Any way to add "Quick Look" (Command-Y) functionality?

[danzg]

Like the title says ... is it possible to Quick Look an item from within BC, without using "open with associated app"?

Maybe with a custom command?

Or can this be added natively?

[danzg]

I found a way:

Options > Open With > Add
and use command line:
qlmanage -p '%f'

... but would be nice if it were native...

[Aaron]

Thanks for the Open With definition. That's actually a great way to add this support into BC4, and you can assign a custom hotkey to it as well, such as Apple+Y.

In fact, I'll probably update our KB article Open With examples with this.
http://www.scootersoftware.com/suppo...kb_openwithapp

[macandrice]

I'm going to reiterate the request for this to be native. Although it's better than nothing (and thanks for danzg for the method), there are two things wrong with the above:
1. You can't close it the same way you open it, i.e. I assigned the normal Cmd-Y hotkey, so Cmd-Y will open the QL window, but unlike Finder, Cmd-Y won't close the window again. You actually have to use Space for that.
2. You can't use Space for the hotkey because Space is already reserved by BC (although I still haven't figured out what that little blue box means or does).

This should be built-in to BC, please, and thank you!

[Aaron]

Thanks for the feedback on the command. I'll open a wishlist entry to investigate if we're able to more natively integrate this command. In the meantime, you would need to use your (customized hotkey) to open, and Space to close.