Best way to use a snippet to show the snippet viewer?

[Alex]

Hi,

 

I've created a workflow that uses  ;; to show the snippets viewer, but to do it I've had to connect a snippet of ;; to a Run Script object with some Applescript that fires off my Snippet Viewer shortcut.

 

Is there a way to do it more directly, without having to assign a keyboard shortcut to the snippet viewer and trigger that keyboard shortcut?

 

Thanks 

[vitor]

Yes. Use an Open URL Action with alfredpreferences://navigateto/features>snippets for the URL.

The alfredpreferences:// part is easy, but how do you know what the navigate part should be? Well, for that you use Alfred’s ? keyword (open Alfred, type ? then search for something) and search for what you want (in this case: “snippets”). If you ↩ you’re taken directly to that spot in the preferences, but if you ⌘C, you get that navigation path.

[sepulchra]

that is pretty brilliant. How long has that been part of the app?

[vitor]

Its current incarnation with the navigateto is about a year old.

[Alex]

Thanks @vitor. Never doubt there is a way with Alfred!

[Alex]

Ahh, there's a problem – I'm trying to open the Snippets Viewer with ;; rather than the Snippets Preferences. Is that possible?

 

Thanks

[Alex]

Hi @vitor, just wondering if there's a way to show the snippets viewer, and not snippets preferences?

 

Thanks

[vitor]

I’m not thinking of a better solution than your original. I’ll have a think about it and possibly open an internal issue.

[Alex]

Thanks, Vitor. To be fair, it works well as it is.