AppleScripts

Quicksilver AppleScripts

AppleScripts can be run from within Quicksilver, and are useful when creating triggers. This page contains a list of useful AppleScripts that users have created in the past.

Pane 1 AppleScripts

These Applescripts are selected in Quicksilver's first pane and used with the 'Run' action. You can browse to the Applescript as you would with any normal file, or add it to your Catalog.

Show Date and Time with Growl (AppleScript)

Open AirDrop (AppleScript)

Pane 2 (Action) AppleScripts

Action Applescripts are actions you can select in Quicksilver's second pane for certain first pane types (the script determines what types).

To install a scripts, save it in ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions/MyActionName.scpt where MyActionName is the name the action will have in the second pane. Then relaunch Quicksilver. ~ is your Home folder. Create the Actions folder if it doesn't exist.

See the AppleScript Actions page for information on writing your own actions.

Text Action AppleScripts

QuickSparrow 

Send emails directly from Quicksilver using Sparrow.

SuperTweet 

Send tweets directly from Quicksilver using SuperTweet and twitter.

Encode/Decode URL 

Convert between encoded and unencoded URLs (%20 <=> space, %26 <=> & ,etc).

File Action AppleScripts

Dropbox public link 

Gets the Dropbox public link URLs for files in your Dropbox Public folder.

Paste file path 

of the file in the first pane.

Shorten URL 

Makes a short link from a URL in the first pane (and optionally on the clipboard). Multiple versions posted.

Combine PDFs 

Combines pages from multiple PDFs into a single document.

Select File In Dialog 

Allows you to use Quicksilver to select a file in an Open/Save dialog box

Three-Pane AppleScripts

Run command in shell with arguments 

Runs a text command entered in the first pane using the file or text arguments entered in the third pane.

Probably-Obsolete Actions

Quick Look 

for multiple files in the same Finder folder (obsoleted by native QuickLook support in QS)

Quick Quick Look 

for multiple files in different Finder folders, although the mouse is needed to navigate the Quick Look window

Write your own

To learn how to write your own AppleScript Actions for Quicksilver, see AppleScript Actions.

For convenience, you can start using one of the AppleScript Action templates.

Application AppleScripts

These should be saved as 'Application' in AppleScript Editor's Save As… window, and run from the first pane using the 'Open' action.

Color Picker (AppleScript) - displays the color picker from any app