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HTML Escape

Escape HTML special characters in selected text.

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Overview

What HTML Escape does

Encodes ampersands, angle brackets, double quotes, and apostrophes in the safe order needed for embedding text in HTML.

CategoryDeveloper Tools
Action typeJavaScript
ResultReplace or copy text
InternetNot required

Example

Action and outcome

HTML Escape example
ActionOutcome
HTML EscapeSelected text: <p title="A&B">It's ready.</p>&lt;p title=&quot;A&amp;B&quot;&gt;It&#39;s ready.&lt;/p&gt;

Workflow

Use HTML Escape

Follow these steps to escape HTML special characters in selected text with ActionClip.

  1. Select the text you want to use.
  2. Choose HTML Escape from ActionClip.
  3. 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) {
  return selected_text
    .replace(/&/g, "&amp;")
    .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
    .replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
    .replace(/"/g, "&quot;")
    .replace(/'/g, "&#39;");
}