Cancel Culture

COMMENT

Cancel Culture: a proof-of-concept shortcut for detecting if someone has pressed "cancel" on an alert on a previous run. Of course, there are many different ways to approach the specifics of the implementation, but this should give you an idea of the structure. Made by @FifiTheBulldog

TEXT

Cancel.json

DOCUMENTS

Get File

Service

iCloud Drive

Show Document Picker

File Path

/Shortcuts/example.txt

Error If Not Found

SCRIPTING

If

File

does not have any value

DICTIONARY

HasApproved

0

HasAttempted

0

DOCUMENTS

Save

Dictionary

Service

iCloud Drive

Ask Where to Save

Destination Path

/Shortcuts/

Text

Overwrite If File Exists

End If

SCRIPTING

Get

Value

for

HasApproved

in

If Result

SCRIPTING

If

Dictionary Value

is

<value>

SCRIPTING

Show alert

You already pressed "OK," you're all set!

Title

You already pressed "OK," you're all set!

Show Cancel Button

DOCUMENTS

Delete

File

Confirm Before Deleting

Otherwise

SCRIPTING

Get

Value

for

HasAttempted

in

If Result

SCRIPTING

If

Dictionary Value

is

<value>

SCRIPTING

Show

Accept your fate and press OK this time.

SAFARI

Show web page at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Enter Safari Reader

SCRIPTING

Show alert

Now that that's out of the way, I ask again: Do you want to continue?

Title

Now that that's out of the way, I ask again: Do you want to continue?

Show Cancel Button

SCRIPTING

Set

HasApproved

to

1

in

Dictionary

DOCUMENTS

Save

Dictionary

Service

iCloud Drive

Ask Where to Save

Destination Path

/Shortcuts/

Text

Overwrite If File Exists

Otherwise

SCRIPTING

Set

HasAttempted

to

1

in

Dictionary

DOCUMENTS

Save

Dictionary

Service

iCloud Drive

Ask Where to Save

Destination Path

/Shortcuts/

Text

Overwrite If File Exists

SCRIPTING

Show alert

Informational Message

Title

optional

Show Cancel Button

SCRIPTING

Set

HasApproved

to

1

in

Dictionary

DOCUMENTS

Save

Dictionary

Service

iCloud Drive

Ask Where to Save

Destination Path

/Shortcuts/

Text

Overwrite If File Exists

End If