How to get element id of omnigraffle

[llvim]

I want to get ID of element from a omnigraffle diagram to do some automation stuff. how to do it?

[draft8]

@llvim

some automation stuff

• omniJS ?
• JavaScript for Automation ?
• AppleScript ?

In the GUI, it’s that final column in the sidebar ([2,3,4,5] below):

[ScoutsHonor]

Isn’t it also shown in the Property Inspector under Object Data? (matches what you see in the Sidebar under Layers or Outline for me)

Where would a unique ID be for an element?

[draft8]

Anything reasonably unique ( a UUID, for example ) would have to be supplied by the scripter and attached as a user property.

These IDs are just natural number ordinals, and they don’t persist between sessions.

To quote the entry for the id property of a graphic object in the omniJS interface:

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var id → Number read-only

A unique identifier (within this canvas) of this graphic. Note that this value is NOT persistent across closing/reopening of the document.

[llvim]

@draft8

Note that this value is NOT persistent across closing/reopening of the document.

I Need ID that is persistent

[draft8]

I Need ID that is persistent

• omniJS ?
• JavaScript for Automation ?
• AppleScript ?

[llvim]

@draft8

AppleScript ?

make a link to a specific element

[draft8]

If you are using AppleScript, you should be able to generate a new UUID:

-- newUUID :: () -> IO UUID String
on newUUID()
    current application's NSUUID's UUID's UUIDString as string
end newUUID

and then attach it to an element as a custom user property.