Formatting, Minify, and Unescape

The editor toolbar is designed for quick cleanup and conversion workflows.

Core actions

• Beautify: pretty-print valid JSON with consistent indentation.
• Minify: collapse valid JSON into compact one-line form.
• Unescape: appears automatically when the editor detects escaped JSON content.

Example: same payload, escaped and unescaped

Start with regular JSON in the editor:

{
  "id": 42,
  "name": "Scott Kirkland",
  "email": "scott@example.com",
  "roles": ["admin", "editor"],
  "createdAt": "2026-02-24T19:00:00Z"
}

In the Mac app, Edit → Escape JSON converts that into a JSON string payload:

"{\n  \"id\": 42,\n  \"name\": \"Scott Kirkland\",\n  \"email\": \"scott@example.com\",\n  \"roles\": [\"admin\", \"editor\"],\n  \"createdAt\": \"2026-02-24T19:00:00Z\"\n}"

When that escaped form is present, Unescape appears in the toolbar. Clicking it restores the same editable JSON structure:

Desktop menu companion

In the Mac app, Edit → Escape JSON and Edit → Unescape JSON provide the same conversion actions from the menu.