Plug-In: Append to Note
This action will append the provided text to the end of the note of the current task, and includes an option to preface the added text with a localized date/time stamp.
/*{
"type": "action",
"targets": ["omnifocus"],
"author": "Otto Automator",
"identifier": "com.omni-automation.of.append-to-note",
"version": "1.0",
"description": "This action will append the provided text to the end of the note of the current task.",
"label": "Append to Note",
"shortLabel": "Append to Note"
}*/
(() => {
var action = new PlugIn.Action(function(selection, sender){
// action code
// selection options: tasks, projects, folders, tags, allObjects
var task = selection.tasks[0]
var textInputField = new Form.Field.String(
"textInput",
null,
null
)
var checkSwitchField1 = new Form.Field.Checkbox(
"shouldIncludeTimeStamp",
"Include date/time stamp",
true
)
var menuItems = ["Nothing","Single Space", "Double Space","Single Line","Double Line"]
var spacingItems = [""," "," ","\n","\n\n"]
var menuIndexes = [0,1,2,3,4]
var menuElement = new Form.Field.Option(
"spacingMethod",
"Prepend with",
menuIndexes,
menuItems,
4
)
menuElement.allowsNull = false
var inputForm = new Form()
inputForm.addField(textInputField)
inputForm.addField(menuElement)
inputForm.addField(checkSwitchField1)
var formPrompt = "Enter the text to be appended to the note:"
var buttonTitle = "Continue"
var formPromise = inputForm.show(formPrompt,buttonTitle)
inputForm.validate = function(formObject){
inputText = formObject.values['textInput']
return ((!inputText)?false:true)
}
formPromise.then(function(formObject){
var textValue = formObject.values['textInput']
var shouldIncludeTimeStamp = formObject.values['shouldIncludeTimeStamp']
var spacingMethodIndex = formObject.values['spacingMethod']
if(shouldIncludeTimeStamp){
var timeStamp = new Date().toLocaleString()
textValue = timeStamp + "\n" + textValue
}
var prependText = spacingItems[spacingMethodIndex]
task.appendStringToNote(prependText + textValue)
})
formPromise.catch(function(err){
console.error("form cancelled", err.message)
})
});
action.validate = function(selection, sender){
// validation code
// selection options: tasks, projects, folders, tags, allObjects
return (selection.tasks.length === 1)
};
return action;
})();
| Append to Note | ||
| 01 | /*{ | |
| 02 | "type": "action", | |
| 03 | "targets": ["omnifocus"], | |
| 04 | "author": "Otto Automator", | |
| 05 | "identifier": "com.omni-automation.of.append-to-note", | |
| 06 | "version": "1.0", | |
| 07 | "description": "This action will append the provided text to the end of the note of the current task.", | |
| 08 | "label": "Append to Note", | |
| 09 | "shortLabel": "Append to Note" | |
| 10 | }*/ | |
| 11 | (() => { | |
| 12 | var action = new PlugIn.Action(function(selection, sender){ | |
| 13 | // action code | |
| 14 | // selection options: tasks, projects, folders, tags, allObjects | |
| 15 | var task = selection.tasks[0] | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | var textInputField = new Form.Field.String( | |
| 18 | "textInput", | |
| 19 | null, | |
| 20 | null | |
| 21 | ) | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | var checkSwitchField1 = new Form.Field.Checkbox( | |
| 24 | "shouldIncludeTimeStamp", | |
| 25 | "Include date/time stamp", | |
| 26 | true | |
| 27 | ) | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | var menuItems = ["Nothing", "Single Space", "Double Space", "Single Line", "Double Line"] | |
| 30 | var spacingItems = [""," "," ","\n","\n\n"] | |
| 31 | var menuIndexes = [0,1,2,3,4] | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | var menuElement = new Form.Field.Option( | |
| 34 | "spacingMethod", | |
| 35 | "Prepend with", | |
| 36 | menuIndexes, | |
| 37 | menuItems, | |
| 38 | 4 | |
| 39 | ) | |
| 40 | menuElement.allowsNull = false | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | var inputForm = new Form() | |
| 43 | inputForm.addField(textInputField) | |
| 44 | inputForm.addField(menuElement) | |
| 45 | inputForm.addField(checkSwitchField1) | |
| 46 | var formPrompt = "Enter the text to be appended to the note:" | |
| 47 | var buttonTitle = "Continue" | |
| 48 | var formPromise = inputForm.show(formPrompt,buttonTitle) | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | inputForm.validate = function(formObject){ | |
| 51 | inputText = formObject.values['textInput'] | |
| 52 | return ((!inputText)?false:true) | |
| 53 | } | |
| 54 | ||
| 55 | formPromise.then(function(formObject){ | |
| 56 | var textValue = formObject.values['textInput'] | |
| 57 | var shouldIncludeTimeStamp = formObject.values['shouldIncludeTimeStamp'] | |
| 58 | var spacingMethodIndex = formObject.values['spacingMethod'] | |
| 59 | if(shouldIncludeTimeStamp){ | |
| 60 | var timeStamp = new Date().toLocaleString() | |
| 61 | textValue = timeStamp + "\n" + textValue | |
| 62 | } | |
| 63 | var prependText = spacingItems[spacingMethodIndex] | |
| 64 | task.appendStringToNote(prependText + textValue) | |
| 65 | }) | |
| 66 | ||
| 67 | formPromise.catch(function(err){ | |
| 68 | console.error("form cancelled", err.message) | |
| 69 | }) | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | }); | |
| 72 | ||
| 73 | action.validate = function(selection, sender){ | |
| 74 | // validation code | |
| 75 | // selection options: tasks, projects, folders, tags, allObjects | |
| 76 | return (selection.tasks.length === 1) | |
| 77 | }; | |
| 78 | ||
| 79 | return action; | |
| 80 | })(); | |
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