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In earlier versions of OS X, in Preview one could delete the currently open file by pressing ⌘⌫. In Lion, the keyboard shortcut (as well as the actual menu item) no longer works.

Is there any way to delete this file directly from Preview, in OS X Lion?

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Even if AppleScript was enabled, there's still no way to get the path of the current document or selected items. So no idea really. – Lri Aug 17 '11 at 7:53
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It doesn't like like there is a very good way of directly deleting the file. One shortcut that might help you quickly find the file so you can delete it is that if you command-click the title bar, the directory stack will show up. Selecting the top entry (the file itself) will open a finder window with the file highlighted. From there, you can command-delete it.

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Thanks; I didn't know this trick, and it's good enough for my use-case. – Scott Morrison Aug 23 '11 at 22:43
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