Search Open Finder Windows - Changelog

New macOS Tahoe-style folder colors and refreshed icons.
macOS-version–aware icon set selection (macOS 15 and older still show legacy folder icons).
Replaced external date calls with zsh/datetime (EPOCHSECONDS) for timestamping.
Removed dynamic $PATH lookups by using absolute executable paths throughout. Reduced external process spawning where possible by preferring zsh globbing over grep in hot paths.
Switched to the macOS-provided jq at /usr/bin/jq (no Homebrew dependency).
Workflow now uses only system-provided binaries; no third-party dependencies required.
Adopted auto-generated file descriptor for the FIFO instead of hardcoding FD 3.
Replaced [[ ... ]] math with zsh’s built-in (( ... )) arithmetic contexts.
Avoids potential blocking/hangs when FD 3 is already in use by relying on an auto-assigned FIFO descriptor.

Refinements to icons.
Now uses macOS' built-in "Network" icon.
Improved handling of nonstandard windows when Finder is not in focus.
Consolidated string matching blocks.
Replaced regular expression matching with zsh-optimized case statements and glob patterns.
Implemented more concise, zsh-native parameter expansion.
Explicitly defined remaining executables with their paths to eliminate $PATH lookup.
Replaced unnecessary associative arrays with regular arrays.
Resolves an issue where the displayed name of the iCloud Drive folder would appear incorrectly.
Resolves a rare issue that would cause the script filter to hang if a "Get Info" window's inspected item does not have a real UNIX path.

Live IPC with AppleScript streaming using FIFO.
Dynamic trap system.
Live hidden‑item detection (no Finder relaunch required).
Optimized find call into separate functions.
Moved certain redundant definitions from the function scope to the main scope.
Replaced multiple processes with.
Single‑shot temp‑dir workflow.
while read loops with process substitution reduce the need for zsh array parsing.
Executable map updated.
AppleScript now runs immediately after only strictly necessary definitions.
Smarter sanitize().
Streamlined error handling.
Herestring usage.
More detailed comments added to all scripts.
Bug Fixes.
Trash‑path parsing on volumes with spaces is now reliable after a param‑expansion rewrite.

Extended Matching: For Finder windows, the user can optionally disable matching of directory contents (files/subdirectories) and path components (parent directories).
Accelerated construction of match string by using find instead of ls.
Switched to zsh's automatic array separation with IFS instead of while read -r line loop.
Replaced unnecessary spawning of subshells with process substitution wherever possible.
Replaced as much use of coreutils as possible with zsh's parameter expansion.
Added caching for custom icons.
Implemented short-term caching of results (Avoids regeneration of JSON after a window closes).
Removed window index from match terms (Alfred already has this built-in with hotkeys).
Added ~ to display titles and match terms for UNIX-style brevity.
Improved AppleScript's handling of window closures.
Simplified formatting of variable names for consistency.

Removed lingering debug statement from script filter.

Moved osascript call from subshell to main shell.
Added handling for nonstandard Finder windows (e.g. "Recents").
Added handling for edge-case unicode characters in names of windows and folder contents.
Added handling for carriage returns (\r) in JSON results.
Relocated custom icon cache from $HOME to /tmp to reduce clutter.
Prioritized custom icon retrieval in icon-fetching sequence.
New icon for "Recents" window.
Skips more macOS resource forks when building match string.

Initial Gallery version.