multicolor Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Dear all, I'm quite sure it appeared when I updated to Yosemite, or less likely when updating to Alfred v. 2.7 or 2.71. Basically, fuzzy matching works fine when just searching in Alfred, but not anymore from file actions or using Quick Search. It works only when simply searching in Alfred, i.e. 'tw' gives TextWrangler as result. But previously it was possible to do when actioning Finder items and also with Quick search. But sadly not any more.. How to reproduce (one way): 1. In Advanced set the setting 'Apps Matching' to 'Full fuzzy match from word boundary'. 2. Select a few files in Finder 3. Action the items using the hotkey defined in (Features > File Search > Actions > File Selection) 4. Choose 'Open with..' 5. Write a string that would work with fuzzy matching, for example 'db' for Dropbox or 'ps' for Photoshop 6. Verify that fuzzy matching works else by just writing for example 'db' into the basic Alfred prompt I'm sure this worked for me before. I wonder if anyone else have experienced this? My muscle memory for this lovely app feels deprecated at the moment.. Best regards, M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cands Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Dear all, I'm quite sure it appeared when I updated to Yosemite, or less likely when updating to Alfred v. 2.7 or 2.71. Basically, fuzzy matching works fine when just searching in Alfred, but not anymore from file actions or using Quick Search. It works only when simply searching in Alfred, i.e. 'tw' gives TextWrangler as result. But previously it was possible to do when actioning Finder items and also with Quick search. But sadly not any more.. How to reproduce (one way): 1. In Advanced set the setting 'Apps Matching' to 'Full fuzzy match from word boundary'. 2. Select a few files in Finder 3. Action the items using the hotkey defined in (Features > File Search > Actions > File Selection) 4. Choose 'Open with..' 5. Write a string that would work with fuzzy matching, for example 'db' for Dropbox or 'ps' for Photoshop 6. Verify that fuzzy matching works else by just writing for example 'db' into the basic Alfred prompt I'm sure this worked for me before. I wonder if anyone else have experienced this? My muscle memory for this lovely app feels deprecated at the moment.. Best regards, M Yes, I also see this behavior (Yosemite, Alfred 2.7.1). But I don't think fuzzy matching has ever worked for me from file actions, it would be convenient if this could be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I'm sure this worked for me before. I wonder if anyone else have experienced this? My muscle memory for this lovely app feels deprecated at the moment.. Ah thanks for spotting this - It used to work (with e.g. Open With) but looks like Yosemite doesn't include certain file metadata Alfred used for this anymore. I'm going to move this into bug reports and see what I can do... Cheers, Andrew cands 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multicolor Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Great, thank you cands and Andrew. Would be awesome if just about every part of Alfred supported fuzzy matching! Such as when choosing File Actions: 'ow' -> Open with.. Cheers, M cands 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metavida Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 A quick +1 that I'd love to have fuzzy matching for File Actions. I just created a bunch of File Action workflows to help me organize my photos and fuzzy matching is going to make the process so much more joyful! Thanks for all of your work on Alfred, Andrew & team! Marcos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Quick update, for the next pre-release, I've moved the Open With... to use Alfred's file cache instead of straight metadata queries which means it's not only faster but also respects your fuzzy settings. I should have a new build for you tomorrow or so! multicolor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multicolor Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 Yaaaay! Fantastic, thank you dearest Andrew. Now I'd better enable Alfred to check for pre-releases! Cheers, M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 This should now be sorted in the latest 2.7.2 b406 pre-release [moving to closed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cands Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 This should now be sorted in the latest 2.7.2 b406 pre-release [moving to closed] Unfortunately, this seems to have been broken once again, at least fuzzy matching for file actions does not work for me on Alfred 2.8/OS X 10.11. multicolor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multicolor Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Unfortunately, this seems to have been broken once again, at least fuzzy matching for file actions does not work for me on Alfred 2.8/OS X 10.11. Yes indeed, I agree. In fact, I don't think it ever worked for me even in OS X 10.10.. Cheers, M Edited October 25, 2015 by multicolor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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