Copying the URL from the URL bar should be plain text

[stracker-phil]

stracker-phil last edited by

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.

[Chrisintucson]

Chrisintucson last edited by

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.

[Chrisintucson]

Chrisintucson last edited by

Never mind my post about a work around, it only worked once. Damn.

[sc99]

sc99 last edited by

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.

[minerva42]

minerva42 last edited by

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.

[sc99]

sc99 @minerva42 last edited by

@minerva42
Instead of pasting with command-v, use shift-command-option-v.

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