Highlight text on webpage hook

Gary at MacMost.com just shared with his Patreon group how to create a web link that highlights selected text on a web page. This adds deep linking to web pages.

Here’s the link if you have a Patreon acct with him:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-create-78512933?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=join_link

He found that Chrome creates a link that also works in Safari. The format is web URL followed by #:~:text= followed by the text you want highlighted with %20 replacing the spaces.

ex. https://macmost.com/
cliptools#:~:text=Option%20to%20add%20the%20item%20to%20the%20Saved%20Clips%20list

He goes on to show how to create a shortcut that creates the link from selected text on a web page. This would be a nice addition to Hookmark’s kit.

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