atlas Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 ^[ (read: Control+[) is the control character for Escape. As someone who uses the terminal most of the time I'm on my computer, I have ^[ ingrained into my muscle memory (it helps to have Caps Lock bound to Control), and almost never hit the Escape key anymore. When I'm in the middle of a task, and need to summon Alfred only to dismiss it again, the inability to use ^[ to dismiss Alfred is a big speed bump for me, especially when I'm juggling things inside my head while I work. I think support for ^[ as Escape should be added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitor Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Welcome @atlas, You can achieve this in a Workflow by connecting a Hotkey Trigger to a Hide Alfred Utility. atlas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlas Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 For those wanting to make this workflow, make sure to add Alfred to the "Related Apps" page, as described in the [Hotkey Trigger](https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/triggers/hotkey/) page under "Contextual Hotkeys (Related Apps)", to ensure this input is only consumed by Alfred when Alfred is in focus. Otherwise, you won't be able to input `^[` in other apps, as Alfred will consume the character in the background. vitor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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