Descriptive Name for Custom Call Actions in main Alfred window

[sphardy]

Hello

 

First post - have tried to ensure I'm not duplicating.

 

I have created a workflow for a custom contacts action - specifically to use Skype to call phone numbers leveraging a script I already had. All works just fine however when I open a contact in Alfred I see the following options when highlighting a phone number:

 

 

I'd very much like to be able to define the "Perform custom action" in some way so that it is clear what the action is which is how Alfred v1 worked as shown here:

 

 

Ideally I'd like to be able to define a name/description for the custom action within contacts custom action settings. This could then also be used to address a similar issue when using URL passing as a custom action.

 

eg if I use URL passing ( skype:{query}?call ) to achieve the same function, I see the following when highlighting a phone number:

 

 

I'd rather be able to define the "Pass to URL scheme" text so that the action being taken is unambiguous. An additional "Description" field in the Custom Actions section of Contacts could be used in both cases

 

Hope this makes sense

 

/sphardy

[jdfwarrior]

That's an interesting idea. 

[sphardy]

In playing with Custom Contact Actions could I also suggest the addition of supporting multiple custom actions per contact field. 

 

Currently it appears only one custom action per field is possible - eg when I assign my Skype workflow to the phone field, the phone field is no longer an available option when defining a new custom action.

 

Scenarios where this would be very useful:

 

1. Option to select "skype" or "send to iphone" workflows when highlighting a phone number

2. Selection of which email client to use when highlighting an email address (I use 2 email clients to separate business & private email)

 

///sphardy

[CarlosNZ]

Yeah, ideally you should be able to access the full selection of (context appropriate) file actions from Contact fields.

[Andrew]

This is really how it should be, I just haven't had time to do this yet. I may not have time to get this done for v2.0, so if you could bring this thread back up after v2.0 is out and I'll look into it further for a maintenance release

[sphardy]

Hi Andrew - bumping this idea as you suggested

[dfay]

bump to make this possible: http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/1725-mileage-tracker/ 

 

needs multiple custom actions per contact