Sharepoint TOC Markdown Bookmarklet

A bookmarklet to extract headers from a Sharepoint web document then produce Markdown code for a Table of Contents with links in an indented list. Can be dropped into a Sharepoint Markdown web part. To install the bookmarklet, add the following code into the URL or Location section of a new bookmark:

javascript:(function() {var report = "## Contents\n";for (i=1; i<=6; i++) { var headers = document.getElementsByTagName('h'+i); for (j=0; j<headers.length; j++) { var padding = ""; for (k=0; k<i; k++) { padding += " " } padding += "- "; var header_id = headers[j].id; header_id = header_id.replace('(','%2528'); header_id = header_id.replace(')','%2529'); report += padding + "[" + headers[j].textContent + "](#" + header_id + ")\n"; }}if (confirm ("CLICK OK TO COPY TO CLIPBOARD\n\n" + report)) { navigator.clipboard.writeText(report);}})();

To use the bookmarklet:

• Navigate to a Sharepoint webpage. Don't click on Edit yet.
• Click on the bookmarklet on the bookmarks toolbar.
• Click on OK to copy the Markdown code to the clipboard.
• Edit the Sharepoint webpage.
• Create a new Markdown web part where you want the TOC to be.
• Paste the Markdown code into the black section of the box.
• Save the webpage.
• To update the TOC, it is easiest and quickest to delete the web part and start again.