QR Code Bookmarklet

Bookmarkified

javascript:(function(window, document, undefined) {try {var selectedText = document.getSelection().toString(); if (selectedText === ''){selectedText = window.location.href;} if(selectedText !== ''){var baseQRUrl = 'http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=300x300&chl=' + encodeURIComponent(selectedText); window.open(baseQRUrl, '_blank', 'width=400,height=400');}} catch (e) {}})(window, document);

QRBookmarklet.js

//Opens a window with a QR code for either selected text on the page or the current page URL if no text is selected.
//Bookmarklet-ify it by removing whitespace and prepending javascript:
//Like so: javascript:(function ....)()

(function(window, document, undefined) {
    try {
        var selectedText = document.getSelection().toString();
        if (selectedText === '') {
            selectedText = window.location.href;
        }
        if (selectedText !== '') {
            var baseQRUrl = 'http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=300x300&chl=' + encodeURIComponent(selectedText);
            window.open(baseQRUrl, '_blank', 'width=400,height=400');
        }
    } catch (e) {
    }
})(window, document);

I like this simple bookmarklet.

Love this bookmarklet! I've used this to quickly transfer text and page url's quickly between PC's and mobile devices (now more than before since iOS and more Android native camera apps support QR decoding)!

Thx for sharing this @lemieuxster !

Chrome now has this functionality built in, FYI.

True, thank you, but I still use this bookmarklet as it's already a part of my workflow. Plus it's cross-browser, whereas Chrome's implementation has not trickled down to the Chromium-based browsers yet at this time (just checked Microsoft Edge for Android). I'm a Firefox user myself and it seems not native to that browser yet.