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<p>This class allows executing or registering new Joplin commands. Commands
can be executed or associated with
<a href="joplinviewstoolbarbuttons.html">toolbar buttons</a> or
<a href="joplinviewsmenuitems.html">menu items</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/tree/dev/packages/app-cli/tests/support/plugins/register_command">View the demo plugin</a></p>
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<h2>Executing Joplin's internal commands</h2>
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<p>It is also possible to execute internal Joplin's commands which, as of
now, are not well documented. You can find the list directly on GitHub
though at the following locations:</p>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/tree/dev/packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands">Main screen commands</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/tree/dev/packages/app-desktop/commands">Global commands</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/tree/dev/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/commands/editorCommandDeclarations.ts">Editor commands</a></li>
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<p>To view what arguments are supported, you can open any of these files
and look at the <code>execute()</code> command.</p>
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<h3>execute</h3>
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<li class="tsd-signature tsd-kind-icon">execute<span class="tsd-signature-symbol">(</span>commandName<span class="tsd-signature-symbol">: </span><span class="tsd-signature-type">string</span>, <span class="tsd-signature-symbol">...</span>args<span class="tsd-signature-symbol">: </span><span class="tsd-signature-type">any</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol">[]</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol">)</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol">: </span><span class="tsd-signature-type">Promise</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol"><</span><span class="tsd-signature-type">any</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol"> | </span><span class="tsd-signature-type">void</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></li>
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<p><span class="platform-desktop">desktop</span> Executes the given
command.</p>
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<p>The command can take any number of arguments, and the supported
arguments will vary based on the command. For custom commands, this
is the <code>args</code> passed to the <code>execute()</code> function. For built-in
commands, you can find the supported arguments by checking the links
above.</p>
<pre><code class="language-typescript"><span class="hljs-comment">// Create a new note in the current notebook:</span>
<span class="hljs-keyword">await</span> joplin.commands.execute(<span class="hljs-string">'newNote'</span>);
<span class="hljs-comment">// Create a new sub-notebook under the provided notebook</span>
<span class="hljs-comment">// Note: internally, notebooks are called "folders".</span>
<span class="hljs-keyword">await</span> joplin.commands.execute(<span class="hljs-string">'newFolder'</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"SOME_FOLDER_ID"</span>);</code></pre>
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<h5>commandName: <span class="tsd-signature-type">string</span></h5>
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<li class="tsd-signature tsd-kind-icon">register<span class="tsd-signature-symbol">(</span>command<span class="tsd-signature-symbol">: </span><a href="../interfaces/command.html" class="tsd-signature-type">Command</a><span class="tsd-signature-symbol">)</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol">: </span><span class="tsd-signature-type">Promise</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol"><</span><span class="tsd-signature-type">void</span><span class="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></li>
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<p><span class="platform-desktop">desktop</span> Registers a new command.</p>
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<pre><code class="language-typescript"><span class="hljs-comment">// Register a new commmand called "testCommand1"</span>
<span class="hljs-keyword">await</span> joplin.commands.register({
<span class="hljs-attr">name</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'testCommand1'</span>,
<span class="hljs-attr">label</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'My Test Command 1'</span>,
<span class="hljs-attr">iconName</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'fas fa-music'</span>,
<span class="hljs-attr">execute</span>: <span class="hljs-function">() =></span> {
alert(<span class="hljs-string">'Testing plugin command 1'</span>);
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});</code></pre>
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