VCOF0061

OmniFocus: Append Note Text with Clipboard

A voice command that will append the text of the note of the selected project or task, with the text on the clipboard.

NOTE: The clipboard text will be appended using the current format styling of existing note.

Scope and Syntax

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

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

• “Append Note with Clipboard Text”
• “Append Note Text with Clipboard”

Requirements

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

Downloads

• ⇩ COMMANDS-FILE OmniFocus 4.0 (macOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Append Note Text with Clipboard”) (iOS · iPadOS · visionOS)

Voice Command Code

Here’s the Omni Automation code for the command:

Append Note Text with Clipboard
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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()

		if(!Pasteboard.general.hasStrings){
			throw {
				name: "Missing Resource", 
				message: "There is no text on the clipboard."
			}
		}
		
		sel = document.windows[0].selection
		selCount = sel.tasks.length + sel.projects.length 
		if(selCount === 1){
			if (sel.tasks.length === 1){
				var selectedItem = sel.tasks[0]
			} else {
				var selectedItem = sel.projects[0]
			}
		} else {
			throw {
				name: "Selection Error", 
				message: "Please select a single project or task."
			}
		}
		
		// Append note text with clipboard text
		noteObj = selectedItem.noteText
		currentStyle = noteObj.styleForRange(noteObj.range)
		newLineObj = new Text('\n', baseStyle)
		newLineObj.styleForRange(newLineObj.range).setStyle(currentStyle)		
		noteObj.append(newLineObj)
		newTextObj = new Text(Pasteboard.general.string, baseStyle) 
		newTextObj.styleForRange(newTextObj.range).setStyle(currentStyle)		
		noteObj.append(newTextObj)	
		
		// Show item note
		tree = document.windows[0].content
		node = tree.nodeForObject(selectedItem)
		node.expandNote(true)
		
		// Confirm to user
		utterance = createUtterance("Done!")
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
	}
})();