Feature request: collapse and expand all notes

TaskPaper
1

I often write several paragraphs of notes in the projects. It looks strange if the notes are much larger block than project & task. I think it’ll help if I could collapse and expand the notes only and keep the project & task unchanged.

2

Instead of a specialized folding command could you do this with a not @type = note search?

3

It could but not good, I think. Taskpaper intriguing me lies that I could write notes conveniently in it and display them naturally. It hampers its advantages if the toggle so inconvenient.

Or it could be done by a script, I guess.

4

You could try something like this:

http://guide.taskpaper.com/using_scripts.html

(function () {
    'use strict';

    // TASKPAPER CONTEXT

    function toggleNoteExpansion(editor, options) {
        'use strict';

        var lstNoteParents = editor.outline.evaluateItemPath(
                '//@type=note/parent::*'
            ),
            // Toggle all on state of first note parent found in document
            oParent = lstNoteParents.length ? lstNoteParents[0] : undefined,
            strState = oParent && editor.isExpanded(oParent) ? (
                'Collapsed'
            ) : 'Expanded';

        return (
            oParent && editor['set' + strState](lstNoteParents),
            oParent ? strState : "No notes found"
        );
    }

    // JAVASCRIPT FOR AUTOMATION CONTEXT

    var tp3 = Application('com.hogbaysoftware.TaskPaper3'),
        ds = tp3.documents,
        d = ds.length ? ds[0] : undefined;

    return d && d.evaluate({
        script: toggleNoteExpansion.toString()
    });
})();
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5

It works so great, thanks!

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6

Hi complexpoint…
I come through this script of yours but it gives me an error…

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is it too old?
Thanks anyway for your other “notes script”

7

The line which uses the application id string 'com.hogbaysoftware.Taskpaper3' needs an updated reference.

Enough, I think to just edit the value of “tp3” to:

Application("Taskpaper")

instead.

So, blowing off some of the dust, something like, for example:

Expand disclosure triangle to view JS Source 
(() => {
    "use strict";

    // ---------------- TASKPAPER CONTEXT ----------------
    const toggleNoteExpansion = editor => {
        const
            parents = editor.outline.evaluateItemPath(
                "//@type=note/parent::*"
            ),
            // Toggle all on state of first note parent
            // found in document
            firstParent = parents.length ? (
                parents[0]
            ) : undefined,
            state = firstParent && editor.isExpanded(
                firstParent
            ) ? (
                "Collapsed"
            ) : "Expanded";

        return (
            firstParent && editor[`set${state}`](parents),
            firstParent ? (
                state
            ) : "No notes found"
        );
    };

    // -------- JAVASCRIPT FOR AUTOMATION CONTEXT --------
    const
        tp3 = Application("TaskPaper"),
        ds = tp3.documents;

    return 0 < ds.length ? (
        ds.at(0).evaluate({
            script: `${toggleNoteExpansion}`
        })
    ) : "No documents open in TaskPaper 3";
})();
8

thanks, now superseded by yours new Feb 5