VCOF0074

OmniFocus: Deferred Until Weekday

A set of seven commands for deferring the selected project or task until the spoken weekday, i.e.: “Deferred until Monday”

Scope and Syntax

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

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

• Deferred until «Weekday»

Requirements

• Application: OmniFocus 4
• System: macOS 12, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, visionOS 1.0

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Installing Voice Control commands on iOS · iPadOS · visionOS While Apple’s mobile operating systems currently do not support the Open URL action used in the voice commands files provided on this website, you can still create and use customized Omni Automation voice commands for iPhones and iPads! To create your voice commands, we’ll use specialized Shorcuts workflows that you can “tap-to-install” from the various example pages. Simply follow these steps or view the illustrated instructions here: First, install an Omni Automation shortcut from one of the provided links. (below) Next, in the mobile Settings app, tap Accessibility ▸ Voice Control ▸ Customize Commands ▸ Custom ▸ Create New Command… and in the forthcoming New Command interface select the installed shortcut as the value for the “Action” parameter. Enter one of the command phrases from the example’s documentation page (above) for the value of the “Phrase” property, and… Finally, set the value of the “Application” parameter to either “Any” for global access or choose the Omni app to target from the provided list of installed applications. You can then activate Voice Control and use your voice command to trigger the shortcut to run the Omni Automation script! Installing Siri commands on iOS · iPadOS · visionOS To use this voice command with Siri, simply install the provided Shortcuts workflow. To trigger the command, summon Siri and say: “Hey Siri, [Name of installed Shortcuts workflow]” NOTE: After installation of the shortcut, you can rename it to whatever phrase fits your needs.

Downloads

• ⇩ COMMANDS-FILE OmniFocus 4.0 (macOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Deferred until Monday”) (iOS · iPadOS · visionOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Deferred until Tuesday”) (iOS · iPadOS · visionOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Deferred until Wednesday”) (iOS · iPadOS · visionOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Deferred until Thursday”) (iOS · iPadOS · visionOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Deferred until Friday”) (iOS · iPadOS · visionOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Deferred until Saturday”) (iOS · iPadOS · visionOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Deferred until Sunday”) (iOS · iPadOS · visionOS)

Deferred Until «Weekday»
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(async () => {
	try {
		function getLocalizedDayName(date){
			locID = Calendar.current.locale.identifier
			locID = locID.replace("_", "-")
			return date.toLocaleDateString(locID, { weekday: 'long' });
		}
		
		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()

		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]
				var objType = "task"
			} else {
				var selectedItem = sel.projects[0]
				var objType = "project"
			}
		} else {
			throw {
				name: "Selection Issue", 
				message: "Please select a single project or task."
			}
		}
		
		today = getLocalizedDayName(new Date())
		weekday = "monday"
		if (today.toLocaleLowerCase() === weekday){
			weekday = "next " + weekday
		}
		
		fmatr = Formatter.Date.withStyle(Formatter.Date.Style.Short)
		targetDateObj = fmatr.dateFromString(weekday)
		selectedItem.deferDate = targetDateObj

		dateString = Formatter.Date.withFormat('EEEE, LLLL d').stringFromDate(targetDateObj)
		//--> "Wednesday, March 2"
		response = `The ${objType} is deferred to ${dateString}`

		utterance = createUtterance(response)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.message.includes("cancelled")){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			// new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}
	}
})();