Export/Import - how to implement?

[iSapozhnik]

In my app, I have some user-defined actions. Let's say this action is a codable struct that I can save as binary data on the disk. I'm planning also to use KeyboardShortcuts so that those actions could be triggered by the shortcut. Is there a way to export and then import those shortcuts attached to the action?

[sindresorhus]

This is how I do it in one of my apps:

struct Folder: Codable {
	let id: UUID
	var title: String?

	var toggleMenuShortcutName: KeyboardShortcuts.Name { .init(id.uuidString) }
}

And it can then be used like this:

KeyboardShortcuts.Recorder("Toggle menu:", name: folder.toggleMenuShortcutName)

[iSapozhnik]

Thanks for the reply. If I understand correctly this will save the name of the shortcut, right? Imagine the following flow... I encode Folder into data, store it on the disk, and share it with someone. If this other person imports the file into the app — he won't be able to use the shortcut I set before the export action. Is there a way to achieve that?

[sindresorhus]

Ok. Then you need to store the Shortcut too. It's Codable.

[sindresorhus]

The ideal solution would be for the recorder to accept a binding so you could store the shortcut directly in the struct on changes: Recorder(shortcut: $shortcut) However, this opens a can of worms as then it would loose out on a lot of the utility methods provided for the keyboard name identifier, like events.

[sindresorhus]

The easiest workaround for now would probably be to use the onChange handler in Recorder to update your struct shortcut on changes.

[iSapozhnik]

Thanks @sindresorhus.

So I extended my struct and added one more property - shortcut. The good thing is that both the struct and the shortcut are codable so I can make a binary, save it to the file, import it on another machine, and use it. In order to use I need to again establish a connection between the shortcut name and the shortcut itself and of course setup handlers.

Just tried this approach and it works great!

Thanks again! We can close it now.