VCOO0016

OmniOutliner: New Formatted Column

A set of commands for adding a pre-formatted column: percentage, date, time, or currency

“New Percentage 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.
“New Date Column” • Set the visibility of the Status checkbox control column to the opposite of its current value.
“New Time Column” • Set the visibility of the Topic column to the opposite of its current value.
“New Currency Column” • Hides all other columns except the main Topic column.

Scope and Syntax

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

Scope: OmniOutliner

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

“New Percentage Column”
“New Date Column”
“New Time Column”
“New Currency Column”^*

Requirements

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

Video: New Formatted Column

A set of commands for adding a pre-formatted column: percentage, date, time, or currency

Video: New Formatted Column

A set of commands for adding a pre-formatted column: percentage, date, time, or currency

Downloads

⇩ COMMANDS-FILE (OmniOutliner 5) (macOS)
⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“New Percentage Column”) (iOS/iPadOS)
⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“New Date Column”) (iOS/iPadOS)
⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“New Time Column”) (iOS/iPadOS)
⇩ SHORTCUT-LINK (“New Currency Column”) (iOS/iPadOS)

Script Code

Here is the script code for the commands:

New Percentage 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()
		
		try {document.name} catch(err){
			throw {name:"Missing Resource",message:"No outline document is open."}
		}
		
		inputForm = new Form()

		var columnTitle = "PCT%"
		
		if (Device.current.iOS){
			textField = new Form.Field.String("columnTitle", null, columnTitle)

			inputForm.addField(textField)

			formPrompt = "Title for percentage column:"
			buttonTitle = "Continue"
			utterance = createUtterance("Title for the new percentage column.")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		
			inputForm.validate = function(formObject){
				var textValue = formObject.values["columnTitle"]
				if(!textValue){return false}
				return true
			}

			formObject = await inputForm.show(formPrompt, buttonTitle)
			columnTitle = formObject.values["columnTitle"]
		}
		
		var tree = document.outline
		var editor = document.editors[0]
		editor.autosizeTopicColumn = true
						
		tree.addColumn(
			Column.Type.Number,
			editor.afterColumn(),
			column => {
				column.formatter = Formatter.Decimal.percent
				column.title = columnTitle
				column.style.set(Style.Attribute.ParagraphAlignment, TextAlignment.Right)
			}
		)
	
		utterance = createUtterance("Done!")
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}
	}
})();

New Date 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()
		
		try {document.name} catch(err){
			throw {name:"Missing Resource",message:"No outline document is open."}
		}
		
		inputForm = new Form()

		var columnTitle = "Date"
		
		if (Device.current.iOS){
			textField = new Form.Field.String("columnTitle", null, columnTitle)

			inputForm.addField(textField)

			formPrompt = "Title for date column:"
			buttonTitle = "Continue"
			utterance = createUtterance("Title for the new date column.")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		
			inputForm.validate = function(formObject){
				var textValue = formObject.values["columnTitle"]
				if(!textValue){return false}
				return true
			}

			formObject = await inputForm.show(formPrompt, buttonTitle)
			columnTitle = formObject.values["columnTitle"]
		}
		
		var tree = document.outline
		var editor = document.editors[0]
		editor.autosizeTopicColumn = true
						
		tree.addColumn(
			Column.Type.Date,
			editor.afterColumn(),
			column => {
				column.formatter = Formatter.Date.withStyle(Formatter.Date.Style.Short)
				column.title = columnTitle
				column.style.set(Style.Attribute.ParagraphAlignment, TextAlignment.Right)
			}
		)
	
		utterance = createUtterance("Done!")
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}
	}
})();

New Time 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()
		
		try {document.name} catch(err){
			throw {name:"Missing Resource",message:"No outline document is open."}
		}
		
		inputForm = new Form()

		var columnTitle = "Time"
		
		if (Device.current.iOS){
			textField = new Form.Field.String("columnTitle", null, columnTitle)

			inputForm.addField(textField)

			formPrompt = "Title for time column:"
			buttonTitle = "Continue"
			utterance = createUtterance("Title for the new time column.")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		
			inputForm.validate = function(formObject){
				var textValue = formObject.values["columnTitle"]
				if(!textValue){return false}
				return true
			}

			formObject = await inputForm.show(formPrompt, buttonTitle)
			columnTitle = formObject.values["columnTitle"]
		}
		
		var tree = document.outline
		var editor = document.editors[0]
		editor.autosizeTopicColumn = true
						
		tree.addColumn(
			Column.Type.Date,
			editor.afterColumn(),
			column => {
				column.formatter = Formatter.Date.withFormat('h:mm a')
				column.title = columnTitle
				column.style.set(Style.Attribute.ParagraphAlignment, TextAlignment.Right)
			}
		)
	
		utterance = createUtterance("Done!")
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}
	}
})();

New Currency 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()
		
		try {document.name} catch(err){
			throw {name:"Missing Resource",message:"No outline document is open."}
		}
		
		inputForm = new Form()

		var columnTitle = "Amount"
		
		if (Device.current.iOS){
			textField = new Form.Field.String("columnTitle", null, columnTitle)

			inputForm.addField(textField)

			formPrompt = "Title for currency column:"
			buttonTitle = "Continue"
			utterance = createUtterance("Title for the new currency column.")
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
		
			inputForm.validate = function(formObject){
				var textValue = formObject.values["columnTitle"]
				if(!textValue){return false}
				return true
			}

			formObject = await inputForm.show(formPrompt, buttonTitle)
			columnTitle = formObject.values["columnTitle"]
		}
		
		var tree = document.outline
		var editor = document.editors[0]
		editor.autosizeTopicColumn = true
						
		tree.addColumn(
			Column.Type.Number,
			editor.afterColumn(),
			column => {
				column.formatter = Formatter.Decimal.currency()
				column.title = columnTitle
				column.style.set(Style.Attribute.ParagraphAlignment, TextAlignment.Right)
			}
		)
	
		utterance = createUtterance("Done!")
		synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
	}
	catch(err){
		if(!err.causedByUserCancelling){
			utterance = createUtterance(err.message)
			synthesizer.speakUtterance(utterance)
			//new Alert(err.name, err.message).show()
		}
	}
})();

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