Is there a way to specify that certain file types (pdf) be opened by other applications (Preview or Skim) when the file is clicked on? I’m new to devonthink, but so far I think that those programs offer much greater functionality with pdf files.
(I’m aware that I can crtl-click or left-click and scroll to a desired application, but this is quite slow)
You can add a button to your toolbar that will open the record(s) in the default app.
I had the same question. It’d be nice to be able to associate some key combination with a click to do this. I guess it’s not hard. Once you tell the Finder that the default application for pdf is Skim, Devonthink knows this and puts it at the top of the list. I presume there’s some way of associating the “Open With” command with a key combination.
Alas, I don’t know what it is.
Declan
Thanks for the assist kalisphoenix, it’s not as quick as I’d like, but it works.
Hopefully newer versions will have better Skim/Preview integration, or a more feature rich devonthink pdf viewer.
Maybe I’m missing something here, but isn’t this just Cmd-Shift-O?
It is indeed. Good catch.
Thank you, thank you!
I’ve been sitting back waiting for someone to offer this. That command will open a document under the application that’s defined in the Finder as the parent application.
I’ve often confessed that I cannot remember scores of keyboard commands, apparently unlike those people who dislike ever touching a mouse or trackpad. Anyway, this one comes in Data > Open With > Default application. Yes, this keyboard shortcut has been in DT 1.x for some time.
Now I’m wondering about the memory of the “shortcutters”. Ha! 
Glad to be of help, folks (and to be quoted by the semi-legendary Bill 
). Indeed, I must confess to being one of those people who will always take a key-press over a click.
Oh, in situations like these, for those who don’t know: on Leopard, simply typing an approximation of the command your after (e.g., in this case, “Open” would suffice) into Help–>Search in any application will pull up a list of all commands containing that word/phrase, allowing you to quickly glean the keyboard shortcut, if there is one. This has proved invaluable to me on countless occasions.
I find shortcuts to be sufficiently useful only when I’m performing a lot of repetitive actions – in which case, I just want a list of shortcuts to be easy to find.