VCOO0006

OmniOutliner: New Document with Selection

A pair of commands for creating a new document containing the selected items.

If the “styled document” option is invoked, the values for the current document’s Whole Document Style (Base Style) will be transfered to the new document.

IMPORTANT: When an item (row) is copied, it’s descendant hierarchy will be copied as well.

Scope and Syntax

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

Scope: OmniOutliner

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

• “[New] Document with Selection”
• “[New] Styled Document with Selection”

Requirements

• Application: OmniOutliner: 5.10 (macOS), OmniOutliner 3.9.1 (iOS/iPadOS)
• System: macOS 12, iOS 15, iPadOS 15

Video: New Document with Selection

A pair of voice commands creates new OmniOutliner documents using the selection of the current document.

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Downloads

• ⇩ COMMANDS-FILE (OmniOutliner 5) (macOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Document with Selection”) (iOS/iPadOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Styled Document with Selection”) (iOS/iPadOS)

Script Code

Here is the script code:

New Document with Selection
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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
		}
		var synthesizer = new Speech.Synthesizer()
		
		try {document.name} catch(err){
			throw {name:"Missing Resource",message:"No outline document is open."}
		}
		
		var applyPreviousStyles = false

		var editor = document.editors[0]
		var nodes = editor.selectedNodes
		
		if(applyPreviousStyles){
			var bStyle = document.outline.baseStyle
			// GLOBAL ATTRIBUTES
			var bBckgndColor = bStyle.get(Style.Attribute.BackgroundColor)
			var bFontColor = bStyle.get(Style.Attribute.FontFillColor)
			
			var localAtts = bStyle.locallyDefinedAttributes
			var attKeys = localAtts.map(att => att.key)
			var passedStyleObj = new Object()
			attKeys.forEach(thisKey => {
				targetAtt = localAtts.find(att => {
					return att.key === thisKey
				})
				attValue = bStyle.get(targetAtt)
				console.log(thisKey + ":", attValue)
			
				passedStyleObj[thisKey] = attValue
			})
		}
		
		if(nodes.length > 0){
			var pb = Pasteboard.makeUnique()
			editor.copyNodes(nodes, pb)
			var doc = await Document.makeNewAndShow()
			doc.editors[0].paste(pb)
			
			if(applyPreviousStyles){
				var newBStyle = doc.outline.baseStyle
				newBStyle.clear()
				// APPLY GLOBAL ATTRIBUTES FROM SOURCE DOCUMENT
				newBStyle.set(Style.Attribute.BackgroundColor, bBckgndColor)
				newBStyle.set(Style.Attribute.FontFillColor, bFontColor)
				// APPLY THE LOCAL ATTRIBUTES FROM SOURCE DOCUMENT
				attKeys.forEach(attKey => {
					attValue = passedStyleObj[attKey]
					targetAtt = localAtts.find(att => {
						return att.key === attKey
					})
					newBStyle.set(targetAtt, attValue)
				})
			}

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

New Styled Document with Selection
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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
		}
		var synthesizer = new Speech.Synthesizer()
		
		try {document.name} catch(err){
			throw {name:"Missing Resource",message:"No outline document is open."}
		}
		
		var applyPreviousStyles = true

		var editor = document.editors[0]
		var nodes = editor.selectedNodes
		
		if(applyPreviousStyles){
			var bStyle = document.outline.baseStyle
			// GLOBAL ATTRIBUTES
			var bBckgndColor = bStyle.get(Style.Attribute.BackgroundColor)
			var bFontColor = bStyle.get(Style.Attribute.FontFillColor)
			
			var localAtts = bStyle.locallyDefinedAttributes
			var attKeys = localAtts.map(att => att.key)
			var passedStyleObj = new Object()
			attKeys.forEach(thisKey => {
				targetAtt = localAtts.find(att => {
					return att.key === thisKey
				})
				attValue = bStyle.get(targetAtt)
				console.log(thisKey + ":", attValue)
			
				passedStyleObj[thisKey] = attValue
			})
		}
		
		if(nodes.length > 0){
			var pb = Pasteboard.makeUnique()
			editor.copyNodes(nodes, pb)
			var doc = await Document.makeNewAndShow()
			doc.editors[0].paste(pb)
			
			if(applyPreviousStyles){
				var newBStyle = doc.outline.baseStyle
				newBStyle.clear()
				// APPLY GLOBAL ATTRIBUTES FROM SOURCE DOCUMENT
				newBStyle.set(Style.Attribute.BackgroundColor, bBckgndColor)
				newBStyle.set(Style.Attribute.FontFillColor, bFontColor)
				// APPLY THE LOCAL ATTRIBUTES FROM SOURCE DOCUMENT
				attKeys.forEach(attKey => {
					attValue = passedStyleObj[attKey]
					targetAtt = localAtts.find(att => {
						return att.key === attKey
					})
					newBStyle.set(targetAtt, attValue)
				})
			}

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