+1 to this request - I used Launchbar to do this all the time, when installing new versions of downloaded software. It is extremely useful to highlight a file in my Downloads folder or on a DMG, hit a hot key, tab, then a few letters of the target directory, return, and pick Move
or Copy with a keystroke - getting prompted if I'm overwriting the old version of the file. Right now in Alfred I need to delete the old version before copying/moving the new one in, which is quite irritating.
Here are some common failure modes with "move" to think about: (most apply to copying as well).
-target file exists, so prompt needed to cancel/overwrite/copy with new name.
-authentication needed to write to the target directory or overwrite the target file
- trying to move from a read-only directory (like a locked DMG) - optionally copy instead, rather than fail. (Launchbar doesn't do this right, but Alfred could)
- progress notification for long moves/copies (ditto)
And, more ambitiously:
- Possibility to choose source file, choose target location, then choose action? (Like Launchbar) - options might include move, copy, create alias, create symbolic link, or even "Drag" to get the move-on-same-volume-but-copy-across-volumes" behavior that the Finder uses.
Thanks for your attention - this is my one big friction point in making the jump from Launchbar.
