Keyboard Shortcut for "Search in Evernote"?

[Istari6 9]

Longtime user of Evernote, and I rely heavily upon the "Search in Evernote" shortcut (found in Preferences).

 

I've long had it bound to CMD-SHIFT-F, then used TextExpander to quickly add "intitle:".  With the latest update a few days ago, CMD-SHIFT-F now causes Simplify Formatting for my note, no matter what I have set in the Preferences.  

 

When I try to change the shortcut to something else, most are taken already, but others which don't give any conflict just don't work.  For example, now I have CMD-SHIFT-W assigned, but when I use it I get a "beep" and nothing happens.  There's no warning of conflicts (as when you try and use other shortcuts).  

 

Is this a bug?  Is there another way to bind "Search in Evernote"?  Can I override the Simplify Formatting (which I never use) and go back to CMD-SHIFT-F?

 

Thanks!

 

Chris

[JMichaelTX 4,117]

I ran into a similar issue with keyboard shortcuts a while back.  To make it easy to remember, and be consistent for all Evernote user-assignable shortcuts, I chose CTRL-OPT as the prefix for all my shortcuts.

So I have:

• N -- New Note
• V -- Paste to Evernote
• S -- Search in Evernote

Since Most Mac apps don't use CTRL, I find this works very well for global shortcuts.

CTRL-OPT-S  -- easy to remember for Evernote Search.

[PaperQueen 50]

I ran into a similar issue with keyboard shortcuts a while back.  To make it easy to remember, and be consistent for all Evernote user-assignable shortcuts, I chose CTRL-OPT as the prefix for all my shortcuts.

So I have:

• N -- New Note
• V -- Paste to Evernote
• S -- Search in Evernote

Since Most Mac apps don't use CTRL, I find this works very well for global shortcuts.

CTRL-OPT-S  -- easy to remember for Evernote Search.

 

Why didn't I think of this...? Thanks for the hint, JMichael.

[Istari6 9]

Thanks for the reply.  Having played around further, I've discovered that in the new version, they've bound the "Search in Evernote" to OPT-CMD-F.  Thus it doesn't seem to matter what I put in the Keyboard Preferences, nothing works except OPT-CMD-F.  

 

So fortunately, I have a working keystroke combo again, even if it's not preferred choice.  It seems the rule is that if Evernote assigns something it's hard-coded (see menus), but other combos are open to customization? 

 

Chris

[JMichaelTX 4,117]

Thanks for the reply.  Having played around further, I've discovered that in the new version, they've bound the "Search in Evernote" to OPT-CMD-F.  Thus it doesn't seem to matter what I put in the Keyboard Preferences, nothing works except OPT-CMD-F.  

 

 

Chris

 

Don't know why changing KB shortcuts in EN Preferences doesn't work for you -- it works fine for me.

So it's not a bug or design problem, it's something you're doing or not doing, something in your Mac setup.

 

So maybe you need to submit a Support Ticket, and get Evernote to help you figure out the issue on your Mac.

[Istari6 9]

OK good to know that it's not something others are encountering.  I'll open a Support Ticket as you suggest.  Cheers!