Clip To Dynalist Chrome Extension

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#2

@rawbytz This works exactly as advertised. Thanks for making this port of the original Clip To Workflowy extension.

Cheers.

#3

Agreed. Works for me as well. Much appreciated @rawbytz! Iā€™d be interested in the url-in-the-note version too, if it materializesā€¦ :slight_smile:

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#4

Thanks a lot and welcome, @rawbytz!

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#5

Brilliant! Yes, Iā€™d be interested in the URL in the note version. Thanks.

#6

Question for @Mark_Gammon & @Kevin_Murray:

Is your use case in-the-note only OR will you use both formats?

#7

Hey @rawbytz - I think my needs are probably met just fine by either, but having the option for both would be great for various uses.

Thanks again for your work on this!

#8

@rawbytz

Thanks so much for this rawbytz!

Iā€™d also love the option for a URL in note version like the workflowy variant too :slight_smile:

#9

In the note only for me, thanks. I havenā€™t become so accustomed to markdown yet and I like to see the URL.

#10

Rawbytz is it possible down the road to have ā€œChrome Extension Optionsā€ to add your own formatted text in the pasted strings?

I like to timestamp a lot of my weblink citations, out of pure habit, so I can instantly see when I visited the site (as websites change all the time). So I donā€™t also have to look at the bulletpoints creation date either.

I take a lot of inspiration for how-to-citate something based on how wikipedia does their citations

When I timestamp things, I generally use the ā€œ!ā€ operator using a phraseexpress command ā€œe#ā€ , which produces

!(5/4/2017 08:50) this date

Reference to my phraseexpress command:

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Personally, this is how I generally do my citations:

#11

I intend to add some options and selected text to the ClipToā€™s, so this is feasible. Right now my focus is elsewhereā€¦ tbh, I donā€™t know whenā€¦ or if Iā€™ll get to time-stamps.

I think you have a solution to this right now in Phrase Express. Why not just setup a macro that pastes the ClipTo string, sends Shft+Enter to get focus in the note, and then sends your time-stamp?

btw, the original post has been edited to include a link to the new ā€œnoteā€ version.

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#12

Awesome. Thanks again @rawbytz

#13

hm i didnā€™t think about this but yea i could

thanks @rawbytz :slight_smile:

#14

Thanks @rawbytz. While youā€™re there, one useful feature of the Workflowy Clipper is that it will copy any selected text that paste that into the note. I find that quite useful for clipping text content and itā€™s one feature that seems missing in Dynalist. I know itā€™s not your extension, but I wonder if the code for that would be relatively simple.

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#15

Chrome has some requirements to prevent cross-scripting exploitsā€¦ good for you, bad for me. In this case, it means restructuring the extension. Itā€™s not a huge deal, but what free time I have is dedicated to a bigger project right now. When thatā€™s done the clippers are next. Sorry.

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#16

Thanks for contributing @rawbytz :slight_smile:

#17

Works great, thanks.

One wish: Could the extension be extended to support clipping of multiple selected Chrome tabs and copy/insert each ā€˜tabā€™ as a separate line?

#18

Oooh, I really like that idea. I think it can be implemented relatively easily in the current structure. Multiple selected tabs is on the list, Wilhelm.

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#19

If you have Keyboard Maestro and Chrome and extension Copy URL + this recipe works to copy URL and Title, switch to DL (in tab#1), move to the top of the current list, PASTE, and move down to a new line.

NOTE: Copy URL + is customizable. I have mine set to use 9 to copy URL and TITLE.

TITLE URL TO DYNALIST

  • Triggered by any of the following:
  • The exact case string ā€˜9jā€™ is typed (then deleted)
  • Will execute the following actions:
  • Select Google Chrome Tab ā€˜1ā€™
  • Notify on failure.
  • Pause for .2 Seconds
  • Notify on failure.
  • Type the āŒ˜Home Keystroke
  • Type the Return Keystroke
  • Type the āŒ˜V Keystroke
  • Type the Return Keystroke
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#20

rawbytz i found another really good copy to URL extension for customization options

for multicopying several URLs

I might just use this since I donā€™t need the OPML formatting for note or move to dynalist tab now that I have a 3rd monitor (or possibly modify my own version too)

Of those two I would say ā€œTABCOPYā€ is more powerful, as it gives 3 potential premade templates for you to copy from. Copy All URLs is only one format. TABCOPY also has easier to understand customization options

I could probably modify it if I wanted to do the getAll / search for open dynalist tabs / on-focus as well, but I donā€™t think I need it

Iā€™m starting to incorporate more chrome shortcuts in my routine such as ALT+D to immediately get to the addressbar for faster searching / navigation

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179?hl=en

Down the road I might adopt some chrome vimium style workflows so I can do things even faster

down the road I might consider going to invest in a 2ndary macro keyboard (but with less keys than one below). I already bound most of my CTRL+SHIFT+ALT modifier keys to my keyboard

#21

Thanks for thatā€¦ familiar with the first, donā€™t recall seeing the second.

My design goal is avoid any intermediate menus. So if a user wants to clip multiple tabs, they just select them by either Ctrl+ or Shft+ clicking on tabs in the tab bar. Then a single activation copies and goes. Looks like both can do that (with the proper settings) minus the go to DL part.