diff --git a/content/src/controller.js b/content/src/controller.js
index 73f5d5dc..07bde499 100644
--- a/content/src/controller.js
+++ b/content/src/controller.js
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ view.on('share', function() {
   var shortfilename = modelatpos('left').filename.replace(/^.*\//, '');
   if (!shortfilename) { shortfilename = 'clip'; }
   var doc = view.getPaneEditorData(paneatpos('left'));
-  if (isEmptyDoc(doc)) { return; }
+  if(newdata.data===''){shareAction();}
   // First save if needed (including login user if necessary)
   if (view.isPaneEditorDirty(paneatpos('left'))) {
     saveAction(false, 'Log in to share', shareAction);
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ view.on('share', function() {
       // There is no editor on the left (or it is misbehaving) - do nothing.
       console.log("Nothing to share.");
       return;
-    } else if (doc.data !== '') { // If program is not empty, generate thumbnail.
+    } else if (doc.data !== '' || (newdata.data ==='' && window.downloadhtml!=='') || (newdata.data ==='' && window.downloadcss!=='')) { // If program is not empty, generate thumbnail.
       if (model.tempThumbnail) {
         postThumbnailGeneration(model.tempThumbnail);
       } else {
diff --git a/content/src/view.js b/content/src/view.js
index 1b9c6cca..152bd17a 100644
--- a/content/src/view.js
+++ b/content/src/view.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ function htmlEscape(s) {
   return s.replace(/[<>&"]/g, function(c) {
     return c=='<'?'&lt;':c=='>'?'&gt;':c=='&'?'&amp;':'&quot;';});
 }
-
+var downloadhtml;
+var downloadcss;
 // The view has three panes, #left, #right, and #back (the offscreen pane).
 //
 // Any of the three panes can show:
@@ -2924,9 +2925,11 @@ function updateMeta(paneState) {
   // Grab the html and the CSS from the editors.
   if (paneState.htmlEditor) {
     paneState.meta.html = paneState.htmlEditor.getValue();
+     window.downloadhtml=paneState.meta.html;
   }
   if (paneState.cssEditor) {
     paneState.meta.css = paneState.cssEditor.getValue();
+     window.downloadcss=paneState.meta.css;
   }
 }
 function getPaneEditorData(pane) {