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🌍 Alfred 4/5 workflow to get translations from dict.cc
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Universal Action doesn't send selected Text #18

Closed gogamid closed 10 months ago

gogamid commented 10 months ago

Universal Action Shortcut just opens Alfred Action without text, example:

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is this expected?

I have Mac M1 with Sonoma 14.2.1, installed new release and assigned shortcut to Universal Action

dennis-tra commented 10 months ago

Hi @gogamid, this is not what I would expect. I'm also on a Mac M1 with Sonoma 14.2.1. For me, when I select text and press the Universal Action shortcut:

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it opens Alfred but the text isn't populated:

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However when I select "Translate", the text is properly forwarded to the workflow:

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Could you confirm that this doesn't work?

gogamid commented 10 months ago

this is clear and it works -> but it is a long way... what is interesting is, clipboard forwarding works but not selected text

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What is the purpose of "Selection on MacOS" then if it is not used/works?

gogamid commented 10 months ago

Selected Text -> Hotkey -> Translate {Selected Text} works now. The issue was about Permissions: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/getting-started/permissions/ I had to revoke and grant again...