Drafts Directory: Convert Lists to Headers

Action

Posted by kjaymiller, Last update about 6 years ago

Action finds all list items in a draft. Select the items you wish to convert to a header and select the type of header you wish to convert the items to.

Action created by kjaymiller. Follow on Twitter or contact through https://kjaymiller.github.io.

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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);
  });
};

script

// See online documentation for examples
// http://getdrafts.com/scripting

re = /(-( \[x* *\])*) *.+/g
menu = Prompt.create();
menu.title = "Select the items you wish to make a header"
menu.addButton('# H1', '#')
menu.addButton('## H2', '##')
menu.addButton('### H1', '##')

var listItems = []
while ((match=re.exec(draft.content)) != null) {
 listItems.push(match[0])
}

menu.addSelect('listItems', 'List Items', listItems, listItems, true)

var m = menu.show();

for (let item of menu.fieldValues['listItems']) {
  var location = editor.getText().indexOf(item)
  var length = item.length
  
  switch (item.substring(0,3)) {
  case '- [':
 editor.setTextInRange(location, length, menu.buttonPressed + ' ' + item.substring(6,).toTitleCase())
  break;
  
  default:
 editor.setTextInRange(location, length, menu.buttonPressed + ' ' + item.substring(2,).toTitleCase())
  break;
}
}

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