Open the emoji picker
Uses AppleScript to press the key combination for the Special Characters palette.
Activate Spotlight/Alfred
Simulates the keyboard shortcut to activate Spotlight or Alfred, letting you type in your workflow command.
Matthew's Score
4/5
Total Actions
5
Shortcut Information
Map this shortcut to whatever keyboard command you use to activate Alfred – by default it uses the ⌘+Space shortcut that’s set for Spotlight, which I’ve remapped away to give this spot to Alfred.
Also works well if you’re using an app like Screens to control a Mac remotely and don’t want to use the on-screen controls to simulate keyboard shortcuts.
Also works well if you’re using an app like Screens to control a Mac remotely and don’t want to use the on-screen controls to simulate keyboard shortcuts.
Category
Complexity
Interactivity
iOS Features
Mac Features
Cross-Platform Features
Actions Used In This
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Activate%20Spotlight%2FAlfred
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Activate%20Spotlight%2FAlfred
AppleScript
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Activate Spotlight/Alfred”
end tell
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