Drafts Directory: Markdown Link

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Posted by RosemaryOrchard, Last update about 3 years ago

Insert Markdown link “”. If there is a text selection, use it as the link text, if a URL is in the clipboard (something beginning with ftp/http/https/mailto, and containing no space characters), place it as the link.

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/*
### Create Markdown link

#### if text in clipboard is NOT a URL:

- If no text is selected, insert []() in cursor position, leaving cursor ready to type link text.
- If text is selected, insert [selectedText]() leaving cursor in parens to type URL.

#### If URL in Clipboard:

- If no text is selected, insert [](urlFromClipboard) in cursor position, leaving cursor ready to type link text
- If text is selected, insert [selectedText](urlFromClipboard) leaving cursor after close parens.
*/

// helper to test for URL
function isUrl(s) {
   var regexp = new RegExp('(ftp|http|https|mailto):\/\/\S+', 'i')
   return regexp.test(s);
}

var sel = editor.getSelectedText();
let [st, len] = editor.getSelectedRange();

if (!sel || sel.length == 0) {
  editor.setSelectedText("[]()");
  editor.setSelectedRange(st+1,0);
}
else {
  editor.setSelectedText("["+sel+"]()");
  editor.setSelectedRange(st+len+3, 0);
}

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