Change Alfred search result default order

[nilsdog]

Hi there,

 

Before going on, I know Alfred automatically orders results in order of most used. However I'm experiencing inconsistent rules with regard to this.

 

I have both the Microsoft OneNote & Outlook applications installed on my computer, and when I want to pull them up it's useful that I type in the first few letters (e.g. "one" & "out" with no space), and both applications show first in results, so I can easily just hit enter on the first result. Furthermore, I have two separate workflows for searching each of these in Alfred. The keywords for these have been set to "out" and "one".

 

When I search with "out" followed by a space, Alfred will only list the Outlook search workflow, and not the application at all. However, for some reason when I type "one" followed by a space, the OneNote application always defaults to the first result, followed by the search workflow second. This is super annoying as each time I can't just hit enter like I do with the outlook workflow.

 

I've tried in vain typing "out" followed by a space many times and manually selecting the search workflow, to try to get Alfred to understand I'll never want to open the application if I've followed the term with a space.

 

Anyone know what I can do to fix this? 

[deanishe]

19 hours ago, nilsdog said:

This is super annoying as each time I can't just hit enter like I do with the outlook workflow.

 

Why do you need to hit ENTER? Can't you just start typing your search query to see the results? How have you set the workflow up?

[nilsdog]

My apologies, I realised yesterday that functionally it made no difference as I didn't need to hit enter.

 

I just think its visually nicer hitting enter as it means Alfred stops including non-relevant searches when activating the workflow (like listing the OneDrive application) amongst the OneNote pages.

 

I'm also a stickler for inconsistencies so I can become (unproductively) obsessed with them  ;D

[deanishe]

2 hours ago, nilsdog said:

its visually nicer hitting enter as it means Alfred stops including non-relevant searches when activating the workflow

 

Have you considered using prefixed keywords, e.g. .out, for such search workflows? You don’t need to hit ↩, and you don’t have to worry about any other results getting mixed in.