How to: Copy Link HTML Tag in Apple’s Safari
If you work with HTML and inline links, then this tip will be a great time saver as it eliminates the need to laboriously copy and paste a URL, and manually type the associated HTML tag. Moreover, setting up your Mac to perform this touch o’ magic nets you a lot more functionality.
Apple’s fast n’ capable webkit-based browser is popular on both the Mac and PC. It’s my go to browser for surfing, collecting and then posting news to the blogs I write for.
Although Safari doesn’t allow for plug-ins like Firefox or Camino, you can easily extend the functionality of the default browser for OS X with third-party add-ons. If you are a Web site developer, perhaps the most powerful of these is Hetima’s Safari Stand, which among other things allows you easily load plugins manually, tweak encoding, configure the search bar and, of course, “Copy Link HTML Tag.”
Git ‘er done
First, quit Safari and then you will need to download and install SIMBL, which is an input manager. Thereafter, there are discreet Stand versions for Safari 2.x, 3.x and 4.x and the version of OS X you’re running. Those of you running Safari 4.x on Leopard, can download here.
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Both SIMBL and Stand come as standard installer packages, so installing them is point and click easy. In order to start using Copy Link HTML Tag, you don’t need to configure or tweak anything, just right right (Control + click) on the inline link you want to copy and off you go.
As mentioned, Stand is really powerful and includes hardcore functionality for programmers and developers. To find out more about Stand and other third-party add-ons, check out Pimp My Safari, Web site chock full o’ add-ons, tweaks and hacks for Safari.
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