More efficient way to select Group Plugin Controls and Bypass

Hi @Forrester_Savell,

It looks like you got close, but here is a step by step to show you how to make more of these :-)

• Convert the Script into a template via the "Convert to Template" button (You've done this already.)

• Click on the "Template" tab and remove any properties you've already created.

• Create four new properties with the following property Titles & Script Name (the "Script Name" is what we will use to reference the command template preset settings.)

Title: Controls A-E , Script Name: controlsAtoE,
Title: Controls F-J , Script Name: controlsFtoJ,
Title: Bypasses A-E , Script Name: bypassesAtoE,
Title: Bypasses F-J , Script Name: bypassesFtoJ,

• For each property in the template tab set the Type to "User-Defined Enum"

• For each of the properties add three "Enum Members" using the "+Add" button.
• For Each of the properties set the "Name/Values" of the "Enum Members" as follows (Enable, Disable, Toggle)

• Set the "Default Value" to "Disable".

• Return to the "Source" tab

• At the top of the script add the following code which deconstructs the properties from the template tab allowing you to use them in the script.

const {
    controlsAtoE,
    controlsFtoJ,
    bypassesAtoE,
    bypassesFtoJ,
} = event.props

Side note: This code does the same thing as the following code (Don't add this code);

const controlsAtoE = event.props.controlsAtoE;
const controlsFtoJ = event.props.controlsFtoJ;
const bypassesAtoE = event.props.bypassesAtoE;
const bypassesFtoJ = event.props.bypassesFtoJ;

• Below the newly added code add the following code block;

const attributes = {
    controlsAtoE_TargetValue: controlsAtoE,
    controlsFtoJ_TargetValue: controlsFtoJ,
    bypassesAtoE_TargetValue: bypassesAtoE,
    bypassesFtoJ_TargetValue: bypassesFtoJ,
}

Your script in its entirety should look like this;

const {
    controlsAtoE,
    controlsFtoJ,
    bypassesAtoE,
    bypassesFtoJ,
} = event.props

const attributes = {
    controlsAtoE_TargetValue: controlsAtoE,
    controlsFtoJ_TargetValue: controlsFtoJ,
    bypassesAtoE_TargetValue: bypassesAtoE,
    bypassesFtoJ_TargetValue: bypassesFtoJ,
}

function setGroupAtributes(attributes) {
    const {
        controlsAtoE_TargetValue,
        controlsFtoJ_TargetValue,
        bypassesAtoE_TargetValue,
        bypassesFtoJ_TargetValue,
    } = attributes

    sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();

    //Create Group
    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
        menuPath: ["Track", "Group..."]
    });

    const createGroupDialog = sf.ui.proTools.createGroupDialog;

    //Wait for Group Window
    createGroupDialog.elementWaitFor();

    //Input Group Name
    var groupName = sf.interaction.popupText({
        title: "Group Name?",
    }).text;

    createGroupDialog.textFields.first.elementSetTextFieldWithAreaValue({
        value: groupName,
    });

    //Uncheck Follow Globals
    createGroupDialog.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('Follow Globals').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: 'Disable'
    });

    //Choose "Attributes" page
    createGroupDialog.radioButtons.whoseTitle.is("Attributes 2 of 3").first.elementClick();

    sf.ui.proTools.invalidate();

    //Arrow Function
    const enableCheckBoxes = (index, targetValue) => createGroupDialog.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is("CheckBox").allItems[index].checkboxSet({ targetValue });

    const controlsAtoEindexes = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9];
    const controlsFtoJindexes = [11, 13, 15, 17, 19];
    const bypassesAtoEindexes = [0, 2, 4, 6, 8];
    const bypassesFtoJindexes = [10, 12, 14, 16, 18];

    controlsAtoEindexes.forEach(index => enableCheckBoxes(index, controlsAtoE_TargetValue));
    controlsFtoJindexes.forEach(index => enableCheckBoxes(index, controlsFtoJ_TargetValue));
    bypassesAtoEindexes.forEach(index => enableCheckBoxes(index, bypassesAtoE_TargetValue));
    bypassesFtoJindexes.forEach(index => enableCheckBoxes(index, bypassesFtoJ_TargetValue));

    //Click Ok
    createGroupDialog.buttons.whoseTitle.is("OK").first.elementClick();
}

setGroupAtributes(attributes);

• The last thing to do is create new presets for the Command Template; and assign their settings.

And that's it. Let me know if you get stuck :-)

Rock on!