planetwater

I like to maintain lists in OmniOutliner. One feature of OmniOutliner is its ability to allow for multiple columns. There are a number of options for the type of a column, such as number or currency. You even can perform basic computations like sums on the columns. Even more, a column can be of type “checkbox”.

Sometimes, I like to check off an item, and then I want it to be visually dimmed, the text should be struck out, but still readable (so I can see what I have already done).

This is all possible in OmniOutliner with mouse clicks. The magic here comes in an Apple Script (resides here on GitHub). Even more, it is possible to include a buttom in the customized toolbar. When you push this button, the script is executed. To achieve this, follow these steps:

• copy the apple script to ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.omnigroup.OmniOutliner5
• you can add a custom icon to the applescript file itself in order to do this (copy an image to the pasteboard, go to the file in the Finder, show info, click on the generic icon in the info pane to highlight it, paste) — Thanks Greg on Omnis Slack channel for this!
• control-click on the tool bar, select “Customize Toolbar…”, and drag the script, that should appear, onto the toolbar (to where the jiggling icons are)