convert file URLs to Markdown links while pasting

packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/contextMenu.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import ItemChange from '@joplin/lib/models/ItemChange';
 import { HtmlToMarkdownHandler, MarkupToHtmlHandler } from './types';
 import shim from '@joplin/lib/shim';
 import { openFileWithExternalEditor } from '@joplin/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher/utils';
+import enhancePastedText from './textPasteEnhancer';
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const { writeFile } = require('fs-extra');
 const { clipboard } = require('electron');
@@ -201,6 +202,8 @@ export function menuItems(dispatch: Function, htmlToMd: HtmlToMarkdownHandler, m
 					content = await processPastedHtml(pastedHtml, htmlToMd, mdToHtml);
 				}
 
+				content = enhancePastedText(content);
+
 				options.insertContent(content);
 			},
 			isActive: (_itemType: ContextMenuItemType, options: ContextMenuOptions) => !options.isReadOnly && (!!clipboard.readText() || !!clipboard.readHTML()),

packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/textPasteEnhancer.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import enhancePastedText from './textPasteEnhancer';
+
+describe('enhancePastedText', () => {
+	it('should replace spaces with "%20" in file paths', () => {
+		const input = 'This is a file path: file:///Users/john/Documents/file with spaces.txt';
+		const expectedOutput = 'This is a file path: file:///Users/john/Documents/file%20with%20spaces.txt';
+		const output = enhancePastedText(input);
+		expect(output).toEqual(expectedOutput);
+	});
+
+	it('should not modify non-file paths', () => {
+		const input = 'This is not a file path: https://example.com/file.txt';
+		const expectedOutput = 'This is not a file path: https://example.com/file.txt';
+		const output = enhancePastedText(input);
+		expect(output).toEqual(expectedOutput);
+	});
+
+	it('should modify multiple file URLs', () => {
+		const input = 'This is a file path: file:///Users/john/Documents/file with spaces.txt\nThis is another file path: file:///Users/john/Documents/file with spaces.txt';
+		const expectedOutput = 'This is a file path: file:///Users/john/Documents/file%20with%20spaces.txt\nThis is another file path: file:///Users/john/Documents/file%20with%20spaces.txt';
+		const output = enhancePastedText(input);
+		expect(output).toEqual(expectedOutput);
+	});
+
+	describe('toMarkdownLink is true', () => {
+		it('should convert to markdown link', () => {
+			const input = 'This is a file path: file:///Users/john/Documents/file with spaces.txt';
+			const expectedOutput = 'This is a file path: [file with spaces.txt](file:///Users/john/Documents/file%20with%20spaces.txt)';
+			const output = enhancePastedText(input, true);
+			expect(output).toEqual(expectedOutput);
+		});
+
+		it('should convert images to markdown image links', () => {
+			const input = 'This is a file path: file:///Users/john/Documents/file with spaces.png';
+			const expectedOutput = 'This is a file path: ![file with spaces.png](file:///Users/john/Documents/file%20with%20spaces.png)';
+			const output = enhancePastedText(input, true);
+			expect(output).toEqual(expectedOutput);
+		});
+	});
+});

packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/textPasteEnhancer.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+function enhancePastedText(text: string, toMarkdownLink = false): string {
+	const FILE_PATH_REGEX = /file:\/\/(\/([\w.]+ ?)+)+/g;
+
+	return text.replace(FILE_PATH_REGEX, (match) => {
+		const fileName = extractFileName(match);
+		const enhancedText = match.replace(/\s/g, '%20');
+		if (toMarkdownLink) {
+			return isImage(fileName) ? `![${fileName}](${enhancedText})` : `[${fileName}](${enhancedText})`;
+		}
+		return enhancedText;
+	});
+}
+
+function extractFileName(filePath: string): string {
+	return filePath.split('/').pop();
+}
+
+function isImage(fileName: string): boolean {
+	const IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'svg', 'webp', 'tiff', 'avif', 'pjp'];
+
+	const extension = fileName.split('.').pop().toLowerCase();
+	return IMAGE_EXTENSIONS.includes(extension);
+}
+
+export default enhancePastedText;