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OmniOutliner: New Top-Level Outline

This command creates a new outline document containing just the top-level items of the current document.

Scope and Syntax

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Scope: OmniOutliner

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

• “[New] Top Level Outline”

Requirements

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

Downloads

• ⇩ COMMANDS-FILE (OmniOutliner 5) (macOS)
• ⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“[New] Top Level Outline”) (iOS/iPadOS)

Script Code

Here is the script code:

New Top-Level Outline
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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 editor = document.editors[0]
		var nodes = editor.nodesForObjects(rootItem.children)
		
		if(nodes.length > 0){
			var pb = Pasteboard.makeUnique()
			editor.copyNodes(nodes, pb)
			if (app.platformName === "macOS"){
				var doc = await Document.makeNewAndShow()
			} else {
				var doc = await Document.makeNew()
			}
			
			doc.editors[0].paste(pb)
			topChildren = doc.outline.rootItem.children
			topChildren.forEach(item => {
				item.descendants.reverse().forEach(row => {
					row.remove()
				})
			})
			
			utterance = createUtterance("Done!")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		} else {
			throw {
				name: "Missing Items",
				message: "The outline has no items."
			}
		}
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}	
	}
})();