<![CDATA[Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text]]>Opera Build: 70.0.3693.0(Developer upstream)
OS: macOS 10.14.6 64-bit

Issue:
When copying URLs from the URL bar and paste it in other applications (RichText or HTML capable apps), doesn't copy the plain text URL but a rich text/html(?) representation of the URL. Also, the URL will not work in Messages if send (bug in Messages?).

It should copy the raw URL in plain text. Nothing else. This has started recently with some of the newer Dev Builds (note that other browsers don't display this behaviour).

Examples (screen shots):

Copy the URL
Screen Shot 2020-05-18 at 16.44.07.png
Now copied and pasted into another application with rich text/html capability:
Screen Shot 2020-05-18 at 16.44.28.png
Copied and pasted and sent in iMessages results in a empty send.
Screen Shot 2020-05-18 at 16.44.39.png

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/40807/copying-the-url-from-the-url-bar-should-be-plain-textRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 09:08:40 GMTMon, 18 May 2020 15:02:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:13:54 GMT]]>@minerva42
Instead of pasting with command-v, use shift-command-option-v.

That works for me -- no formatted text, just the url.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/225030https://forums.opera.com/post/225030Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:13:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:55:49 GMT]]>I'm done working around this. (I've been clicking in the URL, which highlights it, clicking again to get a cursor, moving to the end and adding a space, and then copying that. Which pastes as text but not as a link, at least in Apple Notes, so it's still a problem.)
Going back to Firefox for my work browser.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/225027https://forums.opera.com/post/225027Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:55:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:41:22 GMT]]>Command-option-shift-V does work, but it took a lot for me to find this thread and suss that out.

I don't know any other app that does this -- no browser that I know of copies the formatted URL and shows only the title. Since it's apparently a "feature" in Opera, it should be something we can turn off via a preference. Might seem like a small thing, but it's led to a lot of hair pulling, especially when I'm pasting into iMessage. I am seriously considering switching to Firefox over this.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/224621https://forums.opera.com/post/224621Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:41:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Sun, 06 Sep 2020 22:50:44 GMT]]>Never mind my post about a work around, it only worked once. Damn.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/223876https://forums.opera.com/post/223876Sun, 06 Sep 2020 22:50:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Sun, 06 Sep 2020 22:48:38 GMT]]>I may have found a work around for pasting into iMessage. Right click in iMessage (where you intend to paste), scroll to substitutions , mark Smart Links with a check mark. iMessage workaround copy.png

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/223875https://forums.opera.com/post/223875Sun, 06 Sep 2020 22:48:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:20:08 GMT]]>OSX has a keyboard shortcut to paste text in plain-text:

⌘+⌥+V (CMD + Option + V)

With this keyboard shortcut, the address is always pasted as an URL instead of a rich-text link element.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/223217https://forums.opera.com/post/223217Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:20:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Thu, 27 Aug 2020 17:30:26 GMT]]>hey, has anyone found a solution for this?

thx

g

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/222784https://forums.opera.com/post/222784Thu, 27 Aug 2020 17:30:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:52:16 GMT]]>I'm so glad I found this thread with others not loving this "feature." Would love to see a enable/disable option ASAP! Thank you for others who mentioned the paste without formatting keyboard commands, that'll work for now at least. Hope this get's addressed soon!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/222430https://forums.opera.com/post/222430Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:52:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:30:29 GMT]]>Same issue here and I have Version:70.0.3728.119 of Opera and System:Mac OS X 10.14.6 64-bit (Mojave on MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)) The keyboard shortcut: "cmd-option-shift-V" does work, but thats not a standard behavior people are used to for a URL copy/paste operation. Opera DEV team - kindly enable this link header VS plain text copying option as a feature please?
Many thanks in advance!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221664https://forums.opera.com/post/221664Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:30:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Thu, 13 Aug 2020 11:38:43 GMT]]>Why is this still an issue?
I have the same problem and it makes me reconsider my webbrowser-choice.
Is there any fix for that?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221047https://forums.opera.com/post/221047Thu, 13 Aug 2020 11:38:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:52:36 GMT]]>Is any extension or parameter to modify this behaviour ?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/220860https://forums.opera.com/post/220860Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:52:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Mon, 03 Aug 2020 18:52:00 GMT]]>The "Paste and Match Style" action (keyboard shortcut: cmd-option-shift-V) will generally paste the unformatted plain text URL in the destination app.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/220128https://forums.opera.com/post/220128Mon, 03 Aug 2020 18:52:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Sun, 02 Aug 2020 19:24:12 GMT]]>Hi everybody,

I surf with Opera for Mac (version : 69.0.3686.77)

How to modify the paste behavior on Opera ? I don't want to paste a title but an URL ?

Example : when I copy this subforum (https://forums.opera.com/category/12/opera-for-mac), I would like to paste the URL and not its title (Opera for Mac | Opera forums).

Thanks.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/220005https://forums.opera.com/post/220005Sun, 02 Aug 2020 19:24:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:42:47 GMT]]>Hi everyone, I am glad I am not the only one who has faced problems with this. Dear Opera, please, allow users to enable and disable this feature. Thanks.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/219474https://forums.opera.com/post/219474Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:42:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:54:27 GMT]]>yes, I'm having the same issue.

I hope they get this fixed.

When I copy and paste the URL, I don't get the URL but a hyperlink instead.

Very annoying!

It started this way since the last update.

Please, Opera fix this!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/219202https://forums.opera.com/post/219202Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:54:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:46:18 GMT]]>@vacord Super! TYVM! 👍

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/218108https://forums.opera.com/post/218108Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:46:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:44:11 GMT]]>@illostraight Yes, on a mac, just get your cursor in the URL bar then press command+(right arrow) and it should go to the end.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/218107https://forums.opera.com/post/218107Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:44:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:48:39 GMT]]>TYVM, @vacord - That does work. 👍 If it's a really long url, do u know of any quick way or keystroke to get to the end in the address bar?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/218093https://forums.opera.com/post/218093Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:48:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:37:17 GMT]]>@illostraight I found a work around that is only a little bit dumb! I just wanted to copy part of a URL to use in an ad setup, so I didn't copy the ?etcetcetc part at the end, and it worked fine. So what you can do is simply add a "?" at the end of a URL in the URL bar, and then copy everything but that "?" and it won't paste the page title as a hyperlink.

I'll be doing it like this now, and hopefully it helps others.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/218030https://forums.opera.com/post/218030Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:37:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:26:16 GMT]]>@leocg I do have that enabled and it makes no difference. I've turned it on and off and restarted, still the same.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/217967https://forums.opera.com/post/217967Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:26:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:12:47 GMT]]>@illostraight It's not happening here in Opera for Windows. Maybe an issue with Opera for Mac?

Anyway, do you see any difference if you enable full URL address in settings?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/217962https://forums.opera.com/post/217962Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:12:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:06:54 GMT]]>@vacord Thx for the tip. I'm going to use Firefox and transfer a ton of links by hand until this gets cleared up. I really like Opera. And I do have the button clicked in the prefs to show the full url address. Just doesn't copy that way. I did file a bug report, too. Opera?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/217961https://forums.opera.com/post/217961Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:06:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:04:11 GMT]]>@illostraight I'm glad someone else is complaining about this. I think it's a terrible "feature". It makes it so annoying to try to share URLs with other people, or paste them into other apps. I have to paste it into a stickie and then edit the URL to get the actual link.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/217958https://forums.opera.com/post/217958Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:04:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text on Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:40:05 GMT]]>I only get a headline of the article when I copy/paste any article from the opera address bar, even if it shows it's https://etc, I still get just the headline when I past it. No full address. This is troublesome as I always look at full links before I open any article to make sure it's not spam. I will have to go to firefox until this is resolved. I am running Sierra OS desktop, using text-edit, apple mail, Version:69.0.3686.77
Opera is up to date
Update stream:Stable
System:Mac OS X 10.12.6 64-bit

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/217952https://forums.opera.com/post/217952Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:40:05 GMT