When actioning a selection, don’t overwrite the clipboard

[vitor]

I was under the impression this had been discussed before, but am not being able to find it.

Currently, when we enter file selection or use a Hotkey with Argument: Selection in macOS, the last clipboard entry becomes whatever our selection was. Would it be possible for the clipboard to not be overridden (or at least be immediately restored once Alfred is done with what it needs from it)?

My use case is a workflow for text replacements. Specific example: I copy a piece of text to the clipboard; select another piece of text in a document; press a hotkey; the result is [selected_text](text_from_cipboard). A gif exemplifies:

 

It would be expected that these two connected nodes would suffice:

 

However, since the last clipboard entry becomes whatever our selection was, by the time Alfred outputs the text, it has already become [iA Writer](iA Writer), which is no good.

[vitor]

@Andrew Gentle nudge, in case you missed/forgot about this (since you usually reply to Feature Suggestions).

[Andrew]

Ah yeah, this has slipped down in my tickets... I'll re-target it

[vitor]

My use case can now be accomplished in Alfred 3.3 b787 pre-release.

[{query}]({clipboard:1})

Edited January 20, 2017 by vitor

[Andrew]

@vitor perfect use case for clipboard history placeholder, and in fact, better than the new option I added in the Advanced preferences to buffer and restore in the Advanced prefs which can have minor memory implications.

[vitor]

I’m fine with marking this as resolved. The original request is fulfilled, and my use case can be solved in two different ways.

 

Thank you for the swiftness in addressing this!