Hi, I have the following AppleScript app that I registered as my default browser:
on open location _url
tell application id "com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred" to run trigger "open" in workflow "com.andreavaccari.openlink" with argument _url
-- delay 5
end open location
The workflow that is invoked shows a list filter that allows me to pick which browser and mode to use to open the link.
The workflow works correctly when triggered from another workflow or from the command line with `osascript`, but not when triggered from inside the `open location` even handler. What happens in this case is that the Alfred window appears for a split second but closes immediately because the `tell application` instruction is non-blocking and the subroutine ends. I confirmed this by adding a delay (commented above). In this case the window will show for 5 seconds and then close by itself.
I found this comment by @deanishe on how to check if Alfred has a window open. This does not work because the `tell application "System Events"` is non-blocking. What is needed is a `repeat` loop that checks inside its body if there search window is open and breaks out otherwise. I have tried tried and failed to find the right AppleScript incantation. The script should look something like this (but again this does not work):
on open location _url
tell application id "com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred" to run trigger "open" in workflow "com.andreavaccari.openlinkwith" with argument _url
repeat
tell application id "com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred"
if not (exists window 1) then
exit repeat
end if
end tell
delay 0.1
end repeat
end open location
Does anyone know how to achieve this? Thank you in advance for your help!
