# Bookmark a selected text

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-a-selected-text/200468
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** bookmarks
**Created:** [August 15, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-a-selected-text/200468 "2021-08-15T08:37:00Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-a-selected-text/200468/7 "2023-05-17T11:14:44Z")

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Hey @Don 🙂

Would this plugin be a good enough alternative? It’s unofficial and I didn’t test it on the last Discourse version, though:

> [@Auto Bookmarks plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-bookmarks-plugin/110250):
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> discourse-auto-bookmarks discourse-auto-bookmarks is a Discourse plugin for adding automatic HTML bookmarks to topics and easily get a sharable link which points at specific parts of the text. Installation Follow [Install a Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-a-plugin/19157) how-to from the official Discourse Meta, using git clone https://github.com/acaporrini/discourse-auto-bookmarks.git as the plugin command. Usage Hover over any h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 header in your topics, a small bookmark icon will appear: Right click the boo…

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