Bookmarklet which captures selected content including html tags

Question

I\'m building a JS bookmarklet which allows me to capture text that a user has selected in their browser and sends it off to a web app. I\'ve currently checked out a couple of t

Answer 1

The following function will return a string containing the HTML of the user's selection:

function getSelectionHtml() {
    var html = "";
    if (typeof window.getSelection != "undefined") {
        var sel = window.getSelection();
        if (sel.rangeCount) {
            var container = document.createElement("div");
            for (var i = 0, len = sel.rangeCount; i < len; ++i) {
                container.appendChild(sel.getRangeAt(i).cloneContents());
            }
            html = container.innerHTML;
        }
    } else if (typeof document.selection != "undefined") {
        if (document.selection.type == "Text") {
            html = document.selection.createRange().htmlText;
        }
    }
    return html;
}

Here's a cut down version for a bookmarklet:

javascript:(function(){var h="",s,g,c,i;if(window.getSelection){s=window.getSelection();if(s.rangeCount){c=document.createElement("div");for(i=0;i