Alfred does not respond to the global hotkey

[wookayin]

I am using Alfred 4.6.1, macOS 12.0 Monterey on a M1 mac.

 

Alfred was all working alright until a few days ago -- now it does not respond to the Alfred Hotkey (Cmd+Space in my case).

 

Alfred 4 is running well in the background, i.e., when I open the Alfred application via Applications folder or Spotlight, or `open -a "Alfred 4"`, the window opens and everything is okay. But it never responds to the hotkey. I tried changing global hotkey to something else (that is never likely to be in conflict with other apps), but no luck. If reboot the machine it works, but shortly a while after the same phenomenon happens again (Alfred does not respond).

 

I am absolutely sure this is NOT a conflict with other applications. I checked https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/cmd-space/ and they are all clear. All other applications that also use (other) global hotkey works perfectly fine. How can I troubleshoot this?

 

Thank you.

Edited January 17, 2022 by wookayin

[Andrew]

@wookayin Open Alfred's preferences to the Appearance tab, select Options in the bottom left, and then set the Focusing to "Standard Mode".

 

Discussed in the other bug report here:

https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/17449-opening-problem-on-monterey-after-clicking-on-password-field/?do=findComment&comment=92234