VCOF0112

OmniFocus: Note Style “Syllabus”

A set of commands for applying styling templates to the note of the selected project or task.

(OmniFocus 4 TestFlight only)

Documentation regarding the styling of note content is found on the Style class webpage of the OmniFocus section of this website.

Scope and Syntax

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

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

• “Apply Style Syllabus”

Requirements

• Application: OmniFocus 4
• System: macOS 12, iOS 25, iPadOS 15, visionOS 1.0

Downloads

• ⇩ COMMANDS-FILE OmniFocus 4.0 (macOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Apply Style Syllabus”) (iOS · iPadOS · visionOS)

Script Code

Here is the script code for the commands:

Apply Style “Syllabus”
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(async () => {
	try {
		function createUtterance(textToSpeak){
			AlexID = (
				(app.platformName === "macOS") ? 
				"com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.Alex" : 
				"com.apple.speech.voice.Alex"
			)
			voiceObj = Speech.Voice.withIdentifier(AlexID)
			voiceRate = 0.4
			utterance = new Speech.Utterance(textToSpeak)
			utterance.voice = voiceObj
			utterance.rate = voiceRate
			return utterance
		}
		synthesizer = new Speech.Synthesizer()
		
		deviceIsPhone = (Device.current.type === DeviceType.iPhone) ? true:false

		sel = document.windows[0].selection
		items = sel.databaseObjects.filter(
			item => (item instanceof Project || item instanceof Task)
		)
		
		if(items.length === 1){
			var item = sel.databaseObjects[0]

			// CREATE VIRTUAL TEXT OBJECT CONTAING CURRENT NOTE
			var noteObj = new Text("", baseStyle)
			noteObj.replace(noteObj.range, item.noteText)
			var nStyle = noteObj.style
				
			// GET ATTRIBUTES RANGES
			var runRanges = noteObj.ranges(TextComponent.AttributeRuns)
			
			// PROCESS THE ATTRIBUTE RANGES
			runRanges.forEach(range => {
				runStyle = noteObj.styleForRange(range) 
	
				runStyle.set(Style.Attribute.FontFamily, 'Avenir Next')
							
				typeSize = (deviceIsPhone) ? 13:14
				runStyle.set(Style.Attribute.FontSize, typeSize)
		
				runStyle.set(Style.Attribute.FontStrokeColor,  Color.RGB(0, 0, 0, 1))
				runStyle.set(Style.Attribute.FontFillColor, Color.RGB(0.15, 0.15, 0.15, 1))
				runStyle.set(Style.Attribute.UnderlineColor,  Color.RGB(0, 0, 0, 1))
				runStyle.set(Style.Attribute.StrikethroughColor,  Color.RGB(0, 0, 0, 1))
	
				runStyle.set(Style.Attribute.ParagraphAlignment, TextAlignment.Left)
				runStyle.set(Style.Attribute.ParagraphMinimumLineHeight, 19.5)
				runStyle.set(Style.Attribute.ParagraphSpacingBefore, 8)
				runStyle.set(Style.Attribute.ParagraphLineSpacing, 3.5)
		
				// TURN OFF BACKGROUND COLOR, ALPHA = 0
				runStyle.set(Style.Attribute.BackgroundColor, Color.RGB(1, 1, 1, 0))
			})
			
			// REPLACE NOTE WITH VIRTUAL OBJECT
			item.noteText.replace(item.noteText.range, noteObj)
			
			// REVEAL NOTE
			tree = document.windows[0].content
			tree.nodeForObject(item).expandNote(false)

			utterance = createUtterance("Done!")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		} else {
			throw {
				name: "Selection Issue",
				message: "Please select a single project or task."
			}
		}
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}
	}
})();