Setting default search terms

It’s doesn’t insert the search prefix automatically, but you could use this script as a toolbar script.

If you put the toolbar script’s icon next to the search field it’s just a little mouse movement and one click.

-- Insert search prefix

property theSearchPrefix : "name:"

tell application id "DNtp"
	try
		set theWindow to viewer window 1
		set theQuery to search query of theWindow
		
		try
			if theQuery does not start with theSearchPrefix then
				set search query of theWindow to theSearchPrefix & theQuery
			end if
		on error
			set search query of theWindow to theSearchPrefix
		end try
		
	on error error_message number error_number
		if the error_number is not -128 then display alert "DEVONthink" message error_message as warning
		return
	end try
end tell