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VCOO0009

OmniOutliner: Select Sibling

A set of four commands for selecting the previous, following, first, or last sibling of the selected item. A sibling is an item on the same level in the parent container.

Scope and Syntax

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

Scope: OmniOutliner

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

Requirements

Video: Select Sibling
This command will select the specified sibling of the selected item.
Video: Select Sibling
This command will select the specified sibling of the selected item.

Downloads

Script Code

Here is the script code:

Select Next Sibling



(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 editor = document.editors[0]
		selectedItems = editor.selection.items
		if(selectedItems.length === 1){
			selectedItem = selectedItems[0]
			sibs = selectedItem.followingSiblings
			if(sibs.length === 0){
				throw {
					name: "Missing Item",
					message: "There are no following same-level items."
				}
			}
			
			node = editor.nodeForObject(sibs[0])
			editor.select([node], false)
			
			utterance = createUtterance("Ready!")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		} else {
			throw {
				name: "Selection Issue",
				message: "Please select a single row."
			}
		}
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}	
	}
})();

Select Previous Sibling



(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 editor = document.editors[0]
		selectedItems = editor.selection.items
		if(selectedItems.length === 1){
			selectedItem = selectedItems[0]
			sibs = selectedItem.precedingSiblings
			if(sibs.length === 0){
				throw {
					name: "Missing Item",
					message: "There are no preceding same-level items."
				}
			}
			
			node = editor.nodeForObject(sibs[sibs.length - 1])
			editor.select([node], false)
			
			utterance = createUtterance("Ready!")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		} else {
			throw {
				name: "Selection Issue",
				message: "Please select a single row."
			}
		}
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}	
	}
})();

Select First Sibling



(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 editor = document.editors[0]
		selectedItems = editor.selection.items
		if(selectedItems.length === 1){
			selectedItem = selectedItems[0]
			sibs = selectedItem.precedingSiblings
			if(sibs.length === 0){
				throw {
					name: "Missing Item",
					message: "There are no preceding same-level items."
				}
			}
			
			node = editor.nodeForObject(sibs[0])
			editor.select([node], false)
			
			utterance = createUtterance("Ready!")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		} else {
			throw {
				name: "Selection Issue",
				message: "Please select a single row."
			}
		}
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}	
	}
})();

Select Last Sibling



(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 editor = document.editors[0]
		selectedItems = editor.selection.items
		if(selectedItems.length === 1){
			selectedItem = selectedItems[0]
			sibs = selectedItem.followingSiblings
			if(sibs.length === 0){
				throw {
					name: "Missing Item",
					message: "There are no following same-level items."
				}
			}
			
			node = editor.nodeForObject(sibs[sibs.length - 1])
			editor.select([node], false)
			
			utterance = createUtterance("Ready!")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		} else {
			throw {
				name: "Selection Issue",
				message: "Please select a single row."
			}
		}
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}	
	}
})();

 

 

 

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