How to Make a Bookmarklet ⭐ in Internet Explorer

How to Make a Bookmarklet ⭐ in Internet Explorer

1. Make sure the Favorites toolbar is visible. Right click the Internet Explorer toolbar to bring up its context menu.
2. As the image below shows, Favorites Bar should be checked.
3. If the bookmarklet comes as a link you can just drag and drop that link into the Internet Explorer Favorites Bar.

Right Click Toolbar & Make Sure Favorites Bar is Checked

Right Click Toolbar & Make Sure Favorites Bar is Checked

If you need to manually create the bookmarklet in Internet Explorer because the bookmarklet is only supplied as Javascript code and not a link:

You first need to create a bookmarklet in Internet Explorer which you will then edit to replace the url part of the bookmarklet with the Javascript code that makes up the bookmarklet.

1. Right click a blank part of the web page where the bookmarklet code is.
2. From the context menu select Add to Favorites OR click the star icon ⭐ at the very left side of the Internet Exlorer Favorites bar. Either of these will add the current page to your favorites in Internet Explorer.

Right Click Web Page to Invoke Context Menu Or Click Favorites Star

Right Click Web Page to Invoke Context Menu Or Click Favorites Star

This will add the current web page to your favorites.

You now want to edit the name of the bookmarklet and replace the url of that bookmarklet with the bookmarklet Javascript code:

1. Right click the bookmarklet and click Properties on the context menu that appears.
2. In the properties dialog box click on the General tab.
3. In the text box, rename the shortcut so the name reflects what the bookmarklet will do. For example, if the bookmarklet is to enable right click on a web page, you could name the bookmarklet Enable Right Click.
4. Then, in the properties dialog box click on the Web Document tab.
5. In the text box for the url, replace the text that is there with the Javascript code that is the bookmarklet.
6. Be sure to click the Apply button.

Right Click Bookmarklet, Click Properties

Right Click Bookmarklet, Click Properties

In Properties Dialog, Click General

In Properties Dialog, Click General

Enter Relevant Bookmark Name in Textbox

Enter Relevant Bookmark Name in Textbox

In Properties Dialog, Click Web Document

In Properties Dialog, Click Web Document

Input Javascript Code In Url Text Box

Input Javascript Code In Url Text Box