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Is it possible to run a command or workflow whenever the Alfred window is shown / hidden? I want to deactivate certain KeyboardMaestro groups when Alfred is visible (otherwise key presses go to Alfred instead of Keyboard Maestro). I can link something to the Cmd-Space keypress, but then I don't know when the Alfred window gets hidden again...

Universal Actions was a significant mid-cycle 4.5 update. Alfred 5 primary focus was on Workflows, and has taken over 6 months of hard work.
 
Don't worry, Universal Actions will get some attention again in the future.

Alfred's Universal Action sorting is basic compared to Alfred's default results, but rest assured that 4.5 is just the beginning for Universal Actions and I have so much more in the works

Add usage counts for all snippets so we can delete unused snippets or sort all snippets with usage count

@jtbandes Alfred ignores clipboard data containing org.nspasteboard.ConcealedType by default (unless you've unchecked this option in Alfred's Preferences > Clipboard History > Advanced), which 1Password has always implemented. This metadata allows Clipboard History apps to ignore the clipboard contents by default.
 
If you have this option checked in Alfred, I'm wondering if they forgot to implement this data type in the newer 1Password 8 extension?

@marfon Welcome to the forum
 
First, to customise a theme, make sure you're using either a custom theme or duplicate one of the default ones (as it's not possible to modify a default theme).
 
Next, hover on the left or right side of the theme where you'll see "Drag to enlarge window width" as subtext at the bottom
 
Let me know how you get on.
 
Cheers,
Vero

ln -s /usr/local/bin/python /usr/bin/python
 
 

I actually already have an internal ticket for password fields. This wasn't added in v5 due to wanting to also encrypt the value (or place it in the keychain), which adds a whole extra amount of complexity.
 
I like the idea to add a "masked" option to the text field, I'll add another ticket for this.

Currently we can have only one keyword in a single input, yet from time to time I need to set some aliases to that keyword. For example, I set a keyword gb to search books in Google Books. but in case that I don't remember that keyword clearly, I also set another keyword gbook to do exactly the same thing. But now I need to add a new keyword input and it's kind of troublesome to keep their icons, url, title, etc. exactly the same.  So I wonder whether you have any plan to support set multiple keywords to increase fault tolerance, just like another app xSearch, you can set multiple keywords and separate them with a comma. I feel it would be great if you add multiple keywords to web search or keyword input in the workflow.
 
 
 

None of this is hidden: if you explore Alfred’s preferences you’ll see everything is organised in logical places with open and readable formats. It allows for other advanced stuff, like accessing clipboard history inside a Workflow. It works pretty well because Alfred is quite fast and stable, but you’re still editing a file in a way it wasn’t intended to. In other words: it works but should still be considered a hack and not an officially supported method, which is why it isn’t officially documented.

It is very difficult to see the bookmarks because they all have the same icon.
It is also ugly as an application design.
When searching bookmarks with vimium (chrome extension), favicons is supported by default.
Will it be supported in version 5?

Welcome @tig,
 
 
Browsers extensions can have permissions external tools won’t, that’s why they’re implemented as extensions. As someone who is building a Workflow which does use favicons, this is not a straightforward problem. One can’t easily grab the favicons from the browser’s cache and associate them to the correct domain (at least not on Safari). Nor is there a simple and reliable way to get favicons at all from websites, let alone high (or even medium) resolution icons. Some services make available the low resolution versions, which look pixelated in a larger interface such as Alfred results. Plus, favicons are often monocoloured blobs which won’t be legible in some themes.

Yes, Alfred Remote supports multiple Macs.

The simple answer to this is Alfred Remote *will* get a major update, but I can't give you a timescale.
 
To keep Alfred's quality as high as possible, we are extremely selective over which features bring the most value to our wider user base. Alfred Remote constitutes a minor part of this user base, so while we have continued to add features to Remove via updates in Alfred itself, the core Alfred Remote app has remained as is.
 
While it would be nice to do a minor update to Remote to include some of the newer iOS features, Apple has evolved iOS significantly since Remote was originally released, with some technologies deprecated, and some new ones introduced, so Remote would need an overhaul to fit with within Apple's framework and "vision", all while trying to keep Remote backwards compatible with Alfred 3.
 
Over the past number of years, I've been keeping a close eye on Swift and Swift UI, and this may provide a perfect platform for a complete Alfred Remote rewrite, but it could be too early to allow this to work on a wider number of older devices.
 
As I said before, when Alfred Remote version 2 comes out, I'd like to keep it as a free update for all current Alfred Remote users.

Alfred Remote will be receiving a big "Version 2" update, I'm already planning the feature set and improvements.
 
It's also worth noting that we've been adding features to Alfred Remote through added objects within Alfred itself, so while Alfred Remote hasn't had a core update, it has had new abilities added over the past few years.
 
Cheers,
Andrew

Since Alfred now has a built-in server running in the background and is paired with iOS devices
How about a clipboard sharing feature?
Straight and seamless. 

Welcome @Viola,
 
It depends on the exact nature of your request. Alfred isn’t a password manager; apps who deal with passwords (there are several) tend to do just that. Technically you could use Alfred to store and retrieve passwords, but I’d recommend finding a password manager you like then using Alfred to interact with it. There’s an official Workflow for 1Password as well as third-party Workflows for KeePassXC, Bitwarden, Keychain (native to macOS), and probably others.

It’s the file at ~/Library/Application Support/Alfred/Databases/clipboard.alfdb.

Moving this to Feature Requests (it isn’t possible at the moment).

Alfred_X_Moom
Direct download: Alfred_X_Moom
GitHub Link: Github
 
Switch between Moom snapshots (layouts) with Alfred
 
Here's a screenshot to demonstrate:

Installation:
Download the latest release from the above link and double-click to install.
 
Usage:
Simply activate the Alfred file actions menu and type "moom"
 
Current Issues:
Currently, the workflow will not work properly if your snapshot names have a comma in them.

Welcome @KouFribz,
 
Skype has been an Electron app for a number of years, and those have always hard poor automatability. There may be an URL scheme or API for limited interaction with it as a service, but for the app itself it would require Microsoft to make changes.

Once Alfred 5 is out and settled, the Alfred Workflow Gallery will be our top priority, including integration directly into Alfred.
 
The Workflow foundation changes I've made in Alfred 5 pave the way for some really exiting new features (for Alfred 5.1, 5.2 etc). We'll be sharing details in due course!
 
Cheers,
Andrew  

This may warrant creating a separate thread to this one, but if you let us know what features you're looking for, we may be able to help you achieve it with Workflows and a Snippet Trigger. There's so much flexibility in using Snippet Triggers, there's a good likelihood what you're looking for is already possible

Alfred Preferences → Appearance → Options (bottom left) → Where he shows (top right). You’ll be able to visually position Alfred.

I’m not aware of any text expansion software which does what you ask. Text expansion works by replacing a specific string of characters with something else. If it had to understand everything you type and be constantly evaluating, it would consume a lot of resources and lead to unexpected results. Just think of any trigger with .* in it.
 
An alternative would be a Snippet Trigger which invokes Alfred with a specific Workflow (or Alfred in general, since it does math by default).