Press Enter in Snippets

[trurl]

Hi.

 

I'm looking to replace TextExpander because the no-cloud version is no longer maintained. I have a bunch of snippets that contain %key:enter% - TextExpander will press return for me.

 

Is there any way to do this in Alfred? (I'm new to Alfred)

 

 

Thanks.

[politicus]

When you create a snippet, in the "Snippet" window, you just have to add one carriage return (= hit Enter) after the text you want to expand.  

 

You can also click on the little button with the curly braces (left bottom of the window) for more awesomeness. 

 

HTH.

 

Edited August 4, 2021 by politicus

[trurl]

Oh, i see. I was testing stuff (only) within the terminal, and this seems to be an zsh issue. Problem solved. Thanks.

 

[C47]

I have the same question - I need the snippet to hit Return.

 

This isn't a formatting issue, I'm trying to enter a list of repeatedly used emails in this app, but it only registers one email at a time. So I need the snippet to paste email 1, hit return, paste email 2, hit return, etc

 

Is this possible?

[Vero]

34 minutes ago, C47 said:

I have the same question - I need the snippet to hit Return.

 

In that case, you may want to use a workflow as you can then dispatch hotkeys and chain Clipboard objects pasting to the frontmost app with a Return key dispatched between each one (and possibly a delay utlity in between if it takes a moment for the new field to gain focus)

 

Take a look at these objects and let us know if you need further help

[vitor]

40 minutes ago, C47 said:

I'm trying to enter a list of repeatedly used emails in this app, but it only registers one email at a time.

Presumably you tried a snippet with multiple email addresses in it. How were they separated? If you used spaces, try commas.

 

If that doesn’t work, can you share which email app it is?