Save a part of the page identified by tag and/or id about singlefile HOT 2 OPEN

Thank you for the suggestion. I'll have to think about it. The problem from my point of view is that if it's an option then the user risks creating a lot of profiles or changing the value of this option very often.

An interesting alternative for this use case is integration with userscripts. By enabling the hidden option userScriptEnabled, see https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile/wiki/Hidden-options, you can create a simple userscript that will be adapted to the page to be saved.

Here is below an example of such a script which is designed to save pages on "Le Monde" as https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/02/20/julian-assange-tente-d-obtenir-un-dernier-recours-contre-son-extradition-vers-les-etats-unis_6217460_3210.html

// ==UserScript==
// @name         New Userscript
// @version      2024-02-20
// @author       Gildas
// @match        https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(() => {
    "use strict";

    dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("single-file-user-script-init"));

    addEventListener("single-file-on-before-capture-request", () => {
        const element = document.querySelector(".zone--article");
        isolateElement(element);
    });

    function isolateElement(element) {
        const parentNode = element.parentNode;
        Array.from(parentNode.childNodes).forEach(node => {
            if (node != element) {
                node.remove();
            }
        });
        if (parentNode != document.body) {
            isolateElement(parentNode);
        }
    }
})();

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I had an idea of using user scripts to prepare the page once I click a button, but custom events from a SingeFile are even better as no extra steps are required! I wasn't aware of custom events and hidden options. This will close my needs for now. Thanks for sharing! 👍

Regarding the script: where can I read why the extension needs a dispatchEvent() from the user script?

UPD: found the answer here.

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