VCOF0007

OmniFocus: Move Task(s) to Chosen Project

This voice command will move the selected task(s) to a chosen project.

Scope and Syntax

Language: English (United States 🇺🇸 · Great Britain 🇬🇧 · Australia 🇦🇺 · Canada 🇨🇦) • Scope: OmniFocus

Command phrase variations (words in [brackets] are optional):

• “Move [This] to Project”
• “Move These to Project”

Requirements

• Application: OmniFocus 4
• System: macOS 12.3, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, visonOS 1.0

Video: Move to Project

Voice command will move the selected task(s) to a chosen project.

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Downloads

• ⇩ COMMANDS-FILE OmniFocus 4.0
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Move to Project”)(iOS · iPadOS · visionOS)

Voice Command Code

This command will present a form for indicating the project to move the selected task(s) into.

Here’s the Omni Automation code for the command:

Move Selected Task(s) to Chosen Project
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(async () => {
	try {
		function createUtterance(textToSpeak){
			langCode = Speech.Voice.currentLanguageCode
			voiceObj = Speech.Voice.withLanguage(langCode)
			utterance = new Speech.Utterance(textToSpeak)
			utterance.voice = voiceObj
			utterance.rate = Speech.Utterance.defaultSpeechRate
			return utterance
		}
		synthesizer = new Speech.Synthesizer()

		selectedTasks = document.windows[0].selection.tasks
		if (selectedTasks.length === 0){
			throw {
				name: "Selection Issue", 
				message: "Please select one or more tasks to move."
			}
		}
	
		// CREATE FORM FOR GATHERING USER INPUT
		inputForm = new Form()
	
		// CREATE TEXT FIELD
		textField = new Form.Field.String(
			"textInput",
			"Search",
			null
		)
		
		// CREATE MENU
		popupMenu = new Form.Field.Option(
			"menuItem",
			"Results",
			[],
			[],
			null
		)
		popupMenu.allowsNull = true
		popupMenu.nullOptionTitle = "0 items"

		// ADD THE FIELDS TO THE FORM
		inputForm.addField(textField)
		inputForm.addField(popupMenu)

		// PRESENT THE FORM TO THE USER
		currentValue = null
		formPrompt = "Enter target project title:"
	
		// VALIDATE THE USER INPUT
		inputForm.validate = function(formObject){
			textInput = formObject.values["textInput"]
		
			if(textInput !== currentValue){
				currentValue = textInput
				// remove popup menu
				if (inputForm.fields.length === 2){
					inputForm.removeField(inputForm.fields[1])
				}
			}
		
			if(inputForm.fields.length === 1){
				// search using provided string
				if (!textInput){searchResults = []} else {
					searchResults = projectsMatching(textInput)
				}
				searchResultNames = searchResults.map(item => item.name)
				searchResultIDs = searchResults.map(item => item.id.primaryKey)
				popupMenu = new Form.Field.Option(
					"menuItem",
					"Results",
					searchResultIDs,
					searchResultNames,
					null
				)
				popupMenu.allowsNull = true
				popupMenu.nullOptionTitle = String(searchResults.length + " items")
				inputForm.addField(popupMenu)
				return false
			}
			
			if(!textInput){return false}
			
			if(inputForm.fields.length === 2){
				menuValue = formObject.values["menuItem"]
				if(menuValue === undefined || String(menuValue) === "null"){return false}
				return true
			}
		}
	
		// PROCESSING USING THE DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE FORM
		utterance = createUtterance("Enter project title, then select the project in the results:")
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		formObject = await inputForm.show(formPrompt,"Continue")
		projectID = formObject.values["menuItem"]
		projectObj = Project.byIdentifier(projectID)
		projectTitle = projectObj.name
		moveTasks(selectedTasks, projectObj)
		URL.fromString("omnifocus://task/" + projectID).open()
		taskCountStr = selectedTasks.length.toString()
		taskOrTasks = (taskCountStr === "1") ? "task":"tasks"
		utterance = createUtterance(`${taskCountStr} ${taskOrTasks} moved to präjek: ${projectTitle}`)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}
	}
})();