Text (URL) copy - alter text (URL) - past text (URL)

[martindoersch]

Hi!

I want to create a workflow that

1. copies a selected text (URL)
2. alters this text (URL) - add a character at a specific location. (after the 16th character add a dash - )
3. pasts the altered text (URL)

 

Do you have any suggestions for me, how to do this with workflows?

Martin

[vitor]

2 hours ago, martindoersch said:

copies a selected text (URL)

 

Universal Action Trigger or Hotkey Trigger with Argument set to Selection in macOS.

 

2 hours ago, martindoersch said:

alters this text (URL) - add a character at a specific location. (after the 16th character add a dash - )

 

Replace Utility set to “Replace regex (.{16})(.*) with $1-$2”.

2 hours ago, martindoersch said:

pasts the altered text (URL)

 

Copy to Clipboard Output (check Automatically paste to frontmost app).

 

Edited July 17, 2022 by vitor

[martindoersch]

Hi!
Thanks so much. This works.

 

I just want to make it more effective for me by adding the following before/after:

1. Keystroke CMD+L (activate URL in Browser)
2. Copy the selection to clipboard
3. do the string replacement with your regex
4. Paste from clipboard
5. Keystroke ENTER (to load the new url)

[vitor]

4 hours ago, martindoersch said:

Keystroke

 

Dispatch Key Combo.

You can also use an Automation Tasks to get the current tab URL.

[martindoersch]

I found the Automation Tasks to be very handy.

[vitor]

Great! Shouldn’t need the first one, though, as the second one already returns the URL upon closing the tab.

[martindoersch]

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Great! Shouldn’t need the first one, though, as the second one already returns the URL upon closing the tab.

Totally true!