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apply a keyword to multiple selected (or marked) items
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:27 pm
by johnlaudun
I'm at the end of a particular project, and so it's time to disperse a group, making space available for new projects. I would like, however, to have a "memory" of what was in that group by adding a common tag to all the items in that group. I cannot figure out how to do that from within the Bookends interface, and I haven't been able to find a solution in the forums. (Is it time to figure out an Automator workflow? Shudders.
Re: apply a keyword to multiple selected (or marked) items
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:09 am
by iandol
Open Window > Term Lists > Keywords (you can search/filter the list) and drag-n-drop the keyword to the selected refs. I don't know how to do that for hits, other than go to hits folder and select-all then drag-n-drop...
It shouldn't be too difficult to make an applescript to take the current selection or hits and add a keyword, using something like Alfred you could make it into a GUI, but the term-list is already pretty functional...
Re: apply a keyword to multiple selected (or marked) items
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:08 am
by Jon
I like landol's solution best, it's what I would use. But for completeness, there are alternatives. For example, Global Change -> Put term -> after -> field Keywords -> for each selected reference (or references in the Hits List).
Jon
Sonny Software
Re: apply a keyword to multiple selected (or marked) items
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:21 pm
by johnlaudun
iandol wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:09 am
Open Window > Term Lists > Keywords (you can search/filter the list) and drag-n-drop the keyword to the selected refs. I don't know how to do that for hits, other than go to hits folder and select-all then drag-n-drop...
It shouldn't be too difficult to make an applescript to take the current selection or hits and add a keyword, using something like Alfred you could make it into a GUI, but the term-list is already pretty functional...
That's brilliant, and only proves to me how little I know about the software I use.