# Bookmarklet

> A bookmarklet is a bookmark stored in a web browser that contains JavaScript commands that add new features to the browser. They are stored as the URL of a bookmark in a web browser or as a hyperlink on a web page. Bookmarklets are usually small snippets of JavaScript executed when a user clicks on […]

A **bookmarklet** is a bookmark stored in a web browser that contains JavaScript commands that add new features to the browser. They are stored as the URL of a bookmark in a web browser or as a hyperlink on a web page. Bookmarklets are usually small snippets of JavaScript executed when a user clicks on them. When clicked, bookmarklets can perform a wide variety of operations, such as running a search query from selected text or extracting data from a table.

Another name for *bookmarklet* is **favelet** or **favlet**, derived from *favorites* (synonym of bookmark).

## History

Steve Kangas of bookmarklets.com coined the word *bookmarklet* when he started to create short scripts based on a suggestion in Netscape’s JavaScript guide. Before that, Tantek Çelik called these scripts *favelets* and used that word as early as on 6 September 2001 (personal email). Brendan Eich, who developed JavaScript at Netscape, gave this account of the origin of bookmarklets:

> They were a deliberate feature in this sense: I invented the `javascript:`

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*Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmarklet)*

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- **URL:** https://wpsearchai.com/bookmarklet/
- **Published:** 2026-01-28T18:49:35+00:00
- **Modified:** 2026-01-28T18:49:35+00:00
- **Author:** admin
- **Categories:** Web development