Allow to create hotkey or external trigger to 'Quit apps'

[nikivi]

I use this feature very often and would really love to assign a hotkey to it. I can emulate opening of alfred and typing 'Q ' to it and then start typing what app I want to quit but this is quite ugly.

 

Ideally I wish I could just have 'quit apps' object and on entering it I get a list of all active applications like here but without 'Q' in input : 

 

 

 

This would be really wonderful to have. Thank you.

[dunkaroo]

not 100% what you are looking for but what about use emoji to trigger it? : ) like: ?

[nikivi]

I want to trigger it even when I am not nearby a text field.  

[dunkaroo]

It's a hack but work. In this example I set the keyword to quit app to "xx"  (you can change to a pretty emoji icon if you want, you will need to do some Googling for how to input unicode in applescript)

 

Create a super simple workflow

Hotkey to trigger (Show list of app to quit)  -> Your hotkey to trigger Alfred -> then a applescript to type the "xx" keywork

 

It's more or less a macro hack

Edited June 29, 2017 by dunkaroo
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[Vero]

@nikivi Given how straightforward a hotkey trigger set to pop up Alfred is, I'm not sure how much simpler a solution you want? The workflow literally consists of a single Hotkey object, with the action "Show Alfred" and the text plus a blank space filled in as argument.

 

I've used the keyword "quit" there because I've left mine to defaults, but you can change it to "q" if that's what you're using.

 

 

Cheers,
Vero

[dunkaroo]

@Veronice, learn something new everyday : )

[nikivi]

Yeah that is what I meant. You can do this but but I just dislike how there will be 'quit' there as query every time I call this object. It would be so much nicer to have a clean query and just a list of applications that are running.

 

It's mostly due to aesthetics and it looking better with the separate object approach. 

[Vero]

@dunkaroo Glad it's helpful  I try to publish tips as often as possible to help everyone discover creative uses for workflows and features!

 

You'll find a stack on the blog:

https://www.alfredapp.com/blog/category/tips-and-tricks/

 

And more in-depth tutorials on the Guides and Tutorials page:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/guides-and-tutorials/

 

Cheers,
Vero

[Jasondm007]

@nikivi Did you ever find a solution to this issue? Like yourself, it drives me crazy, too.

 

I'd love to attach a hotkey directly to the Quit function. Just searching in Alfred using the keyword brings in unnecessary clutter.

 

I've tried one or two workflows in the past - from Packal, I think - but I remember them being unusually slow, at least compared to Alfred's built in Quit function.

 

Thanks!