copy_markdown_link.md

Are you looking for a quick way to copy title + url of the current page in markdown format in Google Chrome?

Setup

1. Open your Chrome Settings -> Search Engines (chrome://settings/searchEngines)
2. Press the Add button under Site search
3. Set Name to Markdown Link, Shortcut to m and URL to the following:

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); })();

Usage

To copy the current title + url as a markdown link, go to your address bar and type the letter m followed by Enter.

You can now paste it into any app that supports markdown.

Pro tips:

• Google docs has a Paste from Markdown option (under Edit or Help)
• Slack lets you select the markdown in the message box and hit Shift+Cmd+F to convert it to rich text.

Bonus

To copy just the title of a document, you can also setup this shortcut to t:

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; copyToClipboard(markdown); })();