Mark "A->" (auto expansion allowed) checkboxes ON or OFF at the same time for multiple snippets

[jl_al]

Hi there.

 

I just downloaded the awesome Joel Califa emoji snippet pack to find that I cannot automatically mark all the snippets as "Auto expansion allowed". I am forced to manually check the "A->" checkbox on a one per one basis.. 1349 times!

 

I tried to select all the snippets and mark one checkbox to see if it applied to all the selection but that didn't work. I also tried to see if the edit button would be there when selecting all the snippets in order to "batch edit" but the button dissapears when selecting more than one snippet.

 

I believe Alfred would benefit in this area if there was a button to toggle all snippets on or off for "auto expansion".

 

Many thanks.

 

 

Edited December 30, 2020 by jl_al

[deanishe]

Hi @jl_al, welcome to the forum.

 

17 minutes ago, jl_al said:

I also tried to see if the edit button would be there when selecting all the snippets in order to "batch edit"

 

Use the right-click menu instead.

[jl_al]

Wow, I missed that one completely. Feel really dumb!

Thanks deanishe.

 

[Vero]

@jl_al For future reference, when you import a collection, Alfred will give you the option to strip the auto-expand flags, which is particularly helpful in a situation where you're importing someone else's collection and their keyword choices may clash with your existing snippets.

 

If you uncheck the "strip auto expand flag" box before importing, any enabled boxes will be kept - and from memory, they're all already pre-checked in that emoji collection  

 

Cheers,
Vero

[jl_al]

Awesome Vero! Thanks for the tip.

 

Kind regards.