https://github.com/charlierobin/unity-macos-quicklook-assets
Adds standard Mac spacebar shortcut to (Mac) Unity Editor, opens selected assets in QuickLook
https://github.com/charlierobin/unity-macos-quicklook-assets
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Adds standard Mac spacebar shortcut to (Mac) Unity Editor, opens selected assets in QuickLook
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/charlierobin/unity-macos-quicklook-assets
- Owner: charlierobin
- Created: 2026-03-06T01:44:03.000Z (5 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-03-06T01:59:07.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-06T05:36:22.236Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: unity-editor-extension, unity3d
- Language: C#
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- Size: 4.88 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
Adds the standard MacOS space bar shortcut to the Unity Editor Assets menu.
Sends the paths of any selected assets to the `qlmanage` app:
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Quicklook_Programming_Guide/Articles/QLDebugTest.html
`qlmanage -p /path/to/Unity/Project/Assets/triangle.fbx`
A complete bodge, as the `qlmanage` app was really only supplied to be used for debugging QuickLook extensions. But it works: you get a nice QuickLook-style preview window, even with multiple asset files selected.
(I’m not even sure if `qlmanage` comes as standard on MacOS, or if it’s only part of the extra installs available through Xcode.)
I used it for years on systems up to and including Catalina, and it seemed happy enough. I always wanted to check it out on more recent versions (Big Sur and above), but never seemed to get around to it.
Depending on circumstance, I would sometimes have it assigned to the backtick (`) key on my keyboard (rather than the space bar), simply because sometimes I found the backtick key location more convenient on my keyboard.
But most of the time the space bar has been okay: space to QuickLook preview an asset, space to close the preview and return to Unity Editor.