Wrap Text Around List Items

Wrap Text Around List Items is a formatting tool that adds consistent beginning and ending text to each line in your lists. Whether you need to convert plain text into HTML list items, add quotes around entries, or surround items with custom brackets or tags, this tool automates the wrapping process with precision. Perfect for preparing content for websites, creating formatted code snippets, and converting plain lists into structured markup ready for different platforms.

How to Use:

1. Input your list by pasting plain text into the input area or clicking Import to load a file containing your list items
2. Configure formatting options using the toggles to Skip empty lines, Trim whitespace from entries, Preserve indents, and choose whether to Add line breaks between wrapped items
3. Set wrapper text in the Before and After fields to specify exactly what should surround each list item
4. Choose wrap style from the radio buttons: HTML tags for list markup, Quotes for quoted strings, Brackets for bracketed items, or Custom for your specific wrapper text
5. Click Wrap to apply the formatting instantly, with live preview showing results as you modify any settings
6. Copy the formatted output to clipboard or Export it as a downloadable file for use in your projects

What Wrap Text Around List Items can do:

Text formatting becomes effortless when you need to add consistent markup or styling to multiple list items simultaneously. This tool eliminates the tedious process of manually wrapping each entry while ensuring perfect consistency across your entire list.

Web Development and HTML Formatting:

Web developers frequently need to convert plain text lists into proper HTML markup for websites and applications. Wrap Text Around List Items instantly transforms simple lists into formatted HTML list items, complete with opening and closing tags. This proves invaluable when building navigation menus, feature lists, or any content that needs to be structured for web display.

The tool handles indentation preservation, making it perfect for creating nested HTML structures or maintaining the hierarchical organization of content. Whether you’re building simple unordered lists or complex nested navigation, the wrapping process maintains your original structure while adding the necessary markup.

Data Formatting and Code Generation:

Developers and data analysts use this tool when preparing arrays, configuration files, or data structures that require specific formatting. Converting plain text into quoted strings for JSON arrays, adding parentheses for function parameters, or wrapping items in custom delimiters becomes automatic rather than manual.

Database administrators benefit when preparing SQL INSERT statements, CSV formatting, or creating properly escaped string lists for database operations. The custom wrapper option allows for complex formatting patterns that match specific database or programming language requirements.

Content Preparation and Publishing:

Content creators and technical writers use text wrapping when preparing documentation, blog posts, or articles that need consistent formatting. Adding emphasis markers, creating markdown-style formatting, or preparing content for content management systems that require specific markup becomes streamlined.

Social media managers and marketers find value when preparing hashtag lists, creating formatted content for different platforms, or converting plain text into platform-specific markup. Each social platform has different formatting requirements, and the tool adapts to various wrapping needs.

The line breaks option proves essential when creating content for systems that interpret formatting differently. Some platforms need line breaks between items, while others work better with continuous text. The tool accommodates both approaches seamlessly.

Example:

Starting with a plain navigation menu list:

Home page
About us
Contact form
Product catalog
Shopping cart
User account
Privacy policy
Terms of service
FAQ section
Blog posts

Using HTML tags wrap style produces:

<li>Home page</li>
<li>About us</li>
<li>Contact form</li>
<li>Product catalog</li>
<li>Shopping cart</li>
<li>User account</li>
<li>Privacy policy</li>
<li>Terms of service</li>
<li>FAQ section</li>
<li>Blog posts</li>

This creates properly formatted HTML list items ready for insertion into web pages or content management systems.

Wrap Text Around List Items Table:

This table demonstrates how Wrap Text Around List Items handles different formatting requirements, showing the tool’s flexibility across various wrapping scenarios and output formats.

Common Use Cases:

Web developers convert plain text navigation into HTML list markup for website menus and content structures. Software engineers prepare array data and configuration files with proper string formatting and delimiters. Content creators add markdown formatting and emphasis markers to plain text for publishing platforms. Database administrators format field lists and query parameters with appropriate wrapping for SQL statements. Technical writers prepare documentation with consistent markup formatting across multiple list sections.