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Scripting

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Custom Tool Bar Actions
- Creating a new action
- Using the built-in Script Editor
Examples
User Script (user.js)
Related Documentation
Porting
- From Rhino (Java 6/7) to Nashorn (Java 8)
  - Old Code
  - New Code
- See Also

Custom Tool Bar Actions

Creating a new action

Right-click on an empty tool bar area
Select New Action...
- Optionally select icon, enter a short name, and description
- Select a script language you want to use (Note: currently only JavaScript is fully supported)
- Click Create - a built-in Script Editor will appear where you can edit and test your script
Right-click on the new action button again to change its properties

Using the built-in Script Editor

Type a JavaScript code (Tip: Use Snippets menu to paste useful code samples)
Click Test (F9) to compile and test the code
Click Save to save changes and close editor

Examples

Auto search for a movie title using imdb.org

May be useful in Feed Viewer...

:::javascript
var Tabs = Java.type("org.makagiga.Tabs");
var MApplication = Java.type("org.makagiga.commons.MApplication");

var tab = Tabs.getInstance().selectedTab;
var title = tab.metaInfo.toString();
MApplication.openURI("http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q={0}", [title]);

Convert selected text to lower case

Works with Notepad editor...

:::javascript
var MStatusBar = Java.type("org.makagiga.commons.swing.MStatusBar");
var Editor = Java.type("org.makagiga.editors.Editor");

var core = Editor.currentCore;
if (core instanceof javax.swing.text.JTextComponent) {
    var text = core.selectedText;
    if (text) {
        core.replaceSelection(text.toLowerCase());
    }
    else {
        MStatusBar.info("No text selection");
    }
}

:::javascript
var MainWindow = Java.type("org.makagiga.MainWindow");

var mainWindow = MainWindow.getInstance();
var menuBar = mainWindow.getJMenuBar();

var maximizeView = menuBar.minimized;
menuBar.minimized = !maximizeView;
mainWindow.getElementById("main-split-pane").sidebarVisible = maximizeView;

Change editor colors

Works with Notepad editor...

:::javascript
var Color = Java.type("java.awt.Color");
var MText = Java.type("org.makagiga.commons.swing.MText");
var Editor = Java.type("org.makagiga.editors.Editor");
var NotepadEditorCore = Java.type("org.makagiga.editors.notepad.NotepadEditorCore");

var notepad = Editor.currentCore; // get active editor/tab
if (notepad instanceof NotepadEditorCore && notepad.editable) {
    // set colors
    MText.setStandardColors(
        notepad,
        Color.BLACK, // background
        new Color(0x66cc00), // text
        true // animation
    );
    // set monospaced font
    notepad.style = "font-family: monospace";
}

User Script (user.js)

User Script is a simple JavaScript file automatically executed on application startup.

You can create/modify this file directly in Makagiga using the built-in script editor:

Click menu -> Tools -> Console
Type: script -u

The default user.js file location is:

[Makagiga profile folder]/scripts/user.js
Example: /home/username/.makagiga/scripts/user.js

See menu -> Help -> About -> System to display the Makagiga profile folder.

Porting

From Rhino (Java 6/7) to Nashorn (Java 8)

Old Code

:::javascript
importClass(java.awt.Color) // ERROR: "importClass" is not defined
// ...
println("Foo") // ERROR: "println" is not defined

New Code

:::javascript
var Color = Java.type("java.awt.Color")
// ...
print("Foo")