Bit stuck on a hotkey/keyword workflow...

[rachilli]

Hello!

 

So I've used other people's workflows with Alfred for quite some time now (thank you to all you lovely developers that have created some - they're ace!) but I thought I'd have a bash at making a simple workflow myself, for launching a few apps.

 

The basic idea (or so I thought) was to do this...

 

• Have a hotkey that links to a keyword...
• Keyword has arguments that can be passed into it...
• Depending on the argument you put in, that will launch a specific set of apps (via the Launch Apps/Files action)

However, I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the keywords/arguments to link to the different apps - as far as I can tell, the one hotkey can link to one keyword, rather than several.

 

Is there any way for me to tie these keywords together from one input? So I could type "apps" and then "design" (so "apps design") and that launch my particular design apps, etc?

 

Thanks so much - I'm sure I'm overcomplicating it in my head and it's actually easier than I'm thinking...I hope! Anyway, appreciate any and all help. Thanks

[deanishe]

If I've understood correctly, you want a hotkey that pops up Alfred prepopulated with a specific keyword.

 

To do that, link your hotkey to a Run Script action to be run by /usr/bin/osascript:

tell application "Alfred 2" to search "yourkeyword "

This will open Alfred with yourkeyword already entered, and if you follow the next step, the arguments you've configured.

 

The second step, as I understand it, is to act on, say, yourkeyword design to open one set of files/apps and yourkeyword fun to open another.

 

To do that, set up a Keyword input for each one, e.g. yourkeyword design and yourkeyword fun, and link each one to a corresponding Launch Apps / Files action.

 

You don't want a Keyword input just for yourkeyword.

[rachilli]

Thank you so much deanishe, that has worked perfectly! Finally got it set up. I wouldn't have had a clue about the script, so thank you for that.

[deanishe]

I copy-pasted it from David's demo workflows, so the credit is his.

Demo workflows:

http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/1283-how-to-script-filters-reusing-a-single-script-filter-or-chaining-multiple-together/

[Tyler Eich]

For what it's worth, you don't need to use a Run Script action to open Alfred with a query. Hotkeys can handle this without any extra code:

[rachilli]

Ahh great, thanks so much Tyler. Makes sense to just use the built in hotkey function!

 

I think my problem was I hadn't realised the keyword needed to include the "apps" bit. So I was creating keywords that opened apps called "design" whereas I actually needed "apps design" as the keyword.

 

Thanks so much to you both!