How to get current selected line as text without keybind hacks

[nikivi]

I have above KM macro and I want to make this part:

Into something that is efficient and does not use these hacks.

Basically given this state:

it will put do thing into clipboard (current line I am on)

[nikivi]

as current approach has too much delay

[complexpoint]

One approach might be a variant of:

const doc = Application("Bike").documents.at(0);

return doc.exists()
    ? doc.export({
        from: doc.selectionRow(),
        all: false,
        as: "plain text format"
    })
        .trim()
    : "";

as in:

BIKE - Copy current line as plain text.kmmacros.zip (1.6 KB)

[nikivi]

this is perfect
thanks

[complexpoint]

See also:

How to get parent node as text

Another approach to these questions is to use an outline path (relative to the selected line) with a macro like the one below. Line(s) to copy Outline path Selected row . Parent of selected row .. Subtree of selected row descendant-or-self::* Inclusive path to selected row ancestor-or-self::* Exclusive path to selected row ancestor::* Other Using Outline Paths | Bike

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