If you don’t mind hard-coding the list items in your clippings, perhaps
this AppleScript will help:
https://github.com/ollicle/BBEdit-Extract-Placeholder

On 10 December 2017 at 05:28, Gustave Stresen-Reuter <[email protected]
> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I often have to make clippings that would be best presented with a
> drop-down of options. In the past, I've done this with an AppleScript that
> calls an actual application (also written in AppleScript), and it works OK,
> but it is a bit clunky and does require AppleScript knowledge and I've
> always wondered if 1) it is the only way to present the user with a
> drop-down and 2) if it is the best way.
>
> By way of example, given I have an object that can take a number of
> methods, I'd like to type "showMigrationMethods" to see a list of all the
> methods available, and then be able to select one.
>
> Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Ted Stresen-Reuter
>
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