DeeK 0 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 A lot of times when I use the snippet functionality in Chrome the first letter in the keyword stays up after the snippet expands. I've adjusted all the tweaking settings and the issue has persisted. I made sure that the Alfred helper has accessibility permissions and I have re-installed Alfred as well as Chrome. See attached GIF for the behavior. while the GIF shows it happening at the top of the text box, it also happens after I have already been typing in the middle of the paragraph. Link to post
Vero 468 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Hi @DeeK and welcome to the forum! You may need to slow down key events, which you can do by launching the preferences to Features > Snippets, then click the cog in the top right. Under Tweaking, click the "Slow down key events" box. This will imperceptibly slow down the paste action, giving the Chrome text box a moment longer to finish removing the snippet keyword characters. More details on partial expansion here: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/snippets/#partial Let me know how you get on! Cheers, Vero Link to post
DeeK 0 Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 Hi Vero, Indeed, I have checked that box yet the issue persists. Link to post
Vero 468 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 @DeeK In that case, have you checked for apps that could be interfering? By this I mean apps like other text expanders, keyboard modifiers or other apps that might have Accessibility permissions on your Mac. Launch Apple's Security & Privacy System Preferences to Privacy > Accessibility, and uncheck all other apps in Accessibility temporarily to help you narrow down which one might be interfering. Let me know how you get on. Cheers, Vero Link to post
DeeK 0 Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 Yeah I removed all the other things in Accessibility yet the issue persists. This happens mostly in Chrome. Interestingly enough, snippets do not work at al in Hipchat. Link to post
Vero 468 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 @DeeK Is it any text field in Chrome or on particular websites? I'm wondering if you're testing somewhere that has particular scripting around the text field resulting in weird behaviour. With regards to HipChat, a few releases ago, we found that HipChat received the simulated key events for the text replacement, but processed them out of order. This is a bug in HipChat (possibly using a cross platform UI framework). However, for the one or two users who had reported it, slowing down key events was sufficient and everything worked as expected. If no snippets are appearing, launch Alfred's prefs to Snippets and check whether any red text appears, as in this Secure Input screenshot: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/snippets/#secureinput This would mean that HipChat or something else is locking secure input, preventing Alfred and other apps from being able to perceive the typed characters and expanding your snippets. Cheers, Vero Link to post
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