solved [SOLVED] Workflow for browsing a specific folder in Alfred?

[Timbo2000]

I want to browse a specific folder in Alfred, sorted by date, triggered by a simple keyword. (I have a screenshots folder that I want to be accessible in Alfred so that I can drag a screenshot into a document.)

 

Can someone point me in the right direction? I've made some early stabs at it in the Workflow editor but I'm hopeless.

 

Thanks.

[vitor]

Welcome @Timbo2000,

 

There are already Workflows for that. I made one, which despite being called RecentDownloads works on any directory you choose in the Workflow Environment Variable.

[Timbo2000]

Thanks so much for this. Where is the Workflow Environment Variable located?

 

On a side note, I don't understand why such a complex workflow has to be built when all I need to do is browse a specific folder within Alfred. I can do it manually but it would be nice to have a quicker one triggered by a keyword. 

[vitor]

1 hour ago, Timbo2000 said:

Where is the Workflow Environment Variable located?

 

Click the [𝑥] in the top right. You’ll see it on the right of the panel that opens.

 

1 hour ago, Timbo2000 said:

I don't understand why such a complex workflow has to be built

 

It doesn’t. It’s not particularly complex, either, it’s just versatile: it has four different sorting methods and can do different things to the files, but in practice you’re only going to use one (that’s what I do). Either rdn or rda, in your case.

[Timbo2000]

Thanks for your help, Vitor, I'll keep at it.

[vitor]

1 hour ago, Timbo2000 said:

I'll keep at it.

 

That sounds like your problem isn’t yet solved. If you want to try to do it yourself (no coding required), look at File Filter Input.

[Timbo2000]

That did it -- thanks. I had tried that before but I unchecked the "with space" checkbox and now I get exactly what I want. Cheers.