dfay Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) Has anyone looked at the new APIs to see if this would be possible? I'd love to be able to throw a menu of actions onto the touch bar rather than relying on modifier keys. Edited March 21, 2019 by dfay broadening scope nikivi and vibesonthedrums 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FroZen_X Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 that in combination with app detection would be sick! haven't at it yet as i won't buy a new mac yet ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiantech Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) workflow, or even as simple as the list of options displaying on the touch bar would be neat. Edited October 31, 2016 by kiantech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfay Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 I'm not thinking app detection but actually being able to have a custom touch bar to go with a particular Alfred workflow - right now I have a workflow that searches BibDesk and does different things with the result based on no modifier, shift, command, control, and alt/option keys held. Right now I need to hold each key to see the reminder for which each one does (and I've run out of modifier keys). I'd love to stick all those actions up on the touch bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanishe Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 9 hours ago, FroZen_X said: that in combination with app detection would be sick! haven't at it yet as i won't buy a new mac yet ^^ From looking at the API docs and a few articles, the Touch Bar appears to be tied to the active application, much like the menubar. For workflows to do anything with it, Alfred would have to provide an API, and it would only work while Alfred is active. It'd still be pretty awesome for things like what @dfay is suggesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravicle Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 An API from Alfred to allow adding workflow output or actions to touch bar would be amazing! Examples: 1. search for emoji and a workflow can display the filtered results on the touch bar. 2. Alt actions can be displayed on the touch bar, so they are more discoverable and can activated from the touch bar 3. Workflows can create app-specific touch bar actions that can be displayed on the touch bar when Alfred is invoked while an app is active. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basicmonkey Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I'm always looking for reasons to find the touch bar useful, this would seem one of them. Being able to show touchbar options on activation of Alfred and then on selecting search items would be incredibly useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanishe Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I have no idea whether @Andrew is considering providing a Touch Bar-based workflow API or not, but it seems to me that it largely duplicates Alfred Remote functionality, so it wouldn't surprise me if "use Alfred Remote" is the answer to "how can I do Touch Bar things?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basicmonkey Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Any news on Touchbar integration? Either workflow or system level. Nice to be able to have some useful things appear in the Touchbar when Alfred is activated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FroZen_X Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 On 6/20/2017 at 8:25 PM, basicmonkey said: Any news on Touchbar integration? Either workflow or system level. Nice to be able to have some useful things appear in the Touchbar when Alfred is activated. Take a look at bettertouchtools. It does give you the ability to customize your touchbar in the way you like. https://www.boastr.net/bettertouchtool-touch-bar-customization/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfay Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 I use BTT but it doesn't give you per workflow customization with Alfred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilopaint Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 @Andrew @vitor @Vero any news here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vero Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 10 hours ago, xilopaint said: @Andrew @vitor @Vero any news here? The Touchbar was an experiment by Apple, which is more or less falling by the wayside now. It's only available on a shrinking subset of Macs. As such, it hasn't been an area of focus given all the other ideas we have that will benefit the broader Alfred community. xilopaint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfay Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 Yes, I'm inclined to agree. Having said that though, I've used BTT to create a lot of TouchBar palettes that call Alfred, just not the reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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