Fallbacks
Send what you typed to Quick AI, file search, the dictionary, the shell or a quicklink.
Below every search, Tinycast shows a few rows under Use "…" with. Each one sends what you typed somewhere else. They always appear at the bottom, below the real results.
The built-in fallbacks
| Fallback | What happens to your text | Shown when |
|---|---|---|
| Quick AI | Sent as a question in the palette | AI is on |
| Search Files | Opens file search with it typed | File Search is on |
| Run Shell Command | Runs in zsh, with its output in a window | Always, unless you turn it off |
| Define Word | Looks it up in the dictionary | Define Word is visible in Settings → Commands |
| A quicklink | Fills in the quicklink's first {argument} | Quicklinks is on, and the link has an {argument} |
Run Shell Command
Your text runs in /bin/zsh from your home folder with your shell configuration loaded, so your own
aliases like ll work. A window shows the output as it's printed, with Stop and Run Again
buttons.
This is separate from custom commands. Turning off custom commands doesn't hide it; only its own checkbox in Settings does.
Quicklinks as fallbacks
Every enabled quicklink with an {argument} in its link becomes a fallback. Your text fills in the first
argument. If that was the only value the link needed, it opens right away. If it needs more, Search
Quicklinks opens with your text already filled in and the next field selected.
Settings
Settings → Fallbacks lists every available fallback, each with a checkbox. Use the arrow buttons to change their order.
Fallbacks for features that are turned off don't appear here or in search. Hiding Define Word in Settings → Commands, or turning off Enable Commands, also removes its fallback.
The order and checkboxes are never included in a backup, so importing a file can't add a shell command runner to your launcher.
Open in Browser
Open in Browser works the other way around. When your text looks like a web address, like
https://… or github.com/user/repo, Open in Browser appears at the top of the results and
opens the address in your default browser.
It doesn't affect learned ranking and can't be a favorite, because it only exists for the text you typed.