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How to change selected text to UPPER or lower case with a hotkey

Make a KeyRoutines routine with a Hotkey trigger, Press keys for Ctrl+C, a short Delay, Get clipboard, Change case, then Set clipboard and Press keys for Ctrl+V. The selection is replaced with the same text in the case you picked.

Steps

  1. 1

    Add a Hotkey trigger

    Pick a chord such as Ctrl+Alt+U.

  2. 2

    Copy the selection

    Add Press keys with Ctrl+C and a Delay of 200 milliseconds.

  3. 3

    Change the case

    Add Get clipboard for text, then Change case set to UPPER CASE.

  4. 4

    Paste it back

    Add Set clipboard with the changed text, with the private option on, then Press keys with Ctrl+V.

Tips

  • Make a second routine on Ctrl+Alt+L for lower case, or hold Shift for the other version with an If on Key or button held.
  • Press keys waits for you to let go of the hotkey's own keys first, so they don't mix into Ctrl+C.

Questions

Is there Title Case?
No. Change case offers UPPER CASE, lower case and a capital first letter.
Does it keep my clipboard history clean?
With Set clipboard's private option on, the entry stays out of Win+V history and clipboard managers.

Blocks this routine uses

Trigger · HotkeysFree

Hotkey

Hotkey starts a routine when you press a keyboard shortcut or mouse button. It's the most common way to run a routine, from a single app launcher key to a whole streaming setup on one combination.

Step · Keys and mouseFree

Press keys

Press keys sends a key combination or a whole sequence, such as Ctrl+C, wait 300, Ctrl+V, to the app in front or to a chosen app. It is the simplest way to use an app's own shortcuts from a routine.

Step · Flow and routinesFree

Delay

Delay pauses the routine for a time you choose before the next step runs. People add it after opening an app, between key presses, or anywhere a program needs a moment to react.

Step · ClipboardFree

Get clipboard

Get clipboard reads what is on the clipboard so later steps can use it. Choose text, copied files, or an image, which is saved as a PNG file you name.

Step · Data and variablesFree

Change case

Change case rewrites text in upper case, lower case, or with a capital first letter. It's a quick fix for clipboard text, file names and anything that needs to look consistent.

Step · ClipboardFree

Set clipboard

Set clipboard puts text, files or an image on the clipboard, or empties it. Use it to prepare something for pasting, hand files to a folder, or clear sensitive data after a while.

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