History and bookmarks
Pages you visited or bookmarked in Chrome show up in the bar as you type, and addresses complete themselves like in Chrome's address bar.
Find a page you visited
Type part of a page's title or address, at least 2 characters. Matching pages appear in the main search, labeled Web Page or Bookmark at the right, with the page's icon and its address below the title.
- A title or site that starts with what you typed ranks highest, then a word in the title, then anything inside the title, site or address.
- Pages you visit often, type in yourself, or bookmarked rank higher, and old visits count for less over time.
- The main search shows up to six pages, below your open tabs. A page that's open in a tab shows as that tab instead; see Tabs.
Press ↵ (Open in Browser) to open the page in your default browser.
Address autofill
Type the start of a site you've visited, like git, and the field completes it to github.com. The site becomes the top row.
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| ↵ | Opens the site's home page, or the top-level page you visit most there |
| ⇥, → or End | Accepts the completion into the field, so you can keep typing |
| ⌫ | Removes the completion and keeps what you typed |
Autofill starts at 2 letters and stops once you type a space. When several sites start the same way, the one you visit most wins.
Actions on a page
Select a page and press ⌘K:
| Action | Key | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Open in Browser | ↵ | Opens the page in your default browser |
| Copy URL | ⇧⌘C | Copies its address |
| Pin to Empty Bar | ⇧⌘F | Keeps it at the top of the empty bar. See Pins |
The main search also offers Reset Ranking and Don't Show for “…”; see How search works.
Where pages come from
Saiki reads the history and bookmarks of every Chrome profile from Chrome's own files on your Mac, so Chrome doesn't need to be open. When you open the bar, Saiki checks whether those files changed and reads them again in the background if they did.
Settings → Browser shows what it found under Connected: your Google Chrome profiles and how many pages History and bookmarks holds.
Settings
Settings → Browser:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Browser (switch at the top right) | Turns off history, bookmarks and tabs together |
| Search history and bookmarks | Pages in search, and address autofill. On at first |