A form trigger to generate form triggers!

verbose-form-template

By Omar Elmenawi, reworked by Stephen Meech

Espanso shortcode to create espanso forms with the list extension

shortcut

template

form

yml

Paste this command in a terminal to install the package

espanso install verbose-form-template

Description

Source

Espanso Form Extension Shortcut

This package allows you to quickly create a new Espanso shortcut containing a list Form extension. Please see the example below.

Usage

Let's say you want to create a new Espanso shortcut that will allow you to choose between different options such as a list of colors that you frequently use in styling. Or you have a list of co-worker logins that you need to use but can't always remember off-hand. You can use the Form extension to quickly generate a shortcut template to give you a list of options to choose from.

Type

:vblf

(verbose list form) in your YAML code-editor and complete the information in the popup form. Once you click

Submit

a form trigger will be pasted in its place. Further edits, such as additional options, or changing the field

type:

choice

, can then be inserted.

Please see

for a short video demo of an earlier version.

# Example usage

  - triggers: ['csscolors--', 'csscol--']
    replace: "color:  {{CSS.color_name}}"
    vars:
      - name: "CSS"
        type: form
        params:
          layout: "color_name: [[color_name]]" 
          fields:
            color_name:
              type: list
              values:
              - red
              - orange
              - black
              - white
              - green
              - blue
              - purple
              - pink
              - yellow
              - brown
              - gray
              - cyan
              - magenta
              - lime
              - teal
              - indigo
              - violet
              - fuchsia
              - aqua
              - maroon
              - navy
              - olive
              - silver
              - limegreen
              - skyblue
              - tan

Source

Please refer to the awesome documentation for verbose syntax forms here https://espanso.org/docs/matches/forms/#controls-with-the-verbose-syntax

package.yml

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/espanso/espanso/dev/schemas/match.schema.json

matches:

# Description:
#   - Allows you to specify:
#     - form name
#     - trigger
#     - variable
#     - replace
#     - three starter list options

  - trigger: ':vblf'
    label: 'Espanso: Form - Verbose'
    replace: |2-
        - triggers: ['{{FORM.trigger}}']
          replace: "{{FORM.replace}} {{{{FORM.form_name}}.{{FORM.variable}}}}"
          vars:
            - name: {{FORM.form_name}}
              type: form
              params:
                layout: "{{FORM.variable}}: [[{{FORM.variable}}]]" 
                fields:
                  {{FORM.variable}}:
                    type: list
                    values:
                    - {{FORM.list_option_one}}
                    - {{FORM.list_option_two}}
                    - {{FORM.list_option_three}}
    vars:
      - name: FORM
        type: form
        params:
          layout: |-
            Trigger: [[trigger]] Replace text: [[replace]] 
            Form:
            Name: [[form_name]] Variable: [[variable]]
            Form list:        
            Option one: [[list_option_one]] 
            Option two: [[list_option_two]]
            Option three: [[list_option_three]]

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