[SOLVED] How to Assign Keyboard Shortcut to empty Downloads and Trash Both?

[Bhishan]

This might be a very simple question, but I could not find an easy way to assign a keyboard shortcut to run Alfred with another workflow command arguments:

 

For example:

In Alfred:   " throw"    command will throw all the contents from the Downloads folder to Trash Folder.  (workflow: Trash Downloads  axelpeigne.trashdownloads)

In Alfred: "emptytrash" command will empty the Trash contents using Alfred built-in command.

 

Is there a way to combine these two commands and assign keyboard shortcuts for them?

 

Required:

ctrl-shift-E    should run   alfred commands `throw` and then `emptytrash`.

 

 

My attempt workflow is here.

 

 

Pesudocode:

```

tell application "Alfred 3" to run command "throw"

tell application "Alfred 3" to run command "emptytrash"

```

 

Then just prepend a HOT key trigger to this File Script.

I just don't know the actual AppleScript commands.

 

Thanks.

 

Edited October 31, 2018 by Bhishan

[CJK]

Yes, I believe so.  You can take the first workflow (`throw`) and append a _System Command_ action, for which you would choose "Empty Trash".  Then prepend to all of this a hotkey that triggers this sequence of events.  No AppleScript ought to be needed.

[Bhishan]

Thanks  a lot, I figured it out.

-- cd to Downloads
try
	set folderPath to POSIX file "{query}"
on error
	set folderPath to (path to downloads folder as text)
end try


-- try to delete items in Downloads if any
try
tell application "Finder"
	set itemsToDelete to every item of folder folderPath
	delete itemsToDelete
end tell
end try

-- empty trash
tell application "Finder"
    empty trash
end tell

 

[vitor]

@Bhishan You have way too much code. You can do it with

tell application "Finder"
  delete every item of folder (path to downloads folder as text)
  empty trash
end tell