https://blog.thameera.com Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:24:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.12 139676693 https://blog.thameera.com/a-dictionary-bookmarklet-or-a-search-bookmarklet-for-that-matter/ https://blog.thameera.com/a-dictionary-bookmarklet-or-a-search-bookmarklet-for-that-matter/#respond thameera Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:24:34 +0000 Uncategorized bookmarklet coding javascript http://thameera.wordpress.com/?p=277 So I was bored and wanted to test some of my javascript knowledge, I wrote a simple bookmarklet for searching dictionary definitions and felt like sharing. I’m a javascript noob, so it’s dead simple and is one of the most basic bookmarklets you can imagine. 🙂 I had trouble putting it as a link in…<p><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.thameera.com/a-dictionary-bookmarklet-or-a-search-bookmarklet-for-that-matter/" title="Continue reading ‘A dictionary bookmarklet (or a search bookmarklet for that matter)’">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <p>So I was bored and wanted to test some of my javascript knowledge, I wrote a simple bookmarklet for searching dictionary definitions and felt like sharing. I’m a javascript noob, so it’s dead simple and is one of the most basic bookmarklets you can imagine. <img alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f642.png" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"/></p> <p>I had trouble putting it as a link in wordpress, so go to <a href="http://tinypaste.com/cbf7ed" target="_blank">this link</a> and copy-paste the code as a bookmark.</p> <p>The script first checks if you have highlighted a word in the current page and, if there is, searches for that word. Otherwise, it shows a pop up where you can enter a word to search.</p> <p>This searches the Urban Dictionary, but you can change it to search any site you want by simply replacing the URL. Some examples are:</p> <blockquote><p>Google: http://www.google.lk/search?q=</p> <p>Twitter: http://twitter.com/search?q=</p> <p>Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=</p></blockquote> <p>Have fun!</p> https://blog.thameera.com/a-dictionary-bookmarklet-or-a-search-bookmarklet-for-that-matter/feed/ 0 277