Using selected text as input, possible?

[Overload119]

I noticed the only way to operate on the currently selected text is to have a Hotkey defined.

Most of the time I want to operate on the text but not actually have a hotkey.

 

IE. Highlight text

Bring up alfred

Type in my Command

The command uses the highlighted text

 

is this possible?

[Andrew]

@Overload119 The easiest way to achieve this at a generic level is to have a single separate hotkey defined to show Alfred with the currently selected text in macOS, and place the cursor to the left.

 

i.e. my Alfred hotkey is alt+space, but I have ctrl+alt+space (workflow hotkey trigger by itself) setup as the following, which puts Alfred in a state (cursor to the left) ready for me to type the keyword:

 

 

This way, you only need to remember two hotkeys - One for Alfred by default, and one for Alfred with selected text.

 

Cheers,

Andrew