Is it possible to use the current selection in the clipboard viewer when triggering a workflow?

[redhotvengeance]

I'd like to create a workflow that I can trigger from a selection the clipboard history viewer. Here's what I've tried:

 

• I've set up a workflow using a Hotkey trigger with the argument set to macOS Clipboard Contents, but that is using the contents of the system clipboard, not the selection in the clipboard history viewer.
• I've used {clipboard} in a Copy to Clipboard output, but that will only use the last item that was copied into the history.
• I see that I can use {clipboard:x} to target a particular entry in the clipboard viewer, but I'm not sure how to pass in the currently selected item as an argument.

 

Is there any way to reference the currently selected item in the clipboard history viewer from within a workflow?

[Andrew]

@redhotvengeance try setting the hotkey trigger to use Action "Pass through to workflow" and Argument to "Selection in macOS".

 

This will make your hotkey work for any selection in macOS, including Alfred's clipboard viewer.

[redhotvengeance]

Thank you @Andrew! I tried that and thought that it didn't work, but it clearly does. Must have gotten mixed up as I was testing!