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By default Finder looks for the search result on This Mac. I changed it in Finder preferences.
But when I use File/Open in any app and try to search in that window it still searches the whole Mac. How to change it?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.7
In Finder>Settings>When performing a Search...
When you first do a search it will set it to search This Mac. But you can change it to the current folder by clicking on the Folder's name next to This Mac. You can set Keyboard Maestro to do the clicking automatically:
I don't think you can.
An easy workaround is this:
1) Command-tab to Finder
2) Do the search you want
3) Start dragging the desired file and while dragging do Command-tab back to the application that had the Open File dialog; and drop. The file will be there, selected for opening
4) Press enter to open
That's a shame. I can't imagine why would I search the whole system when I have a specific folder opened, especially in the app. Unfortunately, your solution doesn't help, as the whole point is to avoid mouse. I wanted to use is in the keyboard maestro.
Yes, but the problem is I have two displays with the different resolutions. I can program the automatic click only as click on ThisMac with the shift to the right on the particular number of pixels (because there is no "Selected Folders" button. It's different folder name every time. ) and this number of pixels is different on each display. So either I stick to one display with this macro or I need another solution, which I have found, but it makes the macro slower.
I was talking about search in the finder window that loaded from the app menu file/open. I know about finder option.
How to limit the search in in-app finder menu to the selected folder only?
