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Hi Racer, try the space bar instead of enter. I am using the space for a new feature where you can combine multiple units like 1"2' > cm or 5mi 4inch > m... If I'm not making sense then you'll have to wait for the update.

I am aware of these workarounds, but I'd still like it if this where native to the Alfred structure. Which is the reason I posted it so the Alfred v2 Feature Suggestions edit: But the other topic ( to which you refered and i hadn't found before ) comforts me that it is at least something that's being taken into consideration for future releases. That's all I intended.

When you generate an xml result in your workflow you can set an 'autocomplete' to guide the user to another location 'within' the workflow. but often it would be nice to guid you to - for instance - the calculator with you (arg)ument. A workaround I've found so far is reopening alfred an pasting the desired text via another script e.g. applescript. But this created a flashing effect, plus it seems like a very logical feature. *If this is already possible somehow : Please let me know!

Well you got me going..! Here's a quick preview on the update, it's a bit abstract so bear with me. here i say ... as you can see in my debug window it catches it the way i want to. so now you can give a second value ( the 5*20 yards ) and yes you can do math at the same time too now! But that second value + unit is optional. if it doesn't catch a number in front of the second unit it will treat it as the output unit. I did it with random values on purpose.. as i noted earlier, it's more than a 5'7" fix although this is fixed too off course.. since → → will work. but also "6hours 30min in seconds" etc. I also made the spaces irrelevant for catching the values. so → will give the same result as → . as you can see this is just the core.. now I've got ot attach all the strings back together. And I'm also cleaning up my code in general. So I will need some time before i can share a solid update. I was just excited to share my little victory, and prove that your suggestions where not in vain. If you've got no idea what I'm jabbering about.. well, then you'll have to wait for the actual update

I had the same 'problem' when i was working on a workflow. I hoped i was able to use the uids to achieve a smart suggestion set. And the more i understood, the more it became clear that it wasn't going to help me. because of the following reason: The uid based suggestions are linked to full queries so they will remember the result i picked for workflow and remember a different suggestion for workflow myquery , which - if you'd make a static workflow showing a list of items - makes perfect sense. The reality 'especially with script filters' is that you end up influencing the order by the way your script works too. For that reason I ended up not using the uid by setting it to a static string. Now i just control which ones are shown first, based on matching the query in combination with a little cache file counting the results based on an internal id. Not sure if I'm still making sense, but the conclusion is that it's working as expected.. but it's probably not working with your script structure.. do you have an example that shows what your 'real' workflow looks like? ps. I'm just an enthousiast, no Alfred crew member or anything.

@mklement0 : Hi, you can show the categories before a number is typed. In the options for the workflow select 'Argument optional'. I didn't set this by default on purpose, but I'm not sure why anymore... thought i had a good reason for that. But i did incorporated it in the scripts. The feet-inch format is a really cleaver suggestion. I would need to rethink how to actually make that work. But.. that opens up new ideas.. like you could also say i want '3 hours and 30 minutes in seconds'.. I will share as soon as i get a solid update!

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Thanks, if you can come up with any good features to expand it... please drop it as a comment here!

A better unit converter Download V0.6 contact thijs@designandsuch.com for questions, bugs, ideas and such try out the demo There are more unit converters available. but i didn't like the lack of speed due to the feeds. Thus i redid one myself which calculates everything on your mac. It fetches new currency data once in a while.. that's the only time when a second delay might appear. And in my humble opinion it's already better than all other unit converters around. I might add more units in the future but so far it has: - 7 units temperature ( celsius, kelvin, fahrenheit etc. ) - 21 units on length ( km, miles, nautical miles etc. ) - 15 units on weight ( kg, lb, etc. ) - 8 units on time ( days, hours, years months etc ) - 18 units on digital memory ( GB, MB TB bytes, kilobytes etc ) - 5 units on speed ( km/h, miles per hour etc. - 90 units on currencies ( euro, dollar, pounds, dinar etc. ) that's 164 units It has a nice blind rating system. so the more you choose for one answer, the more it will be likely that that one shows up in the suggestions. Automatic updates from a currency xml file I am working on an automatic update on the whole workflow so i could add new features while you use it. But that is not finished yet.. and i thought.. let's start sharing maybe ill get some nice feedback for possible cool ideas. * designed the icons myself, probably could work some more on those too. it doesn't need explanation... if you'll just start typing "5 kilometer to miles..." or something you will figure out how it works. some screenshots: