Convert to kebab-case Action for Mac

Overview

What Convert to kebab-case does

Splits mixed identifiers into lowercase words and joins them with hyphens for URLs, CSS names, and configuration keys.

Category	Developer Tools
Action type	JavaScript
Result	Replace or copy text
Internet	Not required

Example

Action and outcome

Convert to kebab-case example
Action	Outcome
Convert to kebab-caseSelected text: HTTP response code	http-response-code

Workflow

Use Convert to kebab-case

Follow these steps to convert selected words or identifiers to kebab-case with ActionClip.

Select the text you want to use.
Choose Convert to kebab-case from ActionClip.
Review the result, then replace the selection or copy the new text.

Before you add it

Requirements and privacy

Before you start: No setup required.
Your selected text: Runs locally in ActionClip’s JavaScript sandbox. Selected text does not leave your Mac.

Inspect before installing

Action configuration

The definition below is included so you can inspect how the action works before downloading it.

JavaScript definition

function run(selected_text) {
  const words = selected_text
    .normalize("NFKD")
    .replace(/\p{M}+/gu, "")
    .replace(/([A-Z\d]+)([A-Z][a-z])/g, "$1 $2")
    .replace(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/g, "$1 $2")
    .replace(/[^\p{L}\p{N}]+/gu, " ")
    .trim()
    .split(/\s+/)
    .filter(Boolean)
    .map((word) => word.toLowerCase());

  if (!words.length) return "";
  const capitalize = (word) => word.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + word.slice(1);
  return words.join("-");
}