From daeb61e85898d4dc31b8acf66bbcc0520c2a8d3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zsolt Viczian <viczian.zsolt@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2021 13:51:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] split lines

---
 docs/ExcalidrawScriptsEngine.md   | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 ea-scripts/Split text by lines.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ea-scripts/Split text by lines.md

diff --git a/docs/ExcalidrawScriptsEngine.md b/docs/ExcalidrawScriptsEngine.md
index 6399303..dd41155 100644
--- a/docs/ExcalidrawScriptsEngine.md
+++ b/docs/ExcalidrawScriptsEngine.md
@@ -164,3 +164,24 @@ elements.forEach((el)=>{
 });
 ea.addElementsToView();
 ```
+
+### Split text by lines
+**!!!Requires Excalidraw 1.5.1 or higher**
+
+![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/master/images/scripts-split-lines.jpg)
+
+Split lines of text into separate text elements for easier reorganization
+```javascript
+*/
+elements = ea.getViewSelectedElements().filter((el)=>el.type==="text");
+elements.forEach((el)=>{
+  ea.style.strokeColor = el.strokeColor;
+  ea.style.fontFamily  = el.fontFamily;
+  ea.style.fontSize    = el.fontSize;
+  const text = el.text.split("\n");
+  for(i=0;i<text.length;i++) {
+	ea.addText(el.x,el.y+i*el.height/text.length,text[i]);
+  }
+});
+ea.addElementsToView();
+ea.deleteViewElements(elements);
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diff --git a/ea-scripts/Split text by lines.md b/ea-scripts/Split text by lines.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30ac6b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ea-scripts/Split text by lines.md	
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+## requires Excalidraw 1.5.1 or higher
+![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/master/images/scripts-download-raw.jpg)
+
+Download this file and save to your Obsidian Vault including the first line, or open it in "Raw" and copy the entire contents to Obsidian.
+
+![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/master/images/scripts-split-lines.jpg)
+
+Split lines of text into separate text elements for easier reorganization
+
+See documentation for more details:
+https://zsviczian.github.io/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/ExcalidrawScriptsEngine.html
+
+```javascript
+*/
+elements = ea.getViewSelectedElements().filter((el)=>el.type==="text");
+elements.forEach((el)=>{
+  ea.style.strokeColor = el.strokeColor;
+  ea.style.fontFamily  = el.fontFamily;
+  ea.style.fontSize    = el.fontSize;
+  const text = el.text.split("\n");
+  for(i=0;i<text.length;i++) {
+	ea.addText(el.x,el.y+i*el.height/text.length,text[i]);
+  }
+});
+ea.addElementsToView();
+ea.deleteViewElements(elements);
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