ColumnInsert2Fit.js - Insert clipboard into columns without inserting additional white space

hugov · Feb 20, 2019#12019-02-20T13:31+00:00

This script will insert the current clipboard contents in "column paste" but not in a rectangular block but in a "line by line" basis - this will avoid pasting additional spaces avoiding the need to clean it up.

Example, I often have something like this, | caret position

<img src='|'
<img src=''
<img src=''
<img src=''

and I have this in my clipboard - as you can see various lengths:

image-portrait.png
image-landschape.png
thumbnail.png
next.jpg

after running the script it will (should) look like this:

<img src='|image-portrait.png'
<img src='image-landschape.png'
<img src='thumbnail.png'
<img src='next.jpg'

If you would paste it in column mode it would look like this - note the additional spaces added to make it a "rectangle":

<img src='image-portrait.png '
<img src='image-landschape.png'
<img src='thumbnail.png '
<img src='next.jpg '

Script:

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// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Script:
// - ColumnInsert2Fit.js
//
// Purpose:
// - Insert clipboard into columns without inserting additional white space
// 
// example, before: | is caret postion
// (column mode)
// 
// <a href='|'></a> 
// <a href=''></a>
// 
// clipboard contents:
// 
// short-url.php
// a-very-long-url.php?p=1
// 
// standard paste into column mode result:
// 
// <a href='|short-url.php         '></a> // now you would have to edit the link to remove the additional spaces
// <a href='a-very-long-url.php?p=1'></a>
// 
// script result:
// 
// <a href='|short-url.php'></a>
// <a href='a-very-long-url.php?p=1'></a>
// 
// Author / UE forum thread:
// - hugov
// - http://forums.ultraedit.com/columninsert2fit-js-insert-clipboard-into-columns--t18073.html
//
// History:
// - v1.0 first version (February 2019)
//
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

if (UltraEdit.document.length > 0) // returns number of active documents
{
   var LineNumber = UltraEdit.activeDocument.currentLineNum;
   var CurrentColumn = UltraEdit.activeDocument.currentColumnNum;
   var ctext = UltraEdit.clipboardContent;
   var c = ctext.split("\n");
   var arrayLength = c.length;
   var colmode = false;
   if (typeof(UltraEdit.columnMode) == "boolean") colmode = UltraEdit.columnMode;
   else if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocument.columnMode) == "boolean") colmode = UltraEdit.activeDocument.columnMode;

   UltraEdit.selectClipboard(1);
   if (typeof(UltraEdit.columnModeOn) == "function") UltraEdit.columnModeOn();
   else if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocument.columnModeOn) == "function") UltraEdit.activeDocument.columnModeOn();
   for (var i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {
      UltraEdit.clipboardContent = c[i].trim();
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.paste();
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.key("DOWN ARROW");
   }
   UltraEdit.selectClipboard(0);
   if (colmode == false) {
      if (typeof(UltraEdit.columnModeOff) == "function") UltraEdit.columnModeOff();
      else if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocument.columnModeOff) == "function") UltraEdit.activeDocument.columnModeOff();
   }
   UltraEdit.activeDocument.gotoLine(LineNumber,CurrentColumn);
}