List + Heading Converter

script

// Define the default settings
let defaultHeadingLevel = 3; // Change this to your desired default level
let defaultNewlines = 2; // Change this to your desired default newlines between headings
let defaultListType = "Simple List"; // Change this to your desired default list type ("Unordered List", "Ordered List", "Simple List")

// Get the current draft and the selected text
let selectedText = editor.getSelectedText();

// If no text is selected, alert the user and abort the script
if (selectedText.length === 0) {
    alert("Please select text before running this script.");
    throw new Error("No text selected");
}

// Function to determine if the selected text is in list format
const isList = text => {
  let regex = new RegExp("^(\\d+\\. |- |- \[ \] )");
  return regex.test(text.trim());
}

// Function to convert list to headings
const listToHeadings = (text, headingLevel, newlines) => {
  let lines = text.split('\n');
  let headingPrefix = '#'.repeat(headingLevel) + ' ';
  let converted = lines.map(line => headingPrefix + line.replace(/^(\\d+\\. |- |- \[ \] )/, '') + '\n'.repeat(newlines + 1)).join('');
  return converted;
}

// Function to convert headings to list
const headingsToList = (text, listType) => {
  let lines = text.split('\n');
  let index = 1;
  let converted = lines
    .filter(line => line.trim() !== '') // Remove empty lines
    .map(line => {
      let listPrefix;
      switch(listType) {
        case "Unordered List":
          listPrefix = "- ";
          break;
        case "Ordered List":
          listPrefix = `${index++}. `;
          break;
        case "Simple List":
          listPrefix = "- [ ] ";
          break;
      }
      return listPrefix + line.replace(/^#{1,6} /, ''); // Convert to list format
    })
    .join('\n');
  return converted;
}

let newText;
// Determine if the selected text is in list format and convert accordingly
if (isList(selectedText)) {
  // Prompt the user for the heading level and newlines
  let p = Prompt.create();
  p.title = "Convert List to Headings";
  p.message = "Select the markdown heading level to convert to and the number of newlines between headings.";
  p.addSelect("level", "Heading Level", ["H1", "H2", "H3", "H4", "H5", "H6"], ["H" + defaultHeadingLevel.toString()], false);
  p.addSelect("newlines", "Newlines Between Headings", ["1", "2", "3"], [defaultNewlines.toString()], false);
  p.addButton("OK");
  if (p.show()) {
    let headingLevel = parseInt(p.fieldValues["level"][0].substring(1)); // Get the first item of the array and remove the "H" prefix before parsing
    let newlines = parseInt(p.fieldValues["newlines"][0]);
    newText = listToHeadings(selectedText, headingLevel, newlines);
  }
} else {
  // Prompt the user for the list type
  let p = Prompt.create();
  p.title = "Convert Headings to List";
  p.message = "Select the list type to convert to.";
  p.addSelect("listType", "List Type", ["Unordered List", "Ordered List", "Simple List"], [defaultListType], false);
  p.addButton("OK");
  if (p.show()) {
    let listType = p.fieldValues["listType"][0];
    newText = headingsToList(selectedText, listType);
  }
}

// Replace the selected text with the new text and select it
editor.setSelectedText(newText);
editor.setSelectedRange(editor.getSelectedRange()[0], newText.length);