mikedvzo Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Since the latest release of Alfred 2 I have been experiencing an issue rather regularly, every other day, where Alfred will disappear while typing into the command line. I have not been able to narrow it down to a specific workflow or search since it happens intermittently. When it happens it gets stuck in that situation and after I try to type an argument to a workflow typically it just disappears and I have to re-invoke Alfred repeatedly until I Quit Alfred and restart and all is good. - Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vero Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Since the latest release of Alfred 2 I have been experiencing an issue rather regularly, every other day, where Alfred will disappear while typing into the command line. I have not been able to narrow it down to a specific workflow or search since it happens intermittently. When it happens it gets stuck in that situation and after I try to type an argument to a workflow typically it just disappears and I have to re-invoke Alfred repeatedly until I Quit Alfred and restart and all is good. - Mike By design, Alfred will hide when another app takes focus, so the only reason Alfred would disappear mid-typing is if another app takes the focus away from him. Have you installed any other apps recently that could be coming into focus without being opened manually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 No I have not and I would think if that was the case then restarting Alfred every time would not fix the issues and it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) So I have been doing more testing with this and I can definitely observe the behavior and it seems to occur when Terminal is the frontmost application. I was able to record the behavior and it seems that switching my frontmost application from Terminal fixes the issues and then it remains that way after switching back. I will continue to gather information but I am pretty certain this is not do to some third party application grabbing focus from Alfred. If you watch the screencast I am trying to type the word "advice" and it fails after a few characters. http://bit.ly/1MFLXKD Edited September 22, 2015 by mikedvzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vero Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 So I have been doing more testing with this and I can definitely observe the behavior and it seems to occur when Terminal is the frontmost application. I was able to record the behavior and it seems that switching my frontmost application from Terminal fixes the issues and then it remains that way after switching back. I will continue to gather information but I am pretty certain this is not do to some third party application grabbing focus from Alfred. If you watch the screencast I am trying to type the word "advice" and it fails after a few characters. http://bit.ly/1MFLXKD Hi Mike, I've had a look at your video, and it very much looks like something else is taking focus away from Alfred, causing him to disappear. I've also been keeping an eye out for any other mentions, and we haven't had any other reports of this kind of behaviour. My recommendation is to update to 2.8 and launch Alfred's prefs to Appearance Options, where you can choose the new "Compatibility mode" under Focusing. This will cause Alfred to behave like an app and take focus when in use, and may resolve your issue. Alternatively, create a new user profile and see whether you're experiencing the same behaviour from a fresh profile with no third-party tools/apps. Cheers, Vero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 Vero thanks for the input. I will keep investigating and will try the compatibility mode too but want to find out what is causing the issue. I have been using Alfred from the beginning and this is the first I have had this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 A little more testing and I am convinced it is not a focus issue but an issue with Alfred. Here is a screencast and you can see that Alfred will stay in focus indefinitely. It is only when I type the last character in my workflow match "1" that Alfred disappears. In addition it disappears if Terminal is frontmost but not if other programs are like Safari. In the beginning of the video it is working fine but when I switch frontmost App from Terminal to Safari and back to Terminal is when the behavior starts. Seems to always be related to Terminal which I use all the time. I have not tried compatibility mode yet as I am still trying to figure out what is going on. Watch carefully http://bit.ly/1iwFXqn - Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 I was able to test with Compatibility mode and switch back and forth with Standard mode while the problem was occurring and it was confirmed that it only happens in Standard mode. However that being said in Standard mode everything is fine until I type the last character of the keyword in the workflow and then Alfred disappears and Only when Terminal is the Front most app and after typing input into the Terminal screen. Now that I know the problem occurs when Terminal is active I can reproduce the problem rather easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rice.shawn Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Is there something in the workflow that would be making that happen? Does it happen with other workflows in front of the terminal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 It happens with all Workflows when Terminal is the Frontmost application. It does not happen every time but you only have to wait a few minutes to make it happen each time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 I was hoping there was a way to debug this since it is very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I was hoping there was a way to debug this since it is very annoying. I've spent the last 30 mins trying in vain to reproduce this with Terminal active in various different states and have been unable to. Have you tried to reproduce this on a second user account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Thanks Andrew I am going to try and reproduce in on my other Mac which has a different account and will keep you posted. It is definitely only happening with Terminal as the frontmost app and Compatibility mode does seem to fix the issue. The issue is very bizarre as some times I can reproduce it easily like the other day and other times like now I cannot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Still not sure what is the cause of this app but I am certain it only happens when Terminal is the frontmost app. It is bizarre and something in terminal appear to be stealing focus but I am not doing anything unusual in terminal except running shell scripts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 I have been running 10.11 and still seeing this issue intermittently. Only happens when Terminal is the frontmost window. Restarting Alfred fixes the issue temporarily when it does occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I'm not sure what I can add to this thread to help you at this point - I still haven't managed to reproduce it and it's not a widespread (actually quite isolated) issue. Having said that, I'm still keeping aware of this to see if there is something I can do in the future which may circumvent this. Cheers, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 FYI - This problem still happens all the time with only Terminal as the front most app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 FYI - This problem still happens all the time with only Terminal as the front most app. I currently have a ticket open with Apple - this is holistic issue and known bug in OS X which also affects Spotlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedvzo Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Thanks Andrew glad to know I wasn't crazy. If there is a bug I will find it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Thanks Andrew glad to know I wasn't crazy. If there is a bug I will find it I'm not sure how high priority Apple will treat this, as it only affects a tiny proportion of their users, and practically no Alfred users. It's in their hands now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now