Alfred Workflow to be used with Wooshy, that brings any macOS windows to the foreground

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Overview

Wooshy: Window to the Foreground!

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Switch apps with Alfred. Switch app windows with Wooshy: Window to the Foreground!

ScreenFlow.mp4

Why

Aren't you annoyed when you have your fingers gently caressing your keyboard for hours but then you have one of those popups or windows that you can't reach? Alfred can switch apps but not windows within apps, nor windows without apps. Well here you go.

Features

  • FAST
  • brings visible windows to the foreground
  • all visible windows are listed except the already currently focused one
  • Alfred results order follows windows order: first result is frontmost window, last result is backmost window
  • windows are matched by title, position and size so 99.9% accurate
  • FAST

Why is this an Alfred Workflow and not part of Wooshy?

The goal of Wooshy is to take as little screen estate as possible. What you want to see from Wooshy is the list of UI elements it can help you reach, not a big Input with a list of results à la Alfred. Having this in Wooshy would then require creating one more Input specifically made for this feature, which means one more keyboard shortcut to remember. That's bad UX. If you use Wooshy, you probably also use Alfred. And it's the perfect tool for this.

Permissions

macOS requires Screen Recording permissions (yes. huh.) to read windows names, and the Accessibility to manipulate windows. You may give those permissions to Alfred itself, or to this Workflow. Up to what makes you more comfortable.

Roadmap

Here.

But I use Raycast!

Raycast comes with a window switching feature integrated (although it may not find all windows).

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Comments
  • Doesn't work while using yabai

    Doesn't work while using yabai

    I use yabai to manage my windows. the action doesn't work when yabai is running. I get the Can't grab windows error. If yabai is turned off, everything is fine.

    https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

    opened by caffo 54
  • This made my M3 Mac Super Mega Ultra Plus Blow Up!

    This made my M3 Mac Super Mega Ultra Plus Blow Up!

    Between this and kindaVim, my mouse and I have realized we've grown apart. I'm leaving her next week after we finalize the paperwork. She'll get custody of our mice pups but I can visit on weekends.

    Jk. I just wanted to say you quickly became one of my favorite developers and inspired me to start messing around with Swift. I am waiting for Wooshy with bated breath as the demos make me feel all tingly inside.

    Keep up the good work!

    opened by rkabrick 9
  • can't get Dash in the foreground

    can't get Dash in the foreground

    not that it really matters. Alfred itself should be used before the Workflow. much faster. but still wanna check out of curiosity. might teach us something about other apps or potential future issues.

    to investigate 
    opened by godbout 4
  • should we add minimized windows too?

    should we add minimized windows too?

    that'd be cool to have those windows hidden in the Dock. there's some talks about getting Wooshy to do this but it's more painful than necessary (https://github.com/godbout/Wooshy.docs/issues/37). would be great to investigate, at least to see 1) how it's feasible 2) whether it slows down the Workflow enough that it's no fun to use anymore.

    opened by godbout 3
  • match Windows better

    match Windows better

    current Windows are matched based on their names, which is fast but not idea. wanna check adding position and size. see if it's slowing down the thing or if it's still acceptable.

    roadmap 
    opened by godbout 3
  • `Screen Recording` permissions still needed

    `Screen Recording` permissions still needed

    to get the names of the windows. another way would have to be to go through every window of every running app to get the windows names through the AX APIs. 1) would probably be slower 2) may allow grabbing minimized windows (#12).

    opened by godbout 1
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