Text Editing & Formatting

Wrap in Quotes

Toggle straight double quotes around selected text.

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What Wrap in Quotes does

Adds straight double quotes while keeping surrounding whitespace outside them. Running it again removes one matching pair.

CategoryText Editing & Formatting
Action typeJavaScript
ResultReplace or copy text
InternetNot required

Action and outcome

Wrap in Quotes example
ActionOutcome
Wrap in QuotesSelected text: ready "ready"

Use Wrap in Quotes

Follow these steps to toggle straight double quotes around selected text with ActionClip.

  1. Select the text you want to use.
  2. Choose Wrap in Quotes from ActionClip.
  3. Review the result, then replace the selection or copy the new text.

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.

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 match = selected_text.match(/^(\s*)([\s\S]*?)(\s*)$/);
  const leading = match[1];
  const content = match[2];
  const trailing = match[3];
  if (content.length >= 2 && content.startsWith('"') && content.endsWith('"')) {
    return leading + content.slice(1, -1) + trailing;
  }
  return leading + '"' + content + '"' + trailing;
}