'''Most of the information here comes from Howard Melman's Quicksilver User's Guide and Quick Reference.
Here are some key characters with their meanings attached:
⇧shift ⌃control ⌥option ⌘command ↵enter ⇥tab ⌫delete ⎋escape ⇲end ⇱home ⇟page down ⇞page up ←left arrow →right ↓down ↑up βbeta ßeszett!
Key combination | What it does |
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⌃space | Invoke Quicksilver (default) |
⌘⎋ | Invoke Quicksilver with Finder or frontmost app selection |
Key combination | What it does |
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↵ or ⌃O | Execute current Command |
⌃↵ | Collapse current Command into first pane as a single item |
⇥ | Move focus to next pane |
⌘⇧letter | Execute Command for Action associated with ⇧letter |
⌫ | Clear entered keystrokes in current pane |
⌫ | Clear selection in current pane if no entered keystrokes |
⌘↵ | Run the alternate for the current action |
⌘⌃D (twice?) | Set as default item for current search (Broken in 10.7?) |
⌘K | Show task viewer |
⌘L | Show Clipboard History (requires Clipboard Plugin) |
⌘⌃Q | Restart Quicksilver |
⌘R | Rescan catalog |
⌘⌥S | Show Shelf (requires Shelf Plugin) |
⌘T | Open Fonts (flaky*) |
⇟ or ⌃V | Next page in list |
⇞ or ⌥V (broken?) | Previous page in list |
↓ or ⌃N or ⌃J | Next item in list |
↑ or ⌃P or ⌃K | Previous item in list |
⇲ | End of list |
⇱ | Start of list |
⌘, | Preferences |
⌘? | Guide |
⌘' or ⌘⌃: | Triggers |
⌘; | Catalog |
⌘" or ⌘⇧' | Plug-ins |
⎋ or F5 | Dismiss list if visible |
⎋ or F5 | Dismiss Quicksilver if no list visible |
Key combination | What it does |
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⎋ or F5 | Reset search to top level of Catalog if list visible |
hold letter | Execute default Command for Object associated with letter |
~ or ` or ⌘⌥N | Home folder |
⌘A | Select all in list |
⌘G | Grab Finder or frontmost app selection |
⌘⌥G | Grab 'n Drop |
⌘[ | Go back to the previously selected object (browse history back) |
⌘] | Go forward to next selected object (browse history forward) |
→ or / or ⌃L | Move down into folder/item |
← or ⇧/ or ⌃H | Move up out of folder/item |
⌥→ or ⌥/ | Show hidden files |
, | Collect items Comma Trick |
⌥, | Uncollect items Comma Trick |
. | Enter text mode |
= | Calculate mathematical expression (requires Calculator Plugin) |
Key combination | What it does |
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hold letter | Execute Command using Action associated with letter |
Determine this in Preferences>Preferences>Command. The table describes the effect of each option.
Option | What it does |
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Normal | Returns items with space(s) in the name. |
Select Next Result | Next item in list |
Jump to Argument Field | Moves the focus to pane 3 and subsequently selects the next Action that requires pane 3 |
Switch to Text Mode | Also adds a space to the typed text (pane 1 only) |
Show Item's Contents | Drill down into Object (pane 1 only) |
Key combination | What it does |
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⌃A | Start of line |
⌃E | End of line |
⌃B | Back one character |
⌃F | Forward one character |
⌃D | Forward delete |
⌃H | Delete |
⌃K | Forward delete line |
⌃N | Down one line |
⌃O | Line break / Carriage return (?) |
⌃P | Up one line |
⌃V | Last character |
⌃Y | Paste forward deleted line (?) |
Standard OS X shortcuts work in Quicksilver, too: ⌘H Hide, ⌘W Close, ⌘Q Quit, ⌘X Cut, ⌘C Copy, ⌘V Paste, ⌘B Bold, ⌘U Underline, ⌘⌥T Show Char Palette
Some shortcuts, such as the main invocation hotkey, can be modified in Preferences, and others can be added with Triggers.
Note that system-wide shortcuts (such as ⌘⎋ to enter Front Row) might supersede application shortcuts—you may have to disable these in System Preferences to expose the Quicksilver key combination.
(*Appearance of the Fonts pane depends on Preferences being last activated in the current Space (10.6).)