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Last active August 3, 2023 19:13
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Bookmarklet to copy current page title and url in Markdown format to clipboard, like [title](url) - Usual for posting links to resources in README.md files
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;
copyToClipboard(markdown);
})();
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