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jduncan
jduncan
Adobe Expert
August 16, 2022
Question

Ai Command Palette v0.2.0 New Release

  • August 16, 2022
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I just released Ai Command Palette v0.2.0. It's an exciting release with some new features and fixes from the feedback I got on the initial release. All of the details are listed below.

 

If you are interested please download it (from GitHub) and let me know what you think.

 

Big shoutout to @Kurt Gold for his ideas on localization and for providing all of the translations for the German version!

 

Also, thanks for everyone else's help along the way!

CHANGELOG

Added

  • Ability to activate 80+ of Ai's built-in tools
  • Ability to edit workflows (previously called custom commands)
  • Workflow action validation
    • Any commands no longer available are tagged with **DELETED**
    • If a workflow has any deleted steps it will present a warning and not run.
    • New menu command "Workflows Needing Attention"
      • Helps locate any workflows that have steps/actions that were deleted and need editing.
      • Takes you right to the workflow editor to fix the problem.
    • When any commands are deleted using "Delete Commands" they will be marked as **DELETED** in any workflows using them at the time of deletion
  • Error checking with alerts for most functions
  • YouTube Video Demo
  • A check to make sure loaded scripts still exist at the location they were loaded.
    • If a script doesn't exists it will be removed from user prefs.
    • Will update so any workflows that rely on a script that no longer exists can be edited
  • Added docstrings
  • Added a Python translator for translating commands and dialogs to other languages.
    • All prompts, alerts, and commands can be translated.
    • Starting with German (DE) translation compiled with help of Kurt Gold.
    • Works by creating a CSV file "[Language].txt" in the localization folder.

Changed

  • CUSTOM COMMANDS are now called WORKFLOWS
  • UPDATED and TESTED all built-in menu commands.
    • Now match format, text, and order of the latest Illustrator version.
    • Tested in Ai version 26.4.1.
  • Hide Built-In Commands no longer shows workflows
  • scoreMatches() improvements
    • using regex to match instead of indexOf
    • not counting repeating words for better scoring
    • simplified sorting function
  • Up/Down arrow key functionality while in the search box
    • One problem with this functionality is that when a listbox listitem is selected via a script the API moves the visible "frame" of items so that the new selection is at the top. This is not standard behavior, and not even how the listbox behaves when you use the up and down keys inside of the actual listbox.
    • Also, if a selection is made inside of the actual listbox frame by the user (via mouse or keyboard) the API doesn't offer any way to know which part of the list is currently visible in the listbox "frame". If the user was to re-enter the searchbox and then hit an arrow key the above event listener will not work correctly so I just move the next selection (be it up or down) to the middle of the "frame".

Removed

  • Removed around 100 commands that are no longer active or don't work in Ai version 26.4.1.
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    2 replies

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    Raymond ZJH
    Inspiring
    August 17, 2022

    Hello @jduncan 

     

    Interestingly, I can now use this panel on my Chinese version, the previous 0.10 version is not available.

     

    A small suggestion, can you keep this panel window from being automatically closed? Now every time a command is executed, it will automatically close. If I want to execute another command, I will run this script again. This is a little inconvenient.... thank you.

    jduncan
    jduncanAuthor
    Adobe Expert
    August 17, 2022

    Hey, I'm glad it's actually working for you now!

     

    As for the palette closing automatically, that's kind of the general idea so changing that feature wouldn't make sense. It's really built to mimic the command palettes/launchers like Alfred App,  Raycast, and the command palette in VS Code. This is why I recommend installing this action into your scripts folder (how-to), then tying it to a keyboard shortcut using something like Keyboard Maestro (Mac), BetterTouchTool (Mac), or AutoHotkey (Windows). I like to use the keyboard shortcut Command-Shift-P since it is somewhat mnemonic for "palette". You can then open it quickly from just your keyboard whenever you need to access it.

     

    If you need to run multiple commands at a time, check out the workflow builder. It allows you to add multiple "steps" to a single command and then runs them one after another for you.

     

    Let me know if you run into any other issues? Cheers!

    R
    Raymond ZJH
    Inspiring
    August 18, 2022

    Hey, @jduncan 

     

    Can you explain how to use AutoHotKey to start the AI command palette? Many thanks in advance for your time and advice!

    Kurt Gold
    Kurt Gold
    Adobe Expert
    August 16, 2022

    Just a note on my part: We didn't do any beta testing for the localised version.

     

    Therefore a couple of translations will have to be adjusted, because there were strings in contexts that were not obvious by just working on the translation sheets.

     

    So, some terms may sound a bit weird at the moment, but that will be enhanced in the upcoming days.

     

      jduncan
      jduncanAuthor
      Adobe Expert
      August 16, 2022

      I just pushed a fix (v0.2.1) for the localization issue we encountered with the German version (mostly affecting tool access). In short, the translation program was replacing some substrings when it should have only been replacing entire strings. I have also updated some of the dialog strings to make regex searching a bit more precise during translation.

       

      Also, @Kurt Gold and I will continue to work out any kinks in the translation and update as needed.

      jduncan
      jduncanAuthor
      Adobe Expert
      August 17, 2022

      I just pushed more fixes (v0.2.2) that includes:

      • A new localized Russian version from @Sergey Osokin
      • Some updates and fixes to menu commands and tools
      • Some updates to the German translation from @Kurt Gold 
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