Allow the file selection hotkey to work if nothing is selected

[raphi]

I love the file selection hotkey with which I can send the currently selected finder item to Alfred quickly.

 

Sometimes I want to send the folder I’m currently in to Alfred. Pressing the hotkey on the window (or desktop) without any selected items, however, does nothing. The shortcut should just work as expected in these cases, too and send the folder that is represented by the current window to Alfred.

 

As a workaround, I have to navigate one level up and select the folder again there. This is trivial in column view but more than a little bit cumbersome in other finder views (or when I’m on the desktop and want to send the desktop to Alfred).

Edited May 18, 2016 by raphi

[fredcallaway]

I agree this would be a nice feature. In the mean time, you can use cmd-up to go up a directory.