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The archive window and its elements

The integrated archive is where you can store found pages for later reference. Open the Archive window with Window > Archive.

The archive resembles the three panes view of Apple Mail or DEVONthink: The left pane shows a list of groups, the right top pane displays page titles and URLs in a selected group, and the right bottom pane displays textual information related to the query that was used for finding a selected page. A search field in the toolbar allows you to search the archive by content, name or URL.

Groups

All archived pages are stored in groups. Groups are automatically created when you archive pages from the search window and are named after the search query. You can change group names at any time, delete groups or manually create new ones. You can also create sub-groups by selecting a group and then creating a new one. The number of items contained in a group is shown as a badge.

Note: Pages not related to a previous search run are archived in sub-groups of a top-level group named 'Incoming'. The sub-groups are named with the current date.

Create new groups by using the toolbar, the context menu or Data > New Group. Rename a group by clicking it once and waiting a second (like the Finder), or by selecting it and pressing the ↩ or Enter key. Delete a group by selecting it and pressing Backspace, using the toolbar, the context menu or Data > Delete. To make a group a sub-group, drag it with the mouse or use the context menu.

Sort the groups by name or date with Sort > by Name or Sort > by Date. Reverse the sorting order with Sort > Ascending/Descending.

Pages

Like DEVONthink or Apple Mail, DEVONagent Pro shows the pages filed in a group when you select the group in the left pane. Select a page and DEVONagent Pro also shows a text preview in the lower right pane with the original search words highlighted.

Rename a page by single-clicking it and waiting a second (like the Finder), or by selecting it and pressing the ↩ or Enter key. Delete an item by selecting it and pressing Backspace, using the toolbar, the context menu or Data > Delete. To move an item to another group, drag it or use the context menu. Items can also be dragged to DEVONthink.

To sort the pages list, click the relevant (first), title, URL or date column header. Click again to reverse the sorting order. The relevance column is only used when you search the archive using the toolbar search field.

Toolbar

The toolbar of DEVONagent Pro archive windows carries many commands for manipulating the way it displays information and for manipulating selected items. Many of them are simply shortcuts for menu bar commands. Here's a short list of the available tools:

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    Group +: Adds new groups to the archive. To create a sub-group, select the parent-to-be group first, then use this tool.
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    Open: Opens the selected page(s) in a separate web browser window.
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    Launch URL: Opens the selected page(s) in your default web browser.
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    Export: Exports the selected page(s) as pure text, RTF(D) or HTML.
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    DEVONthink (Pro): Adds the selected page(s) to the currently open DEVONthink (Pro) database. Only available if DEVONthink is installed on your Mac.
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    DEVONthink (Pro) pop-up: Adds the selected page(s) to the currently open DEVONthink (Pro) database, but allows you to select as HTML code or as a link via a pop-up menu. Only available if DEVONthink is installed on your Mac.
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    Delete: Deletes the selected page(s) from the results list.
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    Search: Searches the archive for entered text. Select whether you want to search the contents, the names or the URLs of the stored pages with the magnifying glass pop-up menu. Also choose whether to ignore diacritics or to search fuzzy. This search field also supports all operators and wildcards.
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    Print: Prints the results list.

Note: Not all of these commands are always available. You can customize the toolbar by selecting View > Customize Toolbar or by ⌃-clicking or right-clicking the toolbar background and selecting Customize Toolbar from the context menu.

Shortcuts & modifier keys

Like any Mac application, DEVONagent Pro uses modifier keys or shortcuts to quickly access frequently used functions or modify a standard behavior.

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    Command-click: Adds an item to the current selection of items.
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    Shift-click: Selects a range of items.

Context menu

The context menu, which appears when you click something with the right mouse button or when you click while holding the ⌃ Control key down, offers a range of commands tailored for what you can do with the clicked object.

Most of the commands offered by the context menu have counterparts in a main menu, so you'll recognize them immediately. However, to save menu bar real estate, DEVONagent Pro gives you access to some options only via the context menu.

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    New Group: Adds a new group to the archive. To create a sub-group, select the parent-to-be group first, then use this command. (Only available in the left pane)
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    Open: Opens the selected pages in separate web browser windows.
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    Open In Tabs: Opens the selected pages in separate tabs in a new web browser window.
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    Launch URL: Opens the selected pages in your default web browser.
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    Copy URL: Copies the selected URL to the clipboard.
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    Reveal in Finder: Reveals an externally archived page in the Finder.
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    Add to DEVONthink: Adds the selected pages to DEVONthink. Only available if DEVONthink is installed on your Mac.
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    Add to Set...: Adds the URLs of selected pages to the sites list of a search set so that it will get scanned when you use that search set in the future.
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    Move To > ...: Moves the item to the group you select from the sub-menu.
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    Export: Exports the selected pages.
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    Delete: Deletes the selected pages from the results list.
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    Delete Domain: Deletes all pages from the selected domains from the result list.
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    Delete & Exclude Domain: Deletes the selected search pages from the results list and adds the domains of the pages to the list of excluded domains. Use this to quickly exclude an unwanted domain without having to block it via the preferences. Alternative menu item to Delete Domains.
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    Sort by > ...: Sorts the results list by the criteria listed in the sub-menu.