Vero

@nikivi It's difficult to understand exactly what's happening without an actual explanation, but by "bugging out", do you mean that the Alfred window loses focus before you've pressed return or chosen your item from the list?  If I interpret correctly what you're trying to show, it looks like something is stealing focus from Alfred.

As far as the List Filter object goes, there's nothing special about it, so there's no reason for it to disappear before you make your selection.

Have you tried running your workflow on a completely fresh user account/Mac? I can't see your Mac's menu bar in the screen capture, but please take a look at the apps and menubar tools you're using, just in case one of these is trying to take over focus? Temporarily disable anything non-essential in Accessibility and any keyboard modifiers.

Cheers,
Vero

Hi @kodiak and welcome to the forum!

The Powerpack includes a vast number of features that Spotlight doesn't touch on; Clipboard History and Snippet text expansion, the workflows framework which allows you to create your own plus a wealth of workflows created by community members, file navigation and file actions, and much more!

Quite a few of these already exist in Alfred, so here are a few answers and helpful links:

1 hour ago, kodiak said:

1. Typing a number followed by a currency abbreviation yields a list of equivalent amounts in a handful of other currencies.

There are numerous wonderful currency and measurement conversion workflows available to do exactly this  By using workflows, it gives you flexibility as each workflow can get data from different sources so you can pick the one you prefer.

1 hour ago, kodiak said:

2. Typing a mathematical expression (e.g. 2+2) yields the answer (=4), without having to open the calculator.

Don't hesitate to actually try things in Alfred - You can do exactly that.

There's also an advanced calculator (see Features > Calculator for details)

1 hour ago, kodiak said:

3. Simply typing in a word displays a dictionary definition (if that word exists, that is), without having to open the Dictionary app.

Type "define" or "spell" in Alfred followed by your search term and you'll see results in-line. More details under Features > Dictionary.

1 hour ago, kodiak said:

4. System Preferences integration and indexing in Spotlight is much deeper and much more intelligent. For example, simply typing "hot corners" shows the shortcut to the "Desktop & Screensaver" section in the System Preferences.

By design, we decided not to include all of the keywords Apple include in the metadata for System Preferences. For example, here are the keywords for the "Desktop & Screen Saver" System Prefs:

com_apple_system_prefs_keywords = "photographs background desktop wallpaper pattern customize photos pictures desk top wall paper customized customizing customization Desktop picture passwords lock disable start feeds news headlines iTunes albums art random screensavers newsfeeds pass words locking disabling starting Screen saver active screen corners Hot Show clock with"

It's a complete mess of irrelevant keywords, and it'd be far more frustrating to have Desktop & Screensaver as a suggested result for "news", "itunes" or "art"!  

Having said that, you can add keywords for apps for your own use by simply creating a workflow with a keyword connected to the app you want to launch. It takes two seconds, and it's far more focused to your own needs.

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/inputs/keyword/

1 hour ago, kodiak said:

5. Moreover, is there a way to configure that opening a new folder will always be in the current tab, unless I click on the folder with some key combination, and it opens in a new tab?

This relates to Finder behaviour rather than Alfred; Finder lets you say that you want things to open in new tabs instead of new windows, but in my experience, depending on the version of macOS you're using, this is more or less reliable.

Hope this answers a few of your questions; I would suggest taking a look at Alfred's Features, and clicking the question mark in the corner to see the documentation for each feature

Cheers,
Vero

@hfr Take a look at Alfred's built-in workflows by going to the Workflows tab, clicking on the [+] at the bottom of the sidebar, and choosing Templates > Clipboard > Paste as plain text from hotkey. All you need to do is set your hotkey!

This workflow should do what you need, just in case you prefer to use the built-in option

Cheers,
Vero

@threezerotwo Yep, workflow works absolutely fine, and looks completely standard. As per @deanishe's questions, it's likely to be an external factor, such as keyboard modifiers, causing a mix-up.

You mentioned you're using Alfred 3.4.1; Just in case you're using this workflow on more than one Mac and one is on an older version, make sure you update to 3.4.1, as LinkedIn changed their URL structure fairly recently, and we updated accordingly.

Could you provide more details if the above doesn't help?

- What hotkeys are you setting?

- Are you using any third-party keyboard modifiers?

- What's in your clipboard at the time of using the hotkey?

- What behaviour are you seeing? Nothing launching at all (e.g. hearing the error sound?), browser not loading the correct page, etc? 

The more info you provide, the easier we can help you work out what's happening

Cheers,
Vero

@threezerotwo Could you share your workflow again? I've tested it myself and it works perfectly fine once Excel is removed from the Related apps

Cheers,
Vero

@sepulchra Here's an example workflow I created where you can chain inputs (three list filters in this case):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/eqq91b8tyxom5t1/Chaining inputs for a Snippet Trigger.alfredworkflow?dl=0

Each item doesn't have to be a List Filter, as you can combine list filters, free text, scripts, etc. You'll find examples of each of these in the Getting Started > Snippet Triggers built-in workflow, and some more info here:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/triggers/snippet/snippet-triggers-with-dynamic-inputs/

Cheers,
Vero

@threezerotwo I've had a look at your workflow; Under the hotkey trigger, you've set "Related apps" to only work when Excel is in focus. Was that intentional?

If you remove Excel from the Related Apps tab, your workflow will work globally as expected.

Cheers,
Vero

@iiiax It's likely you'll be able to do the first using scripting, but I'll let the scripting experts in the forum get back to you on the best way to do this

As for your second question, I've already suggested different ways to do this in the post I helped you with earlier:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/triggers/snippet/snippet-triggers-with-dynamic-inputs/

Use the List Filter method (last one in that post) with your full answers as the Arg for each item, so that when you choose Answer A, B or C, the full paragraph is pasted. Let me know if you need any further help on that point!

Cheers,

Vero

@bvtton As per @deanishe's reply, the shorter snippet will always expand first

If you want to use !primed, for example, you can either disable auto-expansion for the shorter keywords like !prime - or you can simply change the shorter one to avoid clashing with the longer ones. 

Here are a few tips for choosing suitable snippet expansion keywords:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/snippets/#tips-expansion

[Moving this to Discussion & Help as it's not a bug.]

Cheers,
Vero

Hi @jasonvand and welcome to the forum! You can pop us an email on info@ at any time with license-related questions. If you let me know what license you already have (if any), I'll be able to let you know what's available to you

Cheers,
Vero

@binarysmurf Try pressing the right arrow on each of those results. Odds are you'll find that they're located in different places on your Mac (e.g. some could be random vcards on your Mac, or backups). Alternatively, if you've imported contacts from many sources, it's possible that there are simply duplicates in your Address Book itself.

Once you work out where the contacts are, you can then either delete the random ones so that only the one located in the AddressBook folder on your Mac remains, tell Spotlight to ignore any backup folders by dragging them to Spotlight Privacy.

Let me know how you get on

Cheers,
Vero

@WalterBeiter If you're looking to create a workflow that launches Terminal with that command, you can use the Terminal Command action

Create your workflow then right-click the canvas to add Actions > Terminal Command (last one in the list)

Then all you need to do is enter the command you want Terminal to run and you're good to go!

Cheers,
Vero

@Ken Corey No problem - happy to help!

As you're a new user, I thought it'd be worth mentioning that every preference pane has a question mark icon (including many sub-preferences panes) leading to the relevant documentation for the feature, so don't hesitate to click through.

For example, for snippets, you'll find a general feature description, links to setup and troubleshooting, how to use dynamic placeholders etc.

In the case of Workflow objects, we've included numerous example workflows that can either be added from Alfred's built-in selection, or imported to play with and discover the features

Of course, when you can't find an answer, this forum's full of lovely people happy to help you out!

Cheers,
Vero

@GuyVerville Welcome to the forum!

First, ensure you're using the latest Alfred 3.4.1. When following the steps to add Alfred Text Service to your Accessibility preferences, you should see these steps:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/snippets/auto-expansion/

If you need to manually add Alfred Text Service, you can do so by clicking the + at the bottom of the list and adding it from the following path:

/Applications/Alfred 3.app/Contents/Services/Alfred Text Service.app

To get to the contents of Alfred's package, right-click Alfred 3 itself in your Applications folder, and choose "Show Package Contents" to navigate into it

Let me know how you get on

Hi @Ken Corey Welcome to the forum!

To position the cursor, you're very close - it's {cursor} in curly brackets

You can find out more here, and see the rest of the available dynamic placeholders:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/clipboard/dynamic-placeholders/#cursor

Cheers,
Vero

@kballard In the Advanced Snippets prefs. Features > Snippets > Click the cog next to "Automatically expand snippets by keyword"

More details here:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/snippets/advanced/

Cheers,
Vero

@djsharpe Ok, so the issue is probably not with Define or the Dictionary, but probably to do with your theme settings not displaying the subtext.

First, could you please launch Alfred's prefs to Appearance > Options (bottom left) and take a look at what you've set "Show result subtext" to. It should be set to "Always" in order for you to see the definition (which is subtext).

Next, switch to the default Alfred theme, in case you've set all subtext to be transparent or the same colour as your background.

Looking forward which of the above solves it for you, but I'm almost certain it'll be one of these

Cheers,
Vero

@Abd Ur Rehman In order for Alfred to be able to view your iTunes XML, you need to tell iTunes to share it with third-parties in iTunes' Advanced preferences.

Take a look here for details:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/itunes/#xml

Cheers,
Vero

@djsharpe We've tested the "define" keyword on El Capitan, Sierra and the latest High Sierra beta, and everything's working as expected. Could you please give some more details as to your specific setup, so that we can help you further?

• Which version of macOS are you using?
• Which version of Alfred are you using?
• Can you please provide a screenshot of your Features > Dictionary preferences?
• Do you have any customisation to the Dictionary? (e.g. additional dictionaries from external sources, etc)

Cheers,
Vero

2 hours ago, TodMaffin said:

Is this workflow now no longer supported?

Given that the workflow developer @Martien Oranje last posted two weeks ago, and logged in to the forum no more than 10 days ago, it's likely that his workflow simply needs a few tweaks, not that the workflow has been abandoned.  

Keep in mind that these workflows are created by users (who could be on holiday, given it's mid-July!) As Martien says, he made assumptions (that may or may not be correct) about the API tokens users get, so it might be a very easy fix for anyone who's also familiar with Todoist and its API.

Cheers,
Vero

@tullyhansen Welcome to the forum

Items are copied to Alfred's clipboard if:

1. They're not from an ignored app (see Features > Clipboard > Advanced)
2. They're not marked as transient data or ConcealedType by the app (e.g. when passwords are copied from a password app)

I'm not that familiar with Fluid, but check for either of the points above.  Whether or not the app has no dock icon doesn't make a difference. 

You may also want to update to Alfred 3.4.1 pre-release, which you can grab by going to the Update tab and choosing "pre-releases" at the bottom. Once you've done this, go to Clipboard > Advanced and uncheck "Ignore clipboard data marked as Concealed" to test whether this allows you to copy from Fluid, in case Fluid is wholesale marking its data as ConcealedType for some reason.

Cheers,
Vero

@adamvert It'd be helpful to understand in what conditions it hasn't been working for you.

- Could you please try with a plain text file as frontmost app, just to ensure it's not the destination causing an issue in some way?

- Do you use multiple clipboard managers that could be interfering with each other? 

- Seems simple, but have you tried restarting your Mac?

And finally, which version of Alfred are you currently using?

Cheers,
Vero

@c.ca Welcome to the forum! Could you please fill in your Powerpack email address in your forum profile? I can see that you're using File Actions, which is a Powerpack feature. The email address will only be visible to administrators but allows us to confirm your registration.

Cheers,
Vero

Hi @tonyska You can change this hotkey in Alfred's Features > Clipboard preferences, as this is the hotkey for the Clipboard Viewer.

Either remove the hotkey by selecting the box and pressing backspace if you don't use the Clipboard History feature, or as it's a great feature I think everyone should be using, simply change the hotkey to another combo like Cmd + Option + V.

Cheers,
Vero

@furness Welcome to the forum!

Could you please fill in your Powerpack email address in your forum profile? This is only visible to admins but allows us to confirm you're a Powerpack user - given features like workflows and hotkeys are only available to Powerpack users

Thanks,

Vero