Activate Spotlight/Alfred
Simulates the keyboard shortcut to activate Spotlight or Alfred, letting you type in your workflow command.
Open the emoji picker
Uses AppleScript to press the key combination for the Special Characters palette.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20the%20emoji%20picker
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20the%20emoji%20picker
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open the emoji picker”
end tell
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