Improve search mapping to work as alias for use as program launcher

[cobblepot1]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I'm not sure of the intended range of uses for "search mapping" but I want to use it to launch programs with fewer keystrokes, e.g. type "vs" to search for and launch Visual Studio Code. But it's currently difficult to create a mapping from the search panel. Usually, the time I want to create a mapping is when I search for a program with its full name and it is listed as a search result. There should be a way to add the mapping while you are looking at the result, perhaps as a button next to the 'add search tag' button, or listed as an action below the buttons.

Currently, I have to do this in the Settings panel, but this creates a related problem: it's not always clear what I need to put in the mapping "output" table when trying to set up a mapping that will give me the result I want. When I put input "tg" and output "Telegram", I didn't get launching Telegram as my top result. There should be a way to guarantee that when you type the input that you will immediately get the program you want.

The term "search mapping" doesn't exactly match what I want, and maybe it's not intended for this purpose. Find and Run Robot (a launcher) uses the term "alias" and you can give a program an alias from the search window. Or you could call it "nickname".

Describe the solution you'd like The ability to select a search result and input a text string that will act as an alias for the result in a way that guarantees the string will bring up that result as the first-listed result in the future.

Describe alternatives you've considered I tried creating a search mapping, but it didn't work.

Additional context

[adirh3]

Did you try the Auto create search mapping setting? It will create mappings based on results you search for regularly

[cobblepot1]

Thanks, I do have it on, but it assumes that I am typing the whole name for the search, and I want to be able to use acronyms like tg to launch Telegram, and as mentioned, I don't see how to set that up. Can you tell me how to do that?

Incidentally, on a UI topic, the current Settings window doesn't clearly indicate when clicking on a setting (like Enable search mapping) will show additional settings. Not sure how users are supposed to know that there is a setting auto create search mapping without knowing to search for those terms.