Using Prompt With List to modify variables on the fly

@griffman, very clever and super useful; thanks for the clear explanation and for sharing your macro.

I do have an enhancement to consider. If, in the first list, you included a markdown link rather than just the hyperlink you could:

  • add a fourth option (markdown) in the second Prompt With List
  • use the markdown link text (either by default) or if the second list was dismissed with a modifier pressed, as the default value in the Link text (Cancel for none) dialog.

I'm selfishly making this suggestion because I use markdown links frequently. Rob, if you aren't interested in making that enhancement, let me know and I'll take a crack at it.


On a related note, I discovered the Prompt With List double underscore feature when I was developing Augment or Filter Text.

That macro also includes two Prompt With Lists each including a category of text transformation. It uses the hidden portion of the PWL first entry (to the left of the two underscores) as a method to quickly bypass the first category and move onto the second Prompt With List.