Make spotlight open new instance of application instead of going to application I recently moved from Windows to OSX, and find it frustrating that typing Chrome, Sublime Text or Terminal in Spotlight do not allow me to open a new window, but instead takes me to an open window of the application.

There's the option of running open -n "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/" from terminal but, that defeats the purpose of Spotlight. I'm also aware of Alfred, which is not a solution for me.

Is it possible to change the behaviour of Spotlight to suit this?
Found a solution using flashlight, which allows you to create custom search terms for spotlight.


Install Flashlight
Enter the Flashlight app
Click New Plugin > Run an Automator Workflow
Edit contents according to needs - mine is:

Click Edit Workflow
Remove notification and add Run shell script
Add command that fits needs - mine is:

Test your command works by clicking Run in the Automator window.
Close Automator and the window for the new plugin in Flashlight
Searching for any of the keywords in Usage examples input to the Flashlight plugin will allow you to run the script.