Use selection, if not available use clipboard

[RandmTask]

Hopefully a simple question, 

 

I have a find and replace that removes any '>>>' or empty spaces ' ' from the selected text and pastes it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/doc1vj7rwugegtd/Strip >.alfredworkflow?dl=1

 

I want to have a fallback so if there is no selected text it will process text on the clipboard instead. Any idea how I can go about that?

 

Thanks 

 

[vitor]

Connect a Fallback Search Trigger to an Argument and Variables Utility with {clipboard} as the Argument. That then connects to your Replace Utility.

[RandmTask]

Thanks Vitor,

 

I seem to have misused the term 'fallback'. I don't actually want fallback search results. What I want is:

 

If text is selected → Use that

If there is no text selected -> Use clipboard (if there is any text)

 

Sorry for the confusion!

[vitor]

Add a Conditional Utility. Leave it with the default of if {query} is equal to which translates to “if input is equal to <empty>”. Then connect the top output to an Argument and Variables Utility with {clipboard} as the argument. Like so.

 

 

Keep in mind that when nothing is selected, it’ll still work but you’ll hear a sound. That’s unavoidable, as it’s coming from macOS erroring when you can’t copy the selection.