adding to list filters via Alfred

[giovanni]

Hi all,

Apologies if this has been discussed already... I use list filters a lot, and I would really like a way to add items to a list filter directly via Alfred, ie: if I enter an item that is not in the list, Alfred will add the new item to the list itself. 

Is there a way to do that?

I would be ok with 1) using the same string for title, subtitle, and arg; and 2) going in the filter and correcting the inevitable items being added because of typos or mistakes. 

Thanks!!

Giovanni

 

Edited April 16, 2019 by giovanni

[dfay]

you could use the technique here

 

 

and add a mechanism to update the csv

[giovanni]

thanks, this is what I had in mind! 

Does it update the json file only when the list.csv file is edited, or all the time? If the latter, will it be slower than a normal list filter if you have a long list.csv file? 

thanks for getting back to me!

g. 

 

 

[dfay]

It only does the conversion if the json file doesn’t exist or if the modification date of the csv is newer. The files I use it with only have 80-100 entries but I haven’t noticed any performance issues when I have changed the csv.