Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help me to build a macro that would capitalize the first letter of whatever is selected?
I also need one that un-capitalise the first letter of the selection. 
That'd be awesome.
Thanks!
KM has a Filter action that'll do what you want. Check out its manual page in the KM wiki: manual:Filters [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]
To illustrate - here's an example macro that toggles the case of the first character in the currently-selected text for you to try:
Macro-Image
Macro-Notes
- Macros are always disabled when imported into the Keyboard Maestro Editor.
- The user must ensure the macro is enabled.
- The user must also ensure the macro's parent macro-group is enabled.
System Information
- macOS 13.6.1
- Keyboard Maestro v11.0.2
I've tested this in BBEdit. It should work in any text editor that permits copy/paste but I'm not sure it would preserve any text styles.
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Even quicker -- KM has text case conversion, flagged by metacharacters. \u converts the next character to uppercase, \l to lower. So:
Cap 1st Letter.kmmacros (1.7 KB)
And:
Low 1st Letter.kmmacros (1.7 KB)
Quick bit of testing shows they keep at least simple formatting when used on styled text.
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Beautiful.
Thank you so much stranger. you made my day
Have a good one,
thanks a lot for your help.
Hi, @Martin_RAISON. Here's a variant that:
- toggles the case,
- provides feedback if nothing is selected,
- restores the clipboard, and
- restores the selection.
Download: Toggle Sentence Case of Selection.kmmacros (12 KB)
Macro-Notes
- Macros are always disabled when imported into the Keyboard Maestro Editor.
- The user must ensure the macro is enabled.
- The user must also ensure the macro's parent macro-group is enabled.
System Information
- macOS 14.3.1 (23D60)
- Keyboard Maestro v11.0.2
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I like it how you restore the selection.