Toolbar-less workflow

TaskPaper
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In the meanwhile there are probably various ways in which one could do it through a script, for example using a LaunchBar, Alfred, Keyboard Maestro, or plain AppleScript dialog attached to a keystroke.

Not sure if you use any of those …

A Script Editor script for a dialog like:

( displaying the current filter/search, and allowing edits/changes)

Might be something like:

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// Ver 	0.5 Updated for API of build 168
// 		0.4 Optionally displays TaskPaper icon
// --   0.3 (Adds a Clear button to remove all filtering)
(function (blnShowIcon) {
    'use strict';

    function TP3Search(strQuery, blnSet) {
        blnSet = (typeof blnSet !== 'undefined' ? blnSet : true);

        function fnSearch(editor, options) {
            return options.set ? (
				editor.itemPathFilter = options.query
			) : editor.itemPathFilter;
        }

        var ds = Application("TaskPaper").documents;

        return ds.length ? ds[0].evaluate({
            script: fnSearch.toString(),
            withOptions: {
                query: strQuery,
                set: blnSet
            }
        }) : '';
    }

    var tp3 = Application("TaskPaper"),
        sa = (tp3.includeStandardAdditions = true, tp3),
        dctOptions = {
            defaultAnswer: TP3Search('', false),
            buttons: ['Cancel', 'Clear', 'OK'],
            defaultButton: 3,
            cancelButton: 1,
            withTitle: 'TaskPaper 3 Preview Search',
            givingUpAfter: 30
        };


    if (blnShowIcon) dctOptions.withIcon = sa.pathToResource(
        "TaskPaperAppIcon.icns"
    );

    var dlg = sa.displayDialog('Search:', dctOptions);

    return dlg.gaveUp ? false : TP3Search(
        (dlg.buttonReturned !== 'Clear' ? dlg.textReturned : '')
    );

})(true); // set to false if you prefer a plain dialog without the TaskPaper icon
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