Open Documents folders
Gets the Documents folder contents and lets you pick which item to open.
Shortcut Information
Use this shortcut to pick from your Documents folder and open any of the files or folders contained within.
Requires downloading the contents of your Documents folder locally, but then it works fairly seamlessly after that.
Requires downloading the contents of your Documents folder locally, but then it works fairly seamlessly after that.
Category
Complexity
Interactivity
Actions Used
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Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
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Open In…
Opens the input as file in the selected app. Can either use the Open In menu or have a supported app selected to open into automatically – toggle “Show Open In Menu” off and select Choose to see the list of available apps on your device.
Extra Details
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AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Documents folders”
end tell
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