Shouldn't we be able to invoke Universal Actions on ScriptFilter JSON items even when arg is null?

[luckman212]

Alfred 5.5.2257

 

In light of my recent discovery of the (apparently old) feature in Script Filters where the actionable bit for Universal Actions can be customized via the "action": { ... } key, I've been playing around.

 

One thing I noticed is that for items with null/empty args, the <TAB> key to enter Universal Action picker will not activate. To me, this feels like a bug, or at least an artifically-imposed limitation. Reposting the example JSON from the other thread here.

 

Example - try actioning the "Thing with no arg" item below

 

cat <<EOJ
{ "items": [
  { "title": "Fruit",
    "arg": "Apple",
    "subtitle": "arg='Apple' ua='Orange'",
    "action": {
      "auto": "Orange"
    }
  },
  { "title": "Folder",
    "arg": "~/Documents",
    "subtitle": "arg='~/Documents' ua='~/Desktop'",
    "action": {
      "file": "~/Desktop"
    }
  },
  { "title": "URL",
    "arg": "https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/inputs/script-filter/json/",
    "subtitle": "arg='Alfred JSON help' ua='https://alfredapp.com'",
    "action": {
      "url": "https://alfredapp.com"
    }
  },
  { "title": "Thing with no arg",
    "arg": "",
    "subtitle": "arg='' ua='~/Documents'",
    "action": {
      "file": "~/Documents"
    }
  },
]}
EOJ

 

Edited May 2 by luckman212

[luckman212]

(By actioning I meant to write "universal actioning")

[vitor]

Your example JSON was quite clear, thank you. I have opened an internal issue for it.

[luckman212]

Thanks Vitor! For now, I work around this bug by setting arg to "_" and then using a JSON object right after to reset arg back to "". Kludgy but works.

[vitor]

Easier way is to use the Custom Argument in the Inbound Configuration and leave it empty.