Custom letter for showing an app?

[jamesharrisphoto]

I just moved from LaunchBar to Alfred 5. Launchbar had one feature that I loved, but can't find out how to do it in Alfred. In Launchbar I could assign custom characters to have an app show up and be able to launch it. For instance, I would type a "p" to have Apple Photos, and the a "ph" to have Adobe Photoshop. These were custom and could be changed to any letter combos in Launchbar, but this critical feature is missing in Alfred. Is there a way to do this?

Edited July 23, 2022 by jamesharrisphoto
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[jamesharrisphoto]

After first installing Alfred 5 last week, I typed the letter "S" to bring up Safari, but to my surprise, Safari wouldn't even show up until I typed "saf". It would be nice if the developer would include, in the preferences, a list of all the apps, and then be able to edit each app with a custom letter combo that could be saved. I don't think this would be too hard. This would make the initial setup so much easier than the current training method.

Edited July 23, 2022 by jamesharrisphoto
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[vitor]

Connect a Keyword Input to a Launch Apps and Files Action.

 

Alternatively, type p and scroll down until you see Apple Photos. Act on it (↩). Do that 2 or three times in a row, and it’ll become the top result. Then do the same for ph and Photoshop. Alfred naturally learns from these choices.

[jamesharrisphoto]

Yeah, I'm not looking at having to train Alfred. The feature I'd like should be a no-brainer. Trying to launch Firefox, I want to use "ff" to launch it. I haven't been able to get "ff" to even have Firefox show in the results to select it. Hopefully a developer will see this post and see the need. 🫤

[Vero]

@jamesharrisphoto Could you please share a screenshot of what you've included in your default results like this?

 

 

I suspect that you might have a lot of types included in your default results, which may be leading to slightly more cluttered results than necessary.