FroZen_X

Found a bug that made it not work in some occasion and therefore couldn't work with folders.
Here you go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g4clxs0pmy7p14l/Create%20Alias.alfredworkflow?dl=0
Keep in mind that the first filter is set to everything, which can be change to folder only if wanted.
 
This should work

Just saw the blog post and I’m wicked curious to know what this will bring!

Good job deanishe!
 
This is a good help and would be cool to see as an info in Alfred like the script editor itself(maybe in gray or so).
Maybe its even possible that Alfred handles this itself, even tho i know it just runs the script. 
Like it would check for vars and use the associated call to get the var.
 
However, now its documented and can be done this way! Good job

Can be confusing at first, but those shown(when you typed "flick") are actually fallback results and not your web search to say.
Have a look here: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/default-results/fallback-searches/

This workflow is officially deprecated in favour of Thumbnail Navigation
 
List the contents of directories, ordered by add or modified date. rda sorts from the most recently added and rdz does the reverse; rdn sorts from the most recently modified and rdo does the reverse.



The list is auto-refreshed, making for a good way to track changes.

To act on the selections, use the standard Alfred shortcuts. You can activate file actions, dive into directories, preview files, reveal in Finder, add to the file buffer…

By default the Workflow searches in ~/Desktop and ~/Downloads. Change the value in the directories Workflow Environment Variable to use different paths, separated by commas.

8 yrs later - I run the Script in the current version of Alfred on MacOS 11.5.1 and I don't see a system notification.
 
When I use the debug logs I see: 
[11:46:42.690] Logging Started...
[11:47:10.253] Uptime[Keyword] Processing complete
[11:47:10.257] Uptime[Keyword] Passing output '' to Run Script
[11:47:10.264] Uptime[Run Script] Processing complete
[11:47:10.264] Uptime[Run Script] Passing output '6 days, 23:20
' to Post Notification
 
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Something is happening with the notification. Perhaps I need to set a permission for Alfred to display notifications? ...

Thank you for the suggestion! This is exactly what I need and it works as expected.
 
I think the folder detection if no items are selected in Finder is still useful. As far as I can tell the workflow achieves this by interrogating Finder through Apple Script as a workaround.

I have looked into Karabiner many times. But I'm not very fond of installing kernel level extensions into the OS for stability and security reasons.
 
Your key mapping is very neat though. Thank you for the suggestion.

Umm the way how i do it is, opening 1password with a search term and then send keycodes to it via applescript.
 
Here is an example for a game called league of legends: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dus9sxywxv4dw9i/1password%20mini.alfredworkflow?dl=0
 
Keep in mind that 1password has to be unlocked before you start.
To change it to your use, just change this applescript part:
open location "x-onepassword-helper://search/league" delay 1 Gotta have to check how your what your stuff is exactly name. Just replace "league" with your term.
Then you have to take a look at the next applescript that's called:
tell application "System Events" to tell process "1Password mini" set frontmost to true key code 124 delay 1 key code 36 end tell For a normal login copy it does press "Right arrow" and then "Return" after a delay. For your case you gotta have to add "key code 126"
and then press "Return" i guess like this:
tell application "System Events" to tell process "1Password mini" set frontmost to true key code 124 delay 1 key code 126 delay 1 key code 36 end tell  
Gotta have to play with the delay and see what's the best.
Here is a website for all the possible key codes.
Maybe someone else knows a better way, but that's how i do it atm ^^
 
Hope this helps

Hello everyone,
 
it would be pretty cool if it would be possible to select multiple Files, Clips or whatever from the Clipboard history and paste it.
For instance:
 
I would have copied a few files and wanna paste them. Here is an example:

 
If i could now just press Shift+Arrow down to select multiple items and then just paste them that would be awesome 
If there is another way then lemme know, but else this would be decent to have.
 
Another addition to that would be the ability to change the Shortcut for adding files to the file buffer. Something like
⌘+C and ⌘+V would make the file Buffer/Navigation even better
 
Cheers,
 
Frozen

You can just select the File/Folder you found and press Cmd+C and it will copy the path with file to your clipboard. 
 
To kinda sort your actions by usage, go to Alfred preferences → File search → Actions → and check Action Ordering.
There you can also deselect some actions you don't need. 
 
Hope that helps

@FroZen_X no timeframe yet, as this change will be wrapped up with some other similar ones to consolidate some code.
 
Remember that you can wildcard in that view too. The original behaviour in the navigation was based more on shell which is why it deviates. This is now a bit outdated as Alfred has grown which is why it's going to get an overhaul to bring it more in line.

@deanishe this is now available in the fs navigation view in 3.6 b900, either click the button bottom right of the window or use cmd+shift+i

That's a rather complicated way of doing it, I think.
 
You should be able to simply use a Run Script action (Language = /bin/bash) with the open command, e.g.:
open smb://hostname.domain.tld/path/to/directory  

@deanishe agreed, this preview should be able to be turned off.
 
Also, the fuzzy matching option for fs navigation isn't working as well as it should do. When @FroZen_X posted the request the other day, I took a look at the matching code... really, with fuzzy enabled, you should just be able to type e.g. fixum and it filter to just that item (instead of *fixum).

That actually adds up to the option "File type icons..." which increased the performance on external drives. Having an additional option to fully deactivate them
would awesome. This in addition what i just posted would make it easier to see and then access what you want.

In Alfred's filesystem navigation mode, the entire right half of the file list is given over to a preview, with filenames being truncated to make room for it.
 
In common situations, the preview adds nothing useful, while the truncation takes a whole lot of important data away:
 

 
In such situations, it's both easier and faster to scroll through the contents in Finder, where I can see the complete filenames, instead of going through them one-by-one in Alfred so I can see the full name at the bottom of Alfred's window.
 
Being able to turn off the preview, so I could see the filepath, would fix that. If I want to see a preview, I can hit ⇧.
 

Hello everyone,
 
currently when I navigate through my Folders i usually tend to speed the process up by typing the folder name.
When I'm within a folder and wanna select a certain file, i usually type a part of that particular file name. With numbers this works perfectly
shown in the following example:
 
Test Files:
 

 
Search:
 

 
 
As you see even tho the name is "11_12" i yet can search via "1112" which is awesome. Fuzzy works in this case.
However here is the same with a string, which doesn’t work:
 

 
What work however is when you add a wildcard like "*":
 

 
I would love to see an option to add fuzzy search for strings too, as it’s a pain when you jump back several times to a folder 
by using Alfreds "Previous Path" function and you have to add "*" again. Sadly Alfred doesn’t save the previous Filter you used.
 
 
Cheers,
 
Frozen

I think Alfred's navigation mode could do with an overhaul in a few regards, tbh, and a fuzzier search would be a large step in the right direction.
 
As in your example, it's pretty common to avoid spaces in filenames (for various reasons), and that does not combine well with Alfred's word-starts-with search (at least, not with Alfred's current concept of what constitutes a word).
 
The main drawback of fuzzy search is that it's not great (slow, too many matches) with large datasets. That doesn't really apply to navigation mode, as directories very rarely contain several thousand files and subdirectories.
 

Hello everyone,
 
currently when I navigate through my Folders i usually tend to speed the process up by typing the folder name.
When I'm within a folder and wanna select a certain file, i usually type a part of that particular file name. With numbers this works perfectly
shown in the following example:
 
Test Files:
 

 
Search:
 

 
 
As you see even tho the name is "11_12" i yet can search via "1112" which is awesome. Fuzzy works in this case.
However here is the same with a string, which doesn’t work:
 

 
What work however is when you add a wildcard like "*":
 

 
I would love to see an option to add fuzzy search for strings too, as it’s a pain when you jump back several times to a folder 
by using Alfreds "Previous Path" function and you have to add "*" again. Sadly Alfred doesn’t save the previous Filter you used.
 
 
Cheers,
 
Frozen

I believe there are a couple options on Linux. There is an Alfred imitation called Albert, apparently. It's mostly something that I've considered although now that I use Alfred so much, it wouldn't be a decision I'd rush into.
 
If only there was a Linux version of Alfred ... :-P

Just curious, do you have any replacement for Alfred on linux? I myself have a hard time working on other machines when i don't 
have Alfred and Karabiner. I even have a hard time working on windows whenever i have to....i hate it lol.
@nikivi has brought me to the state where i now use sticky keys, simultaneous etc. Haha 
My muscles memory is pretty trained for a couple of actions by now.

I may quote yourself when it comes to the posting part "Knowledge is knowing where the answers might lie. Solving problems is knowing how to apply the knowledge you have to solve a thing."
I know from viewing some of your questions and of which i replied to that you sometimes just ask too quick and don't actually take a moment to think
about the issue. You can post as much as you want, as long as you have thought about it and not just have shot it out. In addition to that is the way of how .
Like the whole screenshot thing ^^ 
 
About the methodical part, it actually reminds me of my father haha. He has things usually neatly put out and also documents things really well
for times when he hasn’t looked at something for a long time and knows he will need it again. I myself find this step sometimes a bit overkill 
when you do it with so many things but it’s a nice to have.
 

I may quote yourself when it comes to the posting part "Knowledge is knowing where the answers might lie. Solving problems is knowing how to apply the knowledge you have to solve a thing."
I know from viewing some of your questions and of which i replied to that you sometimes just ask too quick and don't actually take a moment to think
about the issue. You can post as much as you want, as long as you have thought about it and not just have shot it out. In addition to that is the way of how .
Like the whole screenshot thing ^^ 
 
About the methodical part, it actually reminds me of my father haha. He has things usually neatly put out and also documents things really well
for times when he hasn’t looked at something for a long time and knows he will need it again. I myself find this step sometimes a bit overkill 
when you do it with so many things but it’s a nice to have.
 

To be fair, I don't think I'd do a whole lot better with a British keyboard set to a German mapping.
 
On the other hand, at least I know which key on a German keyboard is the apostrophe. It drives me mental watching Germans hit the acute accent key instead of the apostrophe…