🏷️ (autohotkey) - add a tagspaces style [tag] to a filename

[square tag].ahk

/*
[tag list]
bank
car
insurance
receipt
tax

[settings]
recent_total = 11
recent_tags = 


[script info]
version     = 0.4
description = add a tagspaces style [tag] to a filename
author      = davebrny
source      = https://gist.github.com/davebrny/7dbeda0baea3ec467c804772833fe2a5
*/

#noEnv
#singleInstance, force
onExit, exit_label

iniRead, tag_list, % a_lineFile, tag list

recent := []
iniRead, recent_total, % a_lineFile, settings, recent_total
iniRead, recent_tags,  % a_lineFile, settings, recent_tags
loop, parse, % recent_tags, `, , % a_space
    recent.push(a_loopField)

groupAdd, file_browsers, ahk_exe explorer.exe
groupAdd, file_browsers, ahk_exe XYplorerFree.exe
hotkey, ifWinActive, ahk_group file_browsers
hotkey, !t, square_menu

return  ; end of auto-execute---------------------------------------------------





square_menu:
file_path := get_file()
if (file_path = "")
    return ; dont continue

menu, square_menu, add, square tag, add_tag
menu, square_menu, default, square tag
menu, square_menu, disable, square tag
menu, square_menu, add

splitPath, file_path, , dir, ext, filename
tags := get_tags(filename)
if (tags)
    {
    menu, current_tags, add, select to remove:, remove_tag
    menu, current_tags, disable, select to remove:
    menu, current_tags, add
    loop, parse, tags, `, , % a_space
        menu, current_tags, add, % a_loopfield, remove_tag
    menu, square_menu, add, current tags, :current_tags
    menu, square_menu, add
    }
if (tag_list)
    {
    loop, parse, tag_list, `n, `r
        {
        menu, tag_list, add, % a_loopfield, add_tag
        if already_in(tags, a_loopfield)
            menu, tag_list, disable, % a_loopfield
        }
    menu, square_menu, add, tag list, :tag_list
    }
if (tags_in_folder())
    {
    loop, % in_folder.maxIndex()
        {
        menu, in_folder, add, % in_folder[a_index], add_tag
        if already_in(tags, in_folder[a_index])
            menu, in_folder, disable, % in_folder[a_index]
        }
    menu, square_menu, add, in folder, :in_folder
    }
if (recent.maxIndex())
    {
    menu, square_menu, add
    menu, square_menu, add, recent tags:, add_tag
    menu, square_menu, disable, recent tags:
    menu, square_menu, add
    loop, % recent.maxIndex()
        {
        menu, square_menu, add, % recent[a_index], add_tag
        if already_in(tags, recent[a_index])
            menu, square_menu, disable, % recent[a_index]
        }
    menu, square_menu, add
    menu, square_menu, add, clear recent, clear_recent
    }
menu, square_menu,  useErrorLevel
menu, square_menu,  show

menu, square_menu,  delete
menu, current_tags, delete
menu, tag_list,     delete
menu, in_folder,    delete
file_path := ""
tags      := ""
new_tags  := ""
return


get_file() {
    if winActive("ahk_class CabinetWClass")        ; file explorer
        file_path := selected_file_ex()
    else if winActive("ahk_exe XYplorerFree.exe")  ; xyplorer
        file_path := selected_file_xy()

    return file_path
}


selected_file_ex() {  ; file explorer
    for window in comObjCreate("shell.application").windows
        {
        if (window.hwnd != winExist("a"))
            continue
        for file in window.document.selectedItems
            selected .= (selected ? "`n" : "") . file.path
        }
    file_path := first_file(selected)
    return file_path
}


selected_file_xy() {  ; xyplorer
    restore_clipboard := clipboardAll
    clipboard := ""
    send ^{p}
    clipWait, 0.3
    selected := clipboard
    clipboard := restore_clipboard
    file_path := first_file(selected)
    return file_path
}


first_file(list) {
    loop, parse, list, `n, `r
        {
        if fileExist(a_loopField)
            return a_loopField
        }
}


get_tags(byRef filename) {
    if inStr(filename, "[") and inStr(filename, "]")
        {
        stringGetPos, pos, filename, [, R1
        stringMid, str_right, filename, pos + 2

        stringMid, name_without_tags, filename, pos, , L
        filename := rTrim(name_without_tags)

        stringGetPos, pos, str_right, ], R1
        stringMid, tags, str_right, pos, , L
        return tags
        }
}


already_in(tags, item) {
    if inStr(", " tags ", "  ,  ", " item ", ")
        return true
}


tags_in_folder() {
    global in_folder, dir
    in_folder := []
    loop, files, % dir "\*", FD
        {
        splitPath, a_loopFileFullPath, , , , filename
        tags := get_tags(filename)
        loop, parse, % tags, `, , % a_space
            in_folder.push(a_loopField)
        }
    if (in_folder.maxIndex())
        return in_folder
}


remove_tag:
loop, parse, tags, `, , % a_space
    {
    if (a_loopField != a_thisMenuItem)
        new_tags .= (new_tags? ", " : "") . a_loopfield
    }
new_path := dir "\" filename . (new_tags ? " [" new_tags "]" : "")
if (fileExist(file_path) = "D")
     fileMoveDir, % file_path, % new_path
else fileMove,    % file_path, % new_path "." ext
return


add_tag:
new_path := dir "\" filename " [" tags . (tags? ", " : "") . a_thisMenuItem "]"
if (fileExist(file_path) = "D")
     fileMoveDir, % file_path, % new_path
else fileMove,    % file_path, % new_path "." ext
add_to_recent(a_thisMenuItem)
return


add_to_recent(item) {
    global recent, recent_total
    for index, value in recent
        if (value = item)   ; if already in recent
            recent.removeAt(index)
    recent.insertAt(1, item)
    if (recent.maxIndex() > recent_total)
        recent.pop()
}


clear_recent:
recent := []
iniWrite, % "", % a_lineFile, settings, recent_tags
return


exit_label:
recent_tags := ""
loop, % recent.maxIndex()
    recent_tags .= (recent_tags ? ", " : "") . recent[a_index]
iniRead, ini_value, % a_lineFile, settings, recent_tags
if (recent_tags != ini_value)
    iniWrite, % " " recent_tags, % a_lineFile, settings, recent_tags
exitApp

i use TagSpaces to organise my scanned documents but i wanted something a bit more lightweight that would let me quickly add a tag or two without having to open the application.

usage

• populate the tag list in the ini section at the top of the file and then reload the script to update your changes
• select a single file or folder in file explorer
• press alt + t to show the tag menu

tag format

filename [tag1].txt
filename [tag1, tag2, tag3].txt

the square tag has to be at the end of the filename

add a tag
- click on a tag name in the "tag list" sub-menu to have it added to the file.
- the "in folder" sub-menu shows tags that are being used in other files in the same folder.
- once a few tags have been added a "recent tags" section will appear at the bottom of the list

any tags that are already being used in the current file will show as disabled/greyed out

remove a tag
click on one of the tag names in the "current tags" sub-menu to remove it from the filename

Whow!
This is exactly what I was searching for.
2 questions please:

1. When I select a tag to a file, it duplicate the file, meaning that I'm left with the old file (without a tag) and a new file with the tag.
   Is there a way just to add a tag and don't copy the file?
2. When using Hebrew characters, although I save the script in UTF8, I see gibberish in the menu and I cannot use Hebrew tags.
   Do you know how to do that?

Thank you very much!

Hello
Great script! I really like the way you realized the GUI and the functionality!
I think about adapting it to my preferred file manager FreeCommander.
You got any hints for me before I start by digging myself into your code?
Kind regards, Hauke

Hauke

hey glad you like it! i just updated the this with some code i had in another script for using multiple file browsers. just add a new function for freecommander and you can use it as normal :)

Incredible! I only added "FreeCommander.exe" in two places, and then one single more line for getting the file path, and now it already works! So great; thank you!

Very helpful script. Many thanks. Two additional features, if it is possible, could improve even more its functionality.

1. Select the tags with a tick box, instead as now using the click. The advantage would be that more tags could be selected at the same time - by flagging each tick box - and not as now just one tag at the time (also - as alternative - a Ctrl click to select multiple tags could be helpful, in place of the tick boxes).
2. Using still ^t to make the tag list appear also while saving a file. Once one has written the name of a file in the Window, "Save as...", it would be helpful to add in the name the tags on the fly, so to have the file with tags since its creation, instead of adding them afterwards.

i use filename-tag1-tag2.txt to make tags,
because the [xxx] in tagspaces or the #xxx in taglyst ruin the new god obsidians's bi directional link.

based on the above script, i made mine with help from C3.5 and GPT4.
i posted in the ahk forum:
https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=20226&p=584595#p584595
at the bottom.
have a look

in windows, when you type xxx, it will filter the xxx out, with some other tools they some sort work alike tagspaces ( i never used taglyst which is a subscription service).

tagspaces crazyly bukly and use up lot's of resources.
and even 500 photos, it loads like hell.

i have asked it's author to put the sidecar file in the SAME folder as the original file, but they refused.
together with this [xxx] issue, tagspaces didn't fit my use anymore.