Search Open Finder Windows — Alfred Workflow

Search a list of your open Finder windows, copy paths to their open directories, and close them.

Works with:

• Finder browser windows (the standard ones that show the contents of folders)
• Get Info windows
• Settings (Preferences) windows

Usage

• Default action: Focus window

• Command (⌘):

  • For Finder browser windows: Copy path to window target (current directory)
  • For get info windows: Copy path to item of information window

• Option (⌥): Close window

Matching

You can search for:

• Name of window
• Index of window (starts at 1 is frontmost window)
• For Finder browser windows:
  • Path (and directories in path) to the window's target
  • Contents (files and folders) of the window's current directory
• For get info windows:
  • Path (and directories in path) of file or folder shown in window

Icons

This workflow uses macOS' default folder icons (with support for folder types and system appearance) for most listed items (files and folders). If an item has a nonstandard icon (i.e. app icon, user-set custom icon), it will use that icon.

Examples

Focus window - default action

Copy directory path - command (⌘)

Close window - option (⌥)

Acknowledgements

This workflow was inspired by the Browser Tabs workflow by Emmanuel Pilande.

In order to retrieve the custom icons, decoding of macOS resource forks is required. I wouldn't have known how to do that without examining the fileicon shell script by mklement .

Big thanks to these devs (even though they don't know me) for low-key teaching me how to make this workflow!

Enjoy!