Browser Bookmarklet

The bookmarklet is the fastest way to file something into littledots when you’re somewhere on the web. Drop a hotel link from booking.com, a pin from Google Maps, a what3words triple from a guidebook, or any link a friend just sent you. One click and it lands on a trip.

Drag this to your bookmarks bar

Drag this little dot to your bookmarks bar
+ littledots
Tip: select text first to send the selection instead of the page URL.

Playground

Install the bookmarklet by dragging the “+ littledots” button into your browsers bookmark bar. Then:

  • Just click the bookmarklet
    It will ask you to add the current page to your trips
  • Highlight one of the links below, then click the bookmarklet
    booking.com
    https://www.booking.com/hotel/cz/grandhotel-pupp.en-gb.html
    google maps
    https://maps.app.goo.gl/H5Y34RNPJFxzNAW17
  • Highlight the following text and click the bookmarklet
    what3words triple
    ///crowned.javelin.salad

Notes

  • Normally you would browse a site and just hit the bookmarklet.
  • If no text is highlighted (selected) while hitting the bookmarklet the current browser URL will be transmitted. If text is highlighted, then the highlighted text will be submitted instead.
  • Learn more about what3words.com

How it works

The bookmarklet is a tiny piece of code stored as a regular bookmark. When you click it, it grabs the URL of the page you’re on (or the text you have selected), opens littledots.com, and shows you the options for filing it. Pick a trip, pin the place, or start a brand new trip. One tap and it’s saved.

You’ll need to be signed in to littledots.com for the filing step. If you’re not, the page will ask you to sign in and bring you straight back to where you left off.

How to install on each browser

Chrome (or Edge, Brave, Opera)

  1. Make sure your bookmarks bar is visible. View, then Always Show Bookmarks Bar.
  2. Drag the purple “+ littledots” pill above onto your bookmarks bar.
  3. That’s it. Click it on any page to file the page into a trip.

Firefox

  1. Show your bookmarks toolbar. View, Toolbars, Bookmarks Toolbar, Always Show.
  2. Drag the “+ littledots” pill onto the toolbar.
  3. Click it on any page to file it.

Safari

  1. Turn on the Favorites bar. View, Show Favorites Bar.
  2. Drag the “+ littledots” pill onto the Favorites bar.
  3. Done. Click it on any page to file the link.

On a phone

Mobile browsers don’t let you drag a link onto a bookmark bar. The trick is to bookmark any page first, then edit the bookmark URL to paste the bookmarklet code in.

Safari on iPhone or iPad

  1. Bookmark any page (the share icon, then Add Bookmark). Save it to Favorites.
  2. Open Bookmarks, tap Edit on the new bookmark, and rename it to “+ littledots”.
  3. Tap the URL field and replace the address with the snippet below.

Chrome on Android

  1. Bookmark any page (the star icon).
  2. Open Bookmarks, find the new entry, tap the three-dot menu, and pick Edit bookmark.
  3. Replace the URL with the snippet below and save.

Snippet to paste in the URL field:

javascript:(function(){var s=window.getSelection().toString();var i=s||location.href;window.open('https://littledots.com/app/ingest?input='%2BencodeURIComponent(i)%2B'source=bookmarklet','_blank');})();