Show Full Title/Tooltip of the Name property within the Snippets Viewer

[Kalaschnik]

Dear Alfred Devs,

 

I primarily fell in love with the snippet functionality. As I work a lot with ffmpeg I stored some often used commands as snippets. I also use the Name property as a place to add some useful information about a specific command (see screenshot). However, the Snippet Viewer truncates long titles if they exceed a certain width, and the Snippet Viewer indicates this behavior with an ellipsis (…). So far so good. However, a common UX feature is that truncated text reveals its full content when the mouse hovers over it (aka tooltip/title).

 

This not yet the case, and my notes are hidden after the truncation …

 

Thank you for considering.

 

 

 

Edited February 5, 2021 by Kalaschnik

[Vero]

@Kalaschnik While it's not necessarily possible to show the full title, a wider theme will be a helpful first step.

 

Here's a dark theme that is wider than the one you're currently using - you could make it even wider if you like.

 

https://www.alfredapp.com/extras/theme/NGpVNyZgWp/

 

Cheers,
Vero

[Kalaschnik]

Hey Vero, 

 

thanks for the suggestion. That is indeed a workaround. Yet, having full-hover titles would be still good for situations where even wide themes will truncate long titles.

[Vero]

@Kalaschnik Given Alfred's primarily intended to be used from the keyboard, a hover-over would require moving from the keyboard, grabbing the mouse and hovering over the particular results.

 

Perhaps in your case, as you're not using the text auto-expansion feature, something like a List Filter workflow instead of snippets might be better suited. You can then have a title and subtext, and then have that paste text.

 

Here's how List Filters work:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/inputs/list-filter/

 

Then connect a Copy to Clipboard utility to paste your argument to the frontmost app.

 

Let me know if you need more help...

 

Cheers,
Vero