bichonfrise74

Thanks. This idea is great.

Thanks... but I don't see anything that can be connected with the 'Open URL' object... do you mind taking a screenshot of the workflow of what you mean? By the way, my Alfred is 2.3.

Basically, my goal is to have a 'script' generate a specific URL based on an argument that I supply (this is why I am creating a 'script filter' for this), then it will open the URL in the default browser... This works great. But! when the URL is opened, I need to simulate pressing certain shortcut keys to, eg. maximize the screen, disable certain functions.

I am using a 'Script filter' and piping the result to 'Open URL'... my issue is that after 'Open URL', I want to simulate pressing the keys 'l' and 'enter'. How can I do this? Thanks.

Ah! Thanks for the clarification.

I have a "Script Filter" which only has this line....

   osascript test.scpt "{query}"

and test.scpt has this

on run argv
  set query to argv as text

  if query is "hi" then
    set query to "hi"
  else if query is "hello" then
    set query to "hello"
  else
    set query to ""
  end if

  display dialog query
end run

When I type the following in the Alfred search bar, "test hi", the dialog box shows nothing (it seems Alfred does not wait for the entire argument).

But if I run this script on the command line, it works correctly.

Thanks.

Alfred should learn that you prefer the "mailing" keyword over Mail.app over time. If you are having trouble with this, you may have success by clearing Alfred's knowledge and then trying again. You could also try adding Mail.app to Spotlight's privacy section to prevent it from showing in results

Interesting, I wrote this workflow 3 days ago, and I have been typing 'mail' on the console and the first one that appears is still Mail.app... How long does it usually take for Alfred to learn/prefer 'mailing' over Mail.app?

Also, how do I clear Alfred's knowledge? Thanks.

I am not sure what exactly you want to do with your workflow. If you want to write an Email, there is such an option within Alfred. There are also other workflows around here for mailing. 

 

You could just change the keyword you use to start the workflow, e.g. "Email" (although this is used within Alfred itself). 

The keyword that I am using is actually not for email, it is for something else. But I could always change the keyword to avoid having this issue... thanks.

I created a workflow and named it 'mailing', but when I type 'mail' in the alfred console, the Mail.app is the first one to appear. See the link below.

http://postimg.org/image/wb81jtce5/

Is there a way to remove the Mail.app result? Also, I am not using Mail.app so I am okay with removing it.

Thanks.

Thanks.

The alfred console truncates the result... See the screenshot.

http://postimg.org/image/5n0via5uj/ 

Is it possible to specify the max length of the output on the console or specify something like auto-expand of the output?

Thanks.

Thanks.

Is it possible to do this with Alfred?

  Click a chrome extension and hit 'start' button inside the chrome extension?

I think this might be an Applescript or a chrome extension question but I am giving it a shot. Also, I have been searching around how to execute a chrome extension from the command line but without success. My thinking is that if I can do the above with the command line, then I can just tell Alfred to execute it.

Thanks.