Markdown Numbered List Action for Mac

Overview

What Markdown Numbered List does

Numbers non-empty lines across standard and rich-text line breaks, preserves nesting in four-space levels, and restarts numbering inside each nested level.

Category	Markdown
Action type	JavaScript
Default result	Replace selected text by default
Internet	Not required

Example

Action and outcome

Markdown Numbered List example
Action	Outcome
Markdown Numbered ListSelected text: Draft Review Publish	1. Draft 1. Review 2. Publish

Workflow

Use Markdown Numbered List

Follow these steps to turn selected lines into a numbered Markdown list with ActionClip.

Select the text you want to use.
Choose Markdown Numbered List from ActionClip.
In editable text, ActionClip replaces the selection immediately. In read-only text, it opens the result for review and copying.

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 script

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

JavaScript definition

function run(selected_text) {
  const counters = [];
  let previousLevel = 0;
  const output = [];

  selected_text.split(/\r\n|[\n\r\u000B\u000C\u0085\u2028\u2029]/).forEach((line) => {
    if (/^[ \t]*$/.test(line)) return;

    const originalIndent = (line.match(/^[ \t]*/) || [""])[0];
    const expandedIndent = originalIndent.replace(/\t/g, "    ");
    let level = Math.floor(expandedIndent.length / 4);
    level = Math.min(level, previousLevel + 1);

    const content = line
      .slice(originalIndent.length)
      .replace(/^(?:(?:[-+*]|\d+[.)])\s+)?(?:\[[ xX]\]\s+)?/, "")
      .trim();

    counters.length = level + 1;
    counters[level] = (counters[level] || 0) + 1;
    output.push("    ".repeat(level) + counters[level] + ". " + content);
    previousLevel = level;
  });

  return output.join("\n");
}