[Solved] Multiple selected images and Open With
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:19 pm
I have a small problem which is that when I select multiple images and use Edit With, it opens each image separately in the external editor.
For some apps this makes no difference, but in Preview for example, this means that a new window is created for each image, instead of a single window with a thumbnails drawer as you get when you open multiple images from Finder.
Another case is Quicksilver. When I drag multiple files onto Quicksilver in the dock, it puts all of them in the Quicksilver pane (screenshot below). (This even works from GraphicConverter.) But if I use the "Edit With" menu, the Quicksilver pane activates and deactivates rapidly and only the last item is selected. I would prefer to use the Edit With menu because then I could bind a keyboard shortcut to it and not have to move the cursor.
Basically, if you could make it work the same way as the Terminal command, batch-sending the files to the target application, that would be ideal. Maybe as an option in preferences?
For some apps this makes no difference, but in Preview for example, this means that a new window is created for each image, instead of a single window with a thumbnails drawer as you get when you open multiple images from Finder.
Another case is Quicksilver. When I drag multiple files onto Quicksilver in the dock, it puts all of them in the Quicksilver pane (screenshot below). (This even works from GraphicConverter.) But if I use the "Edit With" menu, the Quicksilver pane activates and deactivates rapidly and only the last item is selected. I would prefer to use the Edit With menu because then I could bind a keyboard shortcut to it and not have to move the cursor.
Basically, if you could make it work the same way as the Terminal command
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open -a Quicksilver 1.jpg 2.jpg ...