Keylue (Key Clue): Alfred 2 Workflow for Menu Bar and Keyboard Maestro Hot Key Search

It is like KeyCue which helps you memorize or quickly launch hot keys. But it is still too much to pinpoint a shortcut from a 50+ entries with your eyeball. This workflow gives the freedom to search and filter the results and execute them from Alfred.

Usage

1. keyword kc: Show menu items and Keyboard Maestro hot keys. Hit Enter to execute.

   The feedback results for each application are cached for speedy response. The cached results are reloaded if it is older than an hour.

2. To refresh cached feedback, begine or end the {query} with ! like:

   • kc ! {query}
   • kc {query} !

3. To filter ⌘, ⌥, set up a typing expansion using TextExpander, Keyboard Maestro, etc.

4. To show only Keyboard Maestro hot keys, type Keyboard Maestro: in the {query}.

5. keyword km: show Keyboard Maestro macros

It is equal to kc --all -k {query}

Sign

• ⚫ Menu item
• :blue_circle: Services
• ⚪ Keyboard Maestro global hotkeys
• 🔴 Keyboard Maestro local hotkeys

Installation

Two ways are provided:

1. You can download the Keylue.alfredworkflow and import to Alfred 2. This method is suitable for regular users.

2. You can git clone or fork this repository and use rake install and rake uninstall to install. Check rake -T for available tasks. This method create a symlink to the alfred workflow directory: "~/Library/Application Support/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows". This method is suitable for developers.

FAQs

1. Keyboard Maestro contextual hot keys for current application

Keyboard Maestro contextual hot keys cannot be retrieved from Alfred window because Alfred takes over the focus of current application. A workaround is to temporarily activate the current application, retrieve the contextual hot keys and reactivate Alfred.

Reference

• Menu Search
• ctwise/menudump

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2013 Zhao Cai [email protected]

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.