Chris Messina

Here are a couple of updated workflows of mine:
 
https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/2180-case-converter-including-title-case/
https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/4818-code-case/

TextBuddy developer here 👋
 
Definitely looking into how to make all of TB's commands available through Alfred. I've been using Alfred myself since the pre-1.0 days, so getting TextBuddy connected would be a huge improvement for me as well.

Found the time to try out the new 4.5 release and I love it!
 
Other than a few mentionings in the Thread on the 4.5 beta, I haven't found many showcases of the new Universal Actions feature in this forum. Maybe we could share some usecases? Here is a workflow with a bunch of (mostly simple) Universal Actions:
 
Text Actions
- Titlecase
- Lowercase
- Uppercase
- Poor Text (removes formatting)
- Transform Spaces to Tabs
- Append to Clipboard (similar to Alfred's built-in function, but with manual hotkey and with universal action)
- Calculate the sum of all numbers in the selected text. Negative numbers are supported, as are both "," or "." as decimal separators. (Thousand separators are not supported though, as they would create ambiguous cases.)
- Run Brett Terpstra's SearchLink, which fetches the URL and creates a markdown link of the selected text.
 
URL Actions
- URL Encode
- URL Decode
- Create compact markdown link
- Create compact markdown link of all URLs in selecting (actually a Text Action...)
- SearchTitle: Fetch the title of the URL and create a Markdown link (basically the opposite of SearchLink)
 
Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Fnkj8wXxxNYlLTcEO-m8YHOobADLZE9/view?usp=sharing
 
 

#1! We did it!
 

#1! We did it!
 

#1! We did it!
 

Hey all — Alfred 4.5 is featured on Product Hunt today!
 
It would be awesome for you to check it out, and show your support by adding your review or a comment or trick about how Workflows you use!
 
Your support will help other people discover Alfred and support its ongoing development.
 
Alfred will only be featured today, so your timely attention is appreciated!
 

Ok, for now, I've just beefed up the messaging within the Run NSAppleScript object:
 

 
I've also renamed the script paths to include (AppleScript) and (Javascript) respectively. For now, I don't want to create a new Legacy (or whatever) group and move objects around, but this is something I'll keep in mind for a more major release.
 
I've also updated the help page from the (?) button to highlight the blocking:
https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/actions/run-nsapplescript/
 
This is now in the 4.5.1 b1255 pre-release.

Hey all — Alfred 4.5 is featured on Product Hunt today!
 
It would be awesome for you to check it out, and show your support by adding your review or a comment or trick about how Workflows you use!
 
Your support will help other people discover Alfred and support its ongoing development.
 
Alfred will only be featured today, so your timely attention is appreciated!
 

Sounds like you want a File Action Trigger connected to an Open File Action.

If the filetype is defined correctly, it will be defined as a subtype of public.zip-archive.
 
You can make a File Action available for such files by adding +public.zip-archive (note the plus sign) to the Types list.

Make sure you're using the latest version. I made a silly mistake and the workflow wasn't showing a lot of services it should have been showing.
 
 
Alfred should include macOS services, imo. They're a perfect fit for "action current selection".
 
The workflow itself can't be used very well via Universal Actions because Alfred deliberately discards so much information about the current selection and the workflow wouldn't be able to show all the services it should. It needs its own hotkey because it needs its own implementation of "get current selection".

Then maybe you should set a default application to use for those kind of files. (Get Info -> Open With -> The Unarchiver)
 
Or you can use the "Open with" Universal Action to specify with which application you want the file to be opened. Or you can define a File Action that would work with Zip files and ".spa" files and that would be set to open the file directly in the specified application. Here is an example with the The Unarchiver: https://d.pr/f/nT46SC
 
You may need to add one of your ".spa" file into the File Action type that it will show for. I dropped a file with a ".spa" extension on my side, but since I don't have any application that work with this kind of file, I'm not sure if the metadata are set correctly...
 
Beside, even if Alfred have a built-in unzip action, then there's good chances you won't be able to use it with your ".spa" file since this is not a standard Zip archive type. So, I think the workflow to open with The Unarchiver or to set the default app for this kind of file to The Unarchiver are your best options.

A separate hotkey to re-perform the previously used action on a subsequent selection is a really good idea, I'll add a note
 
For now, have you tried the action ordering? This will sort actions based on the argument type, so it will put the prettify action always at the top for json files:
 

Connect a File Action Trigger to a Run Script Action with the following in the Script box: mv "${@}" 'YOUR_ASSETS_PATH_HERE'.

Replace YOUR_ASSETS_PATH_HERE with the path to the destination directory. You can get it by selecting the directory in the Finder and pressing the Universal Actions shortcut (the same you use to get to Copy To…) followed by Copy Path to Clipboard.

Repeat that for as many assets directory you’d like to make specific shortcuts for.

If you want to copy instead of moving, change mv to cp -r.

The above won’t work exactly as you’ve asked. It will use the Universal Actions shortcut instead of you typing “move to assets” in Alfred, but this approach also works when navigating inside Alfred and is easier to implement.

With the release of V4.5, Alfred substantially improved the action system with https://alfredapp.com/universal-actions — this provides much more control and flexibility for [object][modifier] type work flows! 
 
😍🤩😍

Now you know my secrets. 
 

BunnySlut

Odd Finder error when I use a workflow that has a "Reveal File in Finder" block:
 

 
When I make my selection from the List Filter, I get this error message after several seconds:
 
"The “Show in Finder” service could not be used because the “Finder” application did not respond to a request for services."

Clicking "Show Application" caused Finder to appear several minutes later.
 
This was the only Alfred-related message in the console: 
 
Jul 23 16:17:38 BunnySlut com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: Coalition Cache Hit: app<application.com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-Preferences.423402080.423402086(501)> [4792]  
It seems like the issue has resolved itself, but I've never seen this issue before.

Will there be an option at some point to have a different display text for custom web searches in the action panel, like the built-in web searches have? Alfred doesn't replace {query} in the action panel results, so it looks a bit silly 
 

Ask and ye shall receive! 
 

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Thanks for your request! I spent the holiday weekend (🤓) putting these themes together. Let me know what you think! 
 
Preview:
 

 

 

Ask and ye shall receive! 
 

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Ask and ye shall receive! 
 

/cc @Mr Pennyworth