Copy current page title and url in Markdown format

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Copy current page title and url in Markdown format

Tags: #bookmarklet #curation #markdown

Bookmarklet to copy current page title and url in Markdown format to clipboard, like title - Usual for posting links to resources in README.md files #bookmarklet #safari #markdown #tool

Originally from: https://gist.github.com/jbrown123/84839a5abe763e5b117a321510cb9de7

titleUrlMarkdownClip.js

javascript:(function() {

function copyToClipboard(text) {
    if (window.clipboardData && window.clipboardData.setData) {
        /*IE specific code path to prevent textarea being shown while dialog is visible.*/
        return clipboardData.setData("Text", text); 

    } else if (document.queryCommandSupported && document.queryCommandSupported("copy")) {
        var textarea = document.createElement("textarea");
        textarea.textContent = text;
        textarea.style.position = "fixed";  /* Prevent scrolling to bottom of page in MS Edge.*/
        document.body.appendChild(textarea);
        textarea.select();
        try {
            return document.execCommand("copy");  /* Security exception may be thrown by some browsers.*/
        } catch (ex) {
            console.warn("Copy to clipboard failed.", ex);
            return false;
        } finally {
            document.body.removeChild(textarea);
        }
    }
}

var markdown = '* [' + document.title + '](' + window.location.href + ')';
var selection = window.getSelection().toString();
if (selection.length != 0) {
    selection = '\n  > ' + selection;
}
copyToClipboard(markdown + selection);
})();