paulmoons

Doesn't work for me.

You lost me. 😅

Thank-you. Looks like I have found a workaround, although I still think using coloured dots to see tags by default is a much better solution!

@giovanni Ooo.. that's pretty cool. Thanks! I'll investigate further. If only I could get Alfred to default to using this workflow. Dumb Question: Could you run a regular search in Alfred and then when you notice multiples of the same file apply a keystroke to invoke the workflow and bring up the dots?

Hey there! Thanks for responding! I took a look at your extension and unfortunately I don't think it meets my use case. I'm trying to essentially see where a file is located instantly by using its tag. Searching via tag doesn't work because I want to see the tagged and untagged files, just want to instantly identify them visually. I could potentially use your workflow to always search with the "NOT <tag>" setting but this might be cumbersome? Wait. It's not a perfect solution but, having just looked through your links I noticed the alfred:ignore comment. In theory I could just use the alfred:ignore comment in place of my "archive" tag and therefore stop those files from turning up in the search results. Not ideal but it would make life easier. Hmm.. Thanks again for dropping by!

Nobody?

This. To make your idea workable, I think you would need a "reset to defaults" button that works as expected and then another "reset to almost defaults" setting. While I think this might work, it adds complexity and would be confusing as no other software tends to work this way. 🤷‍♂️

Why are we not funding this? I've started a new thread on this as I didn't see this one. I can't see a rational reason why this isn't implemented by default.. or at the very least be an option for default search results. Is there a good reason why this isn't implemented?

If the default contains no entry, resetting to default returns the field to no entry. Surely that makes more sense than what you are proposing?

I've posted this in the help forum and after 37 views and no response, I figure this can't be done at present but it is a feature that I feel should be present! In the Alfred search results, Alfred should provide the option of showing a file's coloured dot that corresponds to its tag? My use case is that I have multiple iterations of the same file in archived folders and running a search turns up all of them - which is as I desire.. but I want to be able to quickly identify if I am looking at an old file (tagged with a red "archive" colour dot) or I am looking at an untagged (current) file. Please see the mock example I have created in the annotated image where two files have the same name but are located in two different folders. If one were tagged with a red dot as illustrated, it would make identification much easier of both which are tagged (archived files) and which are not (current). I know the URL gives this away but in a list of ten identical files, it is cumbersome identifier which gets even less useful when the URLs to compare are many and very similar. While the example image provided has the tag at the end of the result, this would probably work better at the front of the file name or perhaps at the front of the URL? Other than some kind of technical issue, I really can't for the life of me think why this hasn't been implemented earlier. Thoughts?

Ahh.. thanks!

Thank you but I think you may have misunderstood what I am trying to achieve? See screenshot attached. All I want to do is be able to view the labels (coloured dot) in the result list - preferably by default. Not search via label or list labels or edit labels.

Hello! Thank-you for your response. Firstly, I looked at that conversation but it doesn't make much sense to me. I'll try the suggestion in the post but I can't follow how it will do what I want. Secondly, you mention custom tags. What about standard ones. All I need is a colour really, the tag name is irrelevant for my purpose. Edit: I tried editing the workflow following the instructions linked but I can't see any blue icon - unless I am missing something?

Is there a way to view tags in the default search list? Adding and manipulating tags without being able to actually see the tag in the default search list seems to be putting the horse before the cart. Am I missing something?

Maybe I'm crazy but I can't find a way to do what seems like an obvious and simple feature: In the Alfred search results, is there a way that I can have Alfred automatically show a coloured dot that corresponds to that file's tag? My use case is that I have multiple iterations of the same file in archived folders and running a search turns up all of them - which is as I desire.. but I want to be able to quickly identify if I am looking at an old file (tagged with a red "archive" colour dot) or I am looking at an untagged (current) file. Please see the mock example I have created in the annotated image where two files have the same name but are located in two different folders. If one were tagged with a red dot as illustrated, it would make identification much easier of both which are tagged (archived files) and which are not (current). I know the URL gives this away but in a list of ten identical files, it is cumbersome identifier which gets even less useful when the URLs to compare are many and very similar. Before I look at making a thread on the feature requests sections, I wanted to confirm I an not missing something. Does Alfred support the functionality I'm describing? Is there a workflow that could do it? I have seen a number of workflows that aim to manipulate tags but none to make actually viewing them by default (as described above) easier. Any information on this would be much appreciated! ???