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Copy as Markdown

Clean Copy text to DayOne

I've noticed that when I paste text from Chrome into DayOne, it strips away formatting like bullet points and headers, leaving the entry looking messy. To address this, I use a Chrome extension called "Copy as Markdown." It simplifies the process by preserving most of the original formatting - think clean bullet lists and bold headers - making my DayOne entries more organized and visually appealing. It's not flawless (it works about 80% of the time), but it's reliable enough to save me effort.

The only drawback is that I have to right-click and select the extension from a menu each time. This extra step can feel tedious, especially when I'm pasting multiple items in a row. Still, for now, it's a solid workaround.

Copy Selection Markdown
Simply right click to copy the selected content as Markdown.

Extension Info

The extension allows you to copy selected text on a page as Markdown with support for features including the following

  • Ability to copy links, images, and selected text as Markdown.
  • Linked images, will have options to individually select link or images.
  • Formatted text such as Italic, bold, strike-through, and inline code.
  • Unordered and ordered lists, with task lists support.
  • Tables, with respect to GFM.
  • Fenced code blocks, with language detection using info strings.

Note: When copying links and images, Chrome doesn?t let you extract images alt text or anchors text content to be used in Markdown, instead the links themselves are used as link title. Firefox doesn?t have this limitation though.

 

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