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Clickable internal links may be hard to implement in OO3, but it is quite easy to create simple bookmarks, and return to them automatically.

Two scripts attached below.

CreateBookMk.scpt
  • Select a row in an OO3 document, and run the script.
  • Respond to the prompt for a bookmark name.

GotoBookMk.scpt
  • Run the script.
  • Choose a bookmark by name from the menu which appears.
  • (The script will jump to the corresponding row)

A special section entitled Bookmarks is created at the end of the document. The note of each bookmark row contains the id of its target row.

Note that if you select a bookmark row before running GotoBookMk.scpt, it will bypass the menu and jump straight to the bookmark target.

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Last edited by RobTrew; 2011-07-05 at 07:46 AM..
 
Code:
-- CREATES BOOKMARKS - USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH GotoBookMk.scpt

property pSection : "Bookmarks"
property pVer : ".01"
property pTitle : pSection & tab & pVer

CreateBookMark()

on CreateBookMark()
	tell application id "OOut"
		if (count of documents) < 1 then return
		-- GET THE ID OF THE FIRST SELECTED ROW
		tell front document
			set refSeln to a reference to selected rows
			if (count of refSeln) < 1 then return
			set strID to id of first item of refSeln
			
			-- GET A NAME FOR THE BOOKMARK
			activate
			set strMark to text returned of (display dialog pSection & " name:" default answer "" with title pTitle)
			
			-- FIND/CREATE A BOOKMARKS SECTION
			set refBookmarks to a reference to (rows where its level = 1 and its topic = pSection)
			if (count of refBookmarks) < 1 then
				set rowBookMarks to make new row at end of rows with properties {topic:pSection}
			else
				set rowBookMarks to last item of refBookmarks
			end if
			
			-- ADD A BOOKMARK (STORE ID IN NOTE)
			make new row at end of children of rowBookMarks with properties {topic:strMark, note:strID}
		end tell
	end tell
	return true
end CreateBookMark
 
Code:
-- JUMPS TO TARGET OF BOOKMARKS - USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH CreateBookMks.scpt
-- If, before you run this script, you select a bookmark from the bookmarks section at the end of the document,
-- then the script will immediately select the target of the bookmark.
-- Otherwise, the script will first offer a menu of the available bookmarks.

property pSection : "Bookmarks"
property pTitle : "Go to"
property pVer : ".05"

-- .02	Uses hoist/unhoist to jump to relevant page before selecting
-- .03	Allows for the presence of comment text after the id in the note of a bookmark
-- .04	Slight adjustment to menu to facilitate keyboard use (and error handling when bookmark list is empty)
-- .05 Aims to use a menu unhoist to scroll to the bookmarked row

GoTo()

on GoTo()
	tell application id "OOut"
		if (count of documents) < 1 then return
		tell front document
			set blnFound to false
			set refSeln to a reference to (selected rows where (class of its parent is row) and (topic of its parent is pSection))
			if (count of refSeln) > 0 then
				set strID to note of (first item of refSeln)
				if strID ≠ "" then set blnFound to my SelectRow(strID)
			end if
			if not blnFound then
				set refBookmarks to a reference to (rows where its level = 1 and its topic = pSection)
				if (count of refBookmarks) > 0 then
					set rowBookMarks to last item of refBookmarks
					set refMarks to a reference to (children of rowBookMarks)
					if (count of refMarks) < 1 then
						activate
						display alert "No bookmarks found"
						return
					else
						set lstMarks to topic of refMarks
						activate
						set varChoice to choose from list lstMarks default items {first item of lstMarks} ¬
							with title pTitle with prompt (texts 1 thru -2 of pSection) & ":"
						if varChoice = false then return
						set strID to (note of first item of (refMarks where topic = (first item of varChoice)))
						my SelectRow(strID)
					end if
				else
					activate
					display alert "No bookmarks found"
					return
				end if
			end if
		end tell
	end tell
end GoTo

on SelectRow(strID)
	tell application id "OOut"
		if (count of documents) < 1 then return false
		activate
		tell front document
			try
				set oTgt to row id strID
			on error
				activate
				display alert "Row " & strID & " not found in active document"
				return false
			end try
			if level of oTgt > 1 then
				set oAncestor to last item of ancestors of oTgt
				set expanded of oAncestor to true
				set expanded of rows of oAncestor to true
			end if
			select oTgt
			hoist oTgt
			--unhoist
			
			activate
			tell application id "sevs" to click my GetMenuItem("OOut", {"View", "Unhoist"})
			
			select oTgt
			return true
		end tell
	end tell
end SelectRow

-- RETURNS A REFERENCE TO A CLICKABLE MENU ITEM
-- E.G. set mnuZoomFit to GetMenuItem("OGfl", {"View", "Zoom", "Zoom to Selection"})
on GetMenuItem(strAppCode, lstMenu)
	set lngChain to length of lstMenu
	if lngChain < 2 then return missing value
	
	tell application id "sevs"
		set lstApps to application processes where its creator type = strAppCode
		if length of lstApps < 1 then return missing value
		tell first item of lstApps
			-- GET THE TOP LEVEL MENU
			set strMenu to item 1 of lstMenu
			set oMenu to menu strMenu of menu bar item strMenu of menu bar 1
			
			-- TRAVEL DOWN THROUGH ANY SUB-MENUS
			repeat with i from 2 to (lngChain - 1)
				set strMenu to item i of lstMenu
				set oMenu to menu strMenu of menu item strMenu of oMenu
			end repeat
			
			-- AND RETURN THE FINAL MENU ITEM
			return menu item (item -1 of lstMenu) of oMenu
		end tell
	end tell
end GetMenuItem

on GUIEnabled()
	tell application id "sevs"
		if UI elements enabled then
			return true
		else
			activate
			display dialog "This script depends on enabling access for assistive devices in system preferences" buttons "OK" default button "OK" with title pTitle & "   " & pVer
			tell application id "sprf"
				activate
				set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
			end tell
			return false
		end if
	end tell
end GUIEnabled

Last edited by RobTrew; 2012-11-13 at 12:29 PM.. Reason: Aims to scroll to bookmarked row by using menu unhoist rather than the scripted unhoist command
 
Great scripts. I made too many test-bookmarks. Can you please tell me how to erase some of the bookmarks. I havent figured out where they are stored
 
I'm glad that seems useful.

You should find an extra row at the end of your document called bookmarks, and you can delete some of its child rows.
 
Sorry .... found it. Read your post again
 
Using the script with Quickeys so I can trigger them with keyboard.
One small thing. When you use second script it does highlight the bookmark you have saved, but the scrollbar doesnt always jump to the right place.

Have you experienced this?
 
Ver .05 (above) may now fix that.

(Instead of the unhoist command in the scripting interface, it triggers the menu system's View > Unhoist, which seems to scroll, at least on my system, to the right part of the file).
 
Works perfectly
 
Would it be difficult to make a version of the second script that would just be a fixed bookmark for a given place in a OO document.

Could be handy to make 2-3 such duplicate scripts for your most frequently used locations in your document. Then it would be a one-click operation rather than going via the list-of-bookmarks interface
 
 


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