Link Text and Location Copier
Copy formatted links right from the context menu.
Link Text and Location Copier - Firefox Add-On
"Link Text and Location Copier" is a Firefox web extension designed for enhanced productivity. It enables users to create links directly from the context menu, featuring the ability to copy a link’s text and location, the page title, and URL or selected text, and page url in numerous formats like plain text, HTML, Markdown or BB Code links. It operates in English, Dutch, and German. Given some limitations with earlier versions of Firefox and XML documents, this add-on brings versatile link creation to your browser.
Add-on stats
Rating: 4.57 
(35)
Creation date: 2017-09-11
Weekly download count: 8
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- activeTab
- contextMenus
- clipboardWrite
- storage
Size: 19.65K
Email: ev*****@gmail.com
URLs: Website
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Add-on summary
Firefox web extension that helps you creating links right from the context menu. It copies a link’s text and location, the page title and URL, or selected text and page url as either plain text, HTML, Markdown or BB Code links. Or, add your own through the add-on options page.
Available in English, Dutch and German. If you want to contribute a translation, please get in touch.
Known issues:
- Before Firefox 56 the link title will always be “undefined”.
- Before Firefox 56 text selection is limited to 150 characters.
- The title and url of pages inside a (i)frame cannot be copied.
- Will not work when
dom.event.clipboardevents.enabledis set to false. - Will not work on XML documents, as these do not support
document.execCommand(copy).
Heavily inspired by CoLT.
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Customizable
- Few permissions required
- Great replacement for CoLT
- Developer responsive
- Saved workflow after Quantum update
Cons
- Does not work on selected multiple links
- Development has stopped due to creator passing away
- Requires dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled to be enabled
Most mentioned
- Customizable
- Great replacement for CoLT
- Developer responsive
- Saved workflow after Quantum update
- Does not work on selected multiple links
- Development has stopped due to creator passing away
- Requires dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled to be enabled
User reviews
by Pxtl, 2023-11-29
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Link Text and Location Copier requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Link Text and Location Copier is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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