terms fromusing terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text direct_object with indirect_objects
(* Your script goes here *)
end open files
on get argument count
(* Use "return 1" (or omit this entire handler) to never show the third pane. Use "return 2" to force the third pane to show. Use "return 3" to make the third pane optional. *)
return 2
end get argument count
--This handler may be omitted if the action accepts all direct object types.
on get direct types
(* Possible values to return can include any of: "NSFilenamesPboardType" "NSStringPboardType" "Apple URL pasteboard type" "QSFormulaType" "qs.process" "qs.command" "QSRemoteHostsType" "com.apple.itunes.track" See [http://qsapp.com/wiki/AppleScript_Types](https://docs.qsapp.com/documentation/applescript\_types) for details. *)
return {"NSStringPboardType", "Apple URL pasteboard type"}
end get direct types
--This handler may be omitted if the action accepts all indirect object types.
on get indirect types
(* Possible values to return can include any of: "NSFilenamesPboardType" "NSStringPboardType" "Apple URL pasteboard type" "QSFormulaType" "qs.process" "qs.command" "QSRemoteHostsType" "com.apple.itunes.track" See [http://qsapp.com/wiki/AppleScript_Types](https://docs.qsapp.com/documentation/applescript\_types) for details. *)
return {"NSFilenamesPboardType", "NSStringPboardType"}
end get indirect types
end using terms fromProcess text in Quicksilver's first pane with an indirect object (third pane)
using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text dObject with iObject
activate set message to "Direct is '" & dObject & "'"
if class of iObject is list then
-- user used the comma trick to add multiple objects to the indirect object (the third pane)
set message to message & " indirect has " & (number of items in iObject) & " items:"
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in iObject
set message to message & return & tab & quote & (item i of iObject) & quote
end repeat
else if class of iObject is text then
-- there is only one item in the third pane
set message to message & " indirect is '" & iObject & "'"
end if
display dialog message buttons {"OK"} default button 1 end process text
on get argument count
return 2
-- if you want the third pane to be filled, otherwise return 1 (or leave this handler out)
end get argument count
end using terms from