Drafts Directory: Change Case...

Action

Posted by agiletortoise, Last update over 4 years ago

Change case of selected text. Options for lower, UPPER and Title Case, as well as destination for output.

Steps

script

// Adapted from sample originally posted 

/*
  * To Title Case 2.1 – http://individed.com/code/to-title-case/
  * Copyright © 2008–2013 David Gouch. Licensed under the MIT License.
 */

String.prototype.toTitleCase = function(){
  var smallWords = /^(a|an|and|as|at|but|by|en|for|if|in|nor|of|on|or|per|the|to|vs?\.?|via)$/i;

  return this.replace(/[A-Za-z0-9\u00C0-\u00FF]+[^\s-]*/g, function(match, index, title){
    if (index > 0 && index + match.length !== title.length &&
      match.search(smallWords) > -1 && title.charAt(index - 2) !== ":" &&
      (title.charAt(index + match.length) !== '-' || title.charAt(index - 1) === '-') &&
      title.charAt(index - 1).search(/[^\s-]/) < 0) {
      return match.toLowerCase();
    }

    if (match.substr(1).search(/[A-Z]|\../) > -1) {
      return match;
    }

    return match.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + match.substr(1);
  });
};

// Convert selected text to title case.
var s = editor.getSelectedText();
editor.setSelectedText(s.toTitleCase());

script

// prompt for case change type and run
let f = () => {
	let p = Prompt.create();
	
	p.title = "Change Case";
	p.message = "Change case of text selection";
	
	p.addSelect("op", "Operation", ["UPPER", "lower", "Title"], ["UPPER"], false);
	
	p.addSelect("output", "Output", ["Replace selection", "Clipboard", "New draft"], ["Replace selection"], false);
		
	p.addButton("Change");
	
	if (!p.show()) {
		return false;
	}
	
	let op = p.fieldValues["op"][0];
	let selection = editor.getSelectedText();
	
	switch(op) {
		case "UPPER":
			selection = selection.toUpperCase();
			break;
		case "lower":
			selection = selection.toLowerCase();
			break;
		case "Title":
			selection = selection.toLowerCase().toTitleCase();
			break;
	}
	
	const output = p.fieldValues["output"][0];
	switch(output) {
		case "Replace selection":
			editor.setSelectedText(selection);
			break;
		case "Clipboard":
			app.setClipboard(selection);
			break;
		case "New draft":
			let d = Draft.create();
			d.content = selection;
			d.update();
			editor.load(d);
			break;
	}
	return true;
}

if (!f()) {
	context.cancel();
}

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