Thanks for the recommendation. In the end I'm going to do this in TextExpander (not my first choice) since I already have it open and running all day and use it in other programs (and it supports the exact UI I'm looking for).
Thanks for the tip. Kind regards, Ted Stresen-Reuter On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 10:00 PM, Oliver Boermans <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> -- >> This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a >> feature request or would like to report a problem, please email >> "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. >> Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BBEdit Talk" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. >> > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
