Alternative Cycle Case
Alternative Cycle Case command with more intuitive behavior
latest release: 2024-08-22 05:46:13
Description
This extension adds a Format ► Text ► Cycle Case (Alt.) menu command in Writer and assigns it to the Shift+F3 shortcut. The new command is similar to the built-in Cycle Case command but with the following differences:
- Selection is always respected. Before LO 7.4, the built-in command would sometimes modify the entire sentence or paragraph regardless of the current selection.
- Without selection, always acts on the word containing or preceding the cursor. The built-in command may affect either the word containing the cursor or the entire sentence.
- Skips redundant steps. The built-in command ignores the current state of the text and may apply, for example, ALL CAPS to a selection that is already in all caps.
This behavior should be more familiar to users coming from Microsoft Word.
WARNING: The macro supports noncontiguous selections using a hack because I could not get the UNO API to remember and restore a multi-range selection. It marks the selected text with a rarely used attribute (flashing characters), then searches for it to restore the selection after changing the text. If you use this attribute for other purposes, you may prefer to assign a shortcut to the AltCycleCase.Main.CycleCaseNoMultiselection macro rather than AltCycleCase.Main.CycleCase in order to disable this hack and support only contiguous selections.
| Release | Description | Compatibility | Operating Systems | License | Release notes | Updated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.9.1 | Automatically assign Shift+F3 when the extension is installed. | 7.1 | GPL | Now installing the extension automatically assigns the Shift+F3 shortcut to the AltCycleCase.Main.CycleCase macro. Tested with LO versions from 7.1 to 24.8 under Windows 10 and 11. | 2024-08-21 19:02:06 | Download | |
| Initial release | GPL | Initial release of the extension. Noncontiguous selection is supported using a hack with character attributes. Main functionality should already work well but the extension is tested only on LO 7.1 under Windows 10. Feedback is welcome. | 2021-02-08 16:03:14 | Download |
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Plinio Hernández Oct 28, 2022, 10:09 PM (2 years ago)
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I had been looking for a solution like this for many years. Works fine on W10 and LO7.3 Thank you very much for your work. Your contribution is amazing!
Fulvio Bucci Oct 12, 2021, 6:23 PM (3 years ago)
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Installata su Linux.
Estensione indispensabile per rendere funzionale la trasformazione maiuscolo/minuscolo.
Do 5 stelle anche se la selezione non contigua non funziona, perché io non la utilizzo, mentre per il resto è perfetta.
Macro assegnata alla classica combinazione Shift+F3, sostituendo l'assurda implementazione di default.
Filippo Giadrossi May 4, 2021, 10:01 PM (4 years ago)
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It does not work at all in MacOS X.
It gives an error "BASIC runtime error.
Property or method not found: getViewCursor."
Anyway...thanks for your kind work :)
pibarnas Feb 18, 2021, 3:36 PM (4 years ago)
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I've had success at installing the extension in Windows 10 (LO 7.1) after cleaning my own configs (help>fix libreoffice>safe mode). Thank you once more! Your work is very appreciated!
MIhail Balabanov Feb 28, 2021, 12:17 PM (4 years ago)
Hi, thanks for reporting this. I just found that the extension had somehow disappeared in my Win10/LO7.1 installation and when I tried to re-installed it, I had the same issue. Apparently, LO failed to create one of the temporary directories needed for deployment of the extension. Renaming my UNO packages cache folder (C:\Users\<my name>\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\uno_packages) fixed the problem and allowed the oxt to install correctly. I will try to investigate further when I have more time. Cheers!
pibarnas Feb 18, 2021, 2:42 AM (4 years ago)
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Great work!! Thank you very much! Worked as expected in linux (very well, I mean), but couldn't install in Windows (10/LO 7.1), for some reason. I found the otx extension downloaded, but when I click on it, a text box appeared saying it isn't found (an error). Will try with prior version, stable one.
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