patgilmour

With workflows, I can add multiple triggers to a single action. So, for example, I can launch an app using two different keyboard shortcuts. With Clipboard History/Snippets, the keyboard shortcut choice is sort of baked into Alfred in the "Viewer Hotkey" field under Clipboard. Is it possible to assign a second keyboard shortcut to that action? Thanks, Pat

@deanishe - this it great! It works perfectly. It might be "rudimentary" but it suits my needs 100% so many thanks!

deanishe - thanks for the comprehensive reply! I've had too long a day at work to tackle trying to use the script now - I'm fried - but will have a go tomorrow. Just wanted to say thanks.

I do a lot of WordPress development and so have a lot of folders called 'wp-content' in my Sites folder. I have file filter that searches only within Sites, then I type "wp-co" and all the wp-content folders are listed. I can see their paths under their names and scroll to the one I want. Not bad, but I'd like something even better. What I'm really after is a file filter that when I type 'wp-cxc' will show me all the wp-content folders with "xc" (such as "Sites/xchange/wp-content/ ) in the path name. Or 'wp-cap' for all wp-content folders that have "ap" in the path. The problem I'm having is that Alfred doesn't search in the path name, so if I activate my filter and type, for example 'wp-cxchange' Alfred won't return the "wp-content" folder in the parent directory that contains 'xchange'. So is there a way to do this with the basic Workflow building blocks or will I need a script? Thanks!

Here's a workflow to search for Trello tabs already open in Safari then do one of three things: - Creates a new Trello tab in Safari if none are open. - Open existing Trello tab in Safari if one exits. - Presents a dialog of Trello tabs to choose from if more than one tab exits. Get it in Packal: http://www.packal.org/workflow/open-trello-tab-safari-without-duplicates The workflow contains AppleScript that was adapted from what I found here: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/OSX/safari-tabs.html

I just wrote a little workflow to do what you need. It: - Creates a new Trello tab in Safari if none are open. - Open existing Trello tab in Safari if one exits . - Presents a dialog of Trello tabs to choose from if more than one tab exits. Get it on Packal: http://www.packal.org/workflow/open-trello-tab-safari-without-duplicates

Thanks Andrew! Makes good sense though I'll use it for key terms only or I'll end up with a lot of workflows. Most of my maps have "map" and/or the key term in their filename, so I can probably find what I'm looking for quickly in Alfred anyway. Dynamic filtering would be a great addition to the already stellar toolkit though, especially to take full advantage of Tags.

Just wondering, if following is possible. Let's say I have 1000 files tagged in the Finder with "Map". I want to find the files that are tagged with Map and have "Europe" in the filename. In Spotlight this is fairly easy" tag:map then Return then add "Europe" to the search string. But I would of course prefer to do this in Alfred, if it is possible? Thanks for any guidance.

Using Andrew's solution above, I see no performance difference at all compared to Alfred's default search, so I'm sticking with it for now. Here's the deal: - Alfred's default Hotkey is now set to ctrl+space - not obscure at all but seeing as I use Alfred for everything I wanted the "alternative" close to my fingers - The workflow options follow Andrew's instructions above. - I added InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat to the "don't have focus" "Related Apps" tab - The "Run NSAppleScript" script is as follows: on alfred_script(q) tell application "Alfred 2" to search end alfred_script Does the "Cache Compiled Applescript" option make a speed difference for a script this size? I don't know but I don't see a difference so I'm leaving it disabled. (Edit: enabled now - see Andrew's comment below). And that's it. As a user I see no change: CMD+Space invokes Alfred as usual but when I'm in Creative Cloud I don't keep making a mess of things by adding spaces by accident. Until I can finally dump Adobe's over-priced, ugly, bug-ridden, inconsistent and crappy software suite, I think this is the way to go! Thanks for the help.

Actually, Andrew, your solution is working remarkably well. Will feedback after a day of using it..

Thanks for the useful answers, guys. I'm giving Andrew's solution a go though there is an absolutely tiny lag that is spoiling my purist Alfred experience. It may be time to retrain my CC habits - Alfred is way more important to my day-to-day work.

I use CMD+Space to activate Alfred. Works great (and the minimal space between the keys is perfect for my left thumb's damaged ligaments). However, when using Adobe Creative Cloud, I'd really like to reserve CMD+Space for standard Adobe zoom function. So, is there a way to selectively disable the Alfred keyboard shortcut for certain applications? Thanks!