dario Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 (edited) ------------ SOLVED ------------ I've been a longtime Launchbar user, but have decided to switch to Alfred for the workflows. In Launchbar I was able to select text in any application and then press and hold my Launchbar shortcut (command-space) and that would send the text to Launchbar. From there I could simply type "wi" and then press enter to search wikipedia using that query. This feature is called "Instant Send" in Launchbar. Does Alfred have a similar feature? Thanks Edited June 1, 2013 by dario dawson54 and Ddyracer 2 Link to comment
Ddyracer Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 I've been a longtime Launchbar user, but have decided to switch to Alfred for the workflows. In Launchbar I was able to select text in any application and then press and hold my Launchbar shortcut (command-space) and that would send the text to Launchbar. From there I could simply type "wi" and then press enter to search wikipedia using that query. Does Alfred have a similar feature? Thanks Is it kinda like grabbing the text and then pasting it? Basically a clipboard manager? Link to comment
dario Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 Is it kinda like grabbing the text and then pasting it? Basically a clipboard manager? Not really but I guess that would be one way around it... Maybe if the selected text is "Long way for Kansas" then that could be passed into Alfred and formated as "{cuser} Long way for Kansas" and then you could just enter wiki and hit enter... but can you even send text to Alfred and then send the cuser to the front? Link to comment
dario Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 I've solved it... Set up a keyboard hotkey trigger to take the selected text and then pass it into Alfred with the curser on the left and a space: Sorry about any time that I've wasted. Carlos-Sz 1 Link to comment
dfay Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 This is an extremely useful feature that I've somehow missed for months! Thanks. Link to comment
Sridhar Katakam Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 On 01/06/2013 at 8:27 PM, dario said: I've solved it... Set up a keyboard hotkey trigger to take the selected text and then pass it into Alfred with the curser on the left and a space: Sorry about any time that I've wasted. The screenshot is not appearing anymore. Care to share again? Link to comment
Andrew Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 @Sridhar Katakam take a look at this workflow object: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/triggers/hotkey/ You can set the argument as the currently selected text in macOS, then configure Alfred to either show with this, or to pass this into the workflow Cheers, Andrew Sridhar Katakam 1 Link to comment
Sridhar Katakam Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 On 13/12/2017 at 9:24 PM, Andrew said: @Sridhar Katakam take a look at this workflow object: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/triggers/hotkey/ You can set the argument as the currently selected text in macOS, then configure Alfred to either show with this, or to pass this into the workflow Cheers, Andrew Yes, thanks. I've discovered the same after posting. Link to comment
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