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8. December 2011, 14:45:26

STi Sev

Posts: 464

Copy link text? (scroll over a URL and copy its text)

I have done about 30 minutes of searching/googling and I have not found a definitive answer for the latest version of Opera.

I am a Opera > Firefox > Back to Opera convert.

Basically, this is what I want (firefox menu).
[img]http://i.imgur.com/IJxQ0.png

Does anyone know of a toolbar menu entry to allow me to copy the text of the url (NOT the url itself, but the text name of it as displayed).
This is the closest I have found: http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/menus.html BUT the download link is b0rked.

Can anyone help? This is driving me nuts not having this feature.

8. December 2011, 16:43:56

Pesala

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If you select the text first, then right-click, you can copy it.

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8. December 2011, 16:55:41

STi Sev

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I know that... rofl.

Any way to do it from right click menu? It's really inconvenient to select sometimes between links. Pretty please?

9. December 2011, 05:59:11

sgunhouse

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You have to indicate to Opera what you want to copy somehow ...

12. December 2011, 09:19:07

STi Sev

Posts: 464

Guys,
I don't think I expressed clearly what I wanted.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/IJxQ0.png

See copy link TEXT in the menu there? That's what I want (NOT copy link). Does anyone know an entry for this in the menu ini?

12. December 2011, 09:42:47

Pesala

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Originally posted by STi Sev:

I don't think I expressed clearly what I wanted.

We understood, but I think you must be using an extension to get this behaviour in Firefox. There is no such option when I use Firefox.

There is no such option in IE8 or SRWare Chrome Iron either.

You can add a Copy item to the menu in Opera if you want, but it won't copy anything unless the text is selected.

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12. December 2011, 09:44:17

STi Sev

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We understood, but I think you must be using an extension to get this behaviour in Firefox. There is no such option when I use Firefox.

Yes, I am using Copy Link Text extension. Is there an extension or any way to do this in Opera?

It is such a valuable feature and doing a search I found many people who want it.

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