Plug-In: Canvases From Copied List

This plug-in creates a new canvas for each of the paragraphs of the clipboard text. NOTE: empty or blank paragraphs are ignored.

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Canvases From Copied List
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/*{
	"type": "action",
	"targets": ["omnigraffle"],
	"author": "Otto Automator",
	"identifier": "com-omni-automation.og.canvases-from-copied-list",
	"version": "1.0",
	"description": "Creates a new canvas for each of the paragraphs of the clipboard text.",
	"label": "Canvases from Copied List",
	"shortLabel": "Canvases from List",
	"paletteLabel": "Canvases from List",
	"image": "square.3.layers.3d"
}*/
(() => {
	const action = new PlugIn.Action(async function(selection, sender){
		try {
			const clipboardText = Pasteboard.general.string;
			
			const arrayOfStrings = clipboardText
				.split('\n')
				.map(item => item.trim())
				.filter(item => item.length > 0);
				
			for (const itemStr of arrayOfStrings){
				addCanvas().name = itemStr;
			};
		}
		catch(err){
			new Alert(error.name, err.message).show()
			console.error(err)
		}
	});

	action.validate = function(selection, sender){
		return Pasteboard.general.hasStrings;
	};
	
	return action;
})();