How to sort clip name and checkerboard on defined tracks

Hi Christian, lovely to have you onboard. Please see attached screenshots for before and after clip split.

Conform track and Dialogue track destinations before clip split...

Here's the track layout after manual clip split.

Hope this helps. Excited to see the outcome of this.

Cheers,

Iain

Hey Christian, thanks for your little nuggets of help over the last few days. Here's my first go at a similar idea. Not finished yet but close!

Any suggestions welcome!

Cheers,

Iain

var c = parseFloat(TrCount)
sf.ui.proTools.appActivate();
sf.wait({ intervalMs: 100 });

function getclipName() {
    //Make sure we have no search in Clips list - if we had, Clip Rename won't work (Pro Tools bug)
    sf.keyboard.press({ keys: 'cmd+shift+d' });

    //Clip Clip->Rename...
    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['Clip', 'Rename...'] });

    //Wait for 'Name' dialog to come up, assign the dialog to dlg variable
    var dlg = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is('Name').first.elementWaitFor({}, 'Could not find "Name" dialog').element;

    //Find the first text field
    var textField = dlg.groups.whoseTitle.is('Name').first.textFields.first;

    //Get the current Name
    var clipName = textField.value.value;

    //Close Window
    dlg.buttons.whoseTitle.is('Cancel').first.elementClick();

    //Wait for the dialog to close
    dlg.elementWaitFor({ waitForNoElement: true });

    return clipName;
}

function getslateNumber() {
    //Extract slateNumber
    var str = getclipName();
    var slateNumber = str.split("T")[0];
    return slateNumber;
}

function getslateLast() {
    //Extract last number of slateNumber
    var str = getslateNumber();
    var slateLast = str.slice(-1);
    return slateLast;
}

function clipSplit() {

    sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();

    const originalTracks = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames;

    let slateLast = getslateLast();

    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
        menuPath: ["Edit", "Cut"],
    });
    if (slateLast == "0") {

        sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
            names: ["Slate 10"],
        });
    }
    else {
        sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
            names: ["Slate " + slateLast],
        });
    }
    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
        menuPath: ["Edit", "Paste"],
    });
    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({ names: originalTracks });
}

clipSplit();

for (var counter = 1; counter <= c; counter++) {
    sf.wait({ intervalMs: 50 });
    sf.ui.proTools.clipDoForEachClipInTrack({
        action: clipSplit,
    });
    sf.wait({ intervalMs: 50 });
    sf.keyboard.press({
        keys: 'semicolon'
    });
    sf.wait({ intervalMs: 50 });
}

Hi Christian, after a lot of head scratching, googling and very useful help from this forum, i think i've got the script pretty close.

This script will read the Scene Number for each clip (that's where my slate number is kept in ProTools besides Clip name), add it to an array, sort that array into ascending order and copy each clip to a track that matches the position of that scene number within the sorted array.

Pretty pleased with the outcome but if there are any handy tips to tidy up the script i'd love to hear them.

My next phase would be to work out a quicker way to get the slate number of all the clips . Suggestions welcome.

Cheers,

Iain

    //Make sure we have no search in Clips list - if we had, Clip Rename won't work (Pro Tools bug)
    sf.keyboard.press({ keys: 'cmd+shift+d' });

    //Clip Clip->Rename...
    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['Clip', 'Rename...'] });

    //Wait for 'Name' dialog to come up, assign the dialog to dlg variable
    var dlg = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is('Name').first.elementWaitFor({}, 'Could not find "Name" dialog').element;

    //Get the scene number from clip info
    var sceneNumber = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is('Name').first.groups.whoseTitle.is('Clip Info').first.children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").allItems[11].value.invalidate().value;

    //Close Window
    dlg.buttons.whoseTitle.is('Cancel').first.elementClick();

    //Wait for the dialog to close
    dlg.elementWaitFor({ waitForNoElement: true });

    return sceneNumber;
}

function addtoclipSlates() {
    //Add sceneNumber to clipSlates array
    var str = getsceneNumber();
    //sceneNumber only gets added to array if it doesn't already exist
    if (!clipSlates.includes(str)) {
        clipSlates.push(str)
    };
    return clipSlates;
}

function copytoTrack() {
    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
        menuPath: ["Edit", "Copy"],
    });
    //Get sceneNumber
    var slateNumber = getsceneNumber();
    //target track will be the position of the slateNumber in the slatesAscend array
    var targetTrack = slatesAscend.indexOf(slateNumber) + 1;
    var dxTrack = "DX " + targetTrack;
    let pasteTrack = dxTrack;
    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({ names: [pasteTrack], });
    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
        menuPath: ["Edit", "Paste"],
    });

    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({ names: originalTrack });
    return;
}

sf.ui.proTools.appActivate();
sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.invalidate();

var clipSlates = []; //Create an empty array

sf.ui.proTools.clipDoForEachSelectedClip({
    action: addtoclipSlates,
});

let numbers = clipSlates;
var slatesAscend = numbers.sort((a, b) => a - b);

const originalTrack = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames;

sf.ui.proTools.clipDoForEachSelectedClip({
    action: copytoTrack,
});