VCOO0015

OmniOutliner: Column Visibility

A set of commands for controlling the display of outline columns.

“Toggle Note Column” • Set the visibility of the Notes control column to the opposite of its current value. NOTE: This does not effect the display of notes content, just the notes control icons.
“Toggle Status Column” • Set the visibility of the Status checkbox control column to the opposite of its current value.
“Toggle Topic Column” • Set the visibility of the Topic column to the opposite of its current value.
“Show Topic Only” • Hides all other columns except the main Topic column.
“Hide Added Columns” • Hides all user-added columns, leaving only the default columns visible.
“Show Added Columns” • Makes all user-added columns visible.
“Show All Columns” • Displays all columns.

Scope and Syntax

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

Scope: OmniOutliner

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

“Toggle Note Column”
“Toggle Status Column”
“Toggle Topic Column”
“Show Topic Only”^*
“Hide Added Columns”^*
“Show Added Columns”^*
“Show All Columns”^*

Requirements

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

Video: Column Visibility

A set of commands for controlling the display of outline columns.

Video: Column Visibility

A set of commands for controlling the display of outline columns.

Downloads

⇩ COMMANDS-FILE (OmniOutliner 5) (macOS)
⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Toggle Note Column”) (iOS/iPadOS)
⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Toggle Status Column”) (iOS/iPadOS)
⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Toggle Topic Column”) (iOS/iPadOS)
⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Show Topic Only”) (iOS/iPadOS)
⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Hide Added Columns”) (iOS/iPadOS)
⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Show Added Columns”) (iOS/iPadOS)
⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“Show All Columns”) (iOS/iPadOS)

Script Code

Here is the script code for the commands:

Toggle Note Column


(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()

		editor = document.editors[0]
		tree = document.outline
		currentValue = editor.visibilityOfColumn(tree.noteColumn)
		prompt = (currentValue) ? "Hidden":"Visible"
		editor.setVisibilityOfColumn(tree.noteColumn, !currentValue)
	
		utterance = createUtterance(prompt)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()	
	}
})();

Toggle Status Column


(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()

		editor = document.editors[0]
		tree = document.outline
		currentValue = editor.visibilityOfColumn(tree.statusColumn)
		prompt = (currentValue) ? "Hidden":"Visible"
		editor.setVisibilityOfColumn(tree.statusColumn, !currentValue)
	
		utterance = createUtterance(prompt)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()	
	}
})();

Toggle Topic Column


(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()

		editor = document.editors[0]
		tree = document.outline
		currentValue = editor.visibilityOfColumn(tree.outlineColumn)
		prompt = (currentValue) ? "Hidden":"Visible"
		editor.setVisibilityOfColumn(tree.outlineColumn, !currentValue)
	
		utterance = createUtterance(prompt)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()	
	}
})();

Show Topic Only


(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()

		var editor = document.editors[0]
		var tree = document.outline
		columns.forEach(col => {
			if(col === tree.outlineColumn){
				editor.setVisibilityOfColumn(col, true) 
			} else {
				editor.setVisibilityOfColumn(col, false) 
			}
		})
	
		utterance = createUtterance("Topic Only")
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()	
	}
})();

Show Added Columns


(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()

		editor = document.editors[0]
		tree = document.outline
		columns.forEach(col => {
			if(	
				col === tree.outlineColumn || 
				col === tree.noteColumn ||
				col === tree.statusColumn
			){
				// DO NOTHING
			} else {
				editor.setVisibilityOfColumn(col, true) 
			}
		})
	
		utterance = createUtterance("Added Columns Visible")
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()	
	}
})();

Hide Added Columns


(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()

		editor = document.editors[0]
		tree = document.outline
		columns.forEach(col => {
			if(	
				col === tree.outlineColumn || 
				col === tree.noteColumn ||
				col === tree.statusColumn
			){
				// DO NOTHING
			} else {
				editor.setVisibilityOfColumn(col, false) 
			}
		})
	
		utterance = createUtterance("Added Columns Hidden")
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()	
	}
})();

Show All Columns


(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()

		var editor = document.editors[0]
		tree = document.outline
		columns.forEach(col => {
			editor.setVisibilityOfColumn(col, true)
		})
		editor.setVisibilityOfColumn(tree.statusColumn, true)
	
		utterance = createUtterance("All Columns Visible")
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()	
	}
})();

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