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Selection bar

When the selection bar shows, the apps it never shows in, the apps it reads by copying, the selection lengths it accepts and the search engine "Search the web" uses.

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Where: Settings › SelectionBar.

Key: selectionBar. Type: a record. Default: automatic, with the lists below.

  • mode: automatic (after a drag, a double or triple click, or a shift-arrow), option (only when ⌥ is held at the gesture) or hotkey (only when hotkey is pressed; ⌥⌘C by default).

  • neverShow: bundle ids the bar never shows in. Default: Terminal, iTerm, Ghostty, kitty, Warp, Alacritty, the Finder and Screen Sharing. Games are skipped too.

  • copyToRead: bundle ids where the bar may press ⌘C to read the selection when the app doesn't say (the Chromium and Electron apps). The clipboard is put back within 300 ms and clipboard history never sees the copy.

  • minLength, maxLength: how many characters a selection needs (1 and 10000 by default).

  • searchEngine: google, duckduckgo, bing, brave, kagi or ecosia.

  • order: macro ids of the "Selection bar" group, in the order the bar lists them.

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