selection-sharer
Medium like popover menu to share on Twitter or by email any text selected on the page.
Try it on this page!
Bookmarklet version
Add a new bookmark to your bookmark bar, edit its url and copy paste the following code:
javascript:(function(){var s=document.createElement('script');s.src="//xdamman.github.io/selection-sharer/lib/selection-sharer/dist/bookmarklet.js";document.body.appendChild(s);})()
How to add it to your site
This script requires jQuery so make sure you have it loaded on your page.
Add the stylesheet in the <head>
of your page:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="dist/selection-sharer.css" />
and add the Javascript at the bottom of your page near the closing </body>
tag:
<script src="dist/selection-sharer.js"></script>
<script>
$('p').selectionSharer();
</script>
Or if you are using requirejs, you can simply do:
require(["dist/selection-sharer"], function(SelectionSharer) {
var sharer = new SelectionSharer();
selectionSharer.setElements('p'); // bind mouseup event to all <p> elements
});
Or more simply
require(["dist/selection-sharer!"]);
That's it.
Notes
- Images are included inline in the CSS as SVG (perfect for Retina displays, loading time and to easily create new color schemes)
- Total size gzipped minified: 3.5K (equally split between css and javascript)
Demos
Build
To recompile the minified versions of the css and javascript in the dist/
directory, simply run:
npm install
Contribute
This is still early days so there is still a lot to do and I welcome contributions.
TODO:
- Make a browser extension
- Make a Wordpress plugin
- Add support for different themes
- Add tests
- Tests across multiple browsers (currently only tested on Chrome, Safari, Firefox on a Mac)
- Remove dependency on jQuery
- Make the CSS more robust against collisions