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Is there any way to use shortcuts to copy the link location in Firefox?

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For example take the above Google webpage in Firefox -- here "tamil" was the text with hyperlink. Usually we used to press either copy by right click --> copy link location and paste the hyperlink over there; I don't wish to copy the hyperlink by right click and would rather use shortcuts.

I am using Windows XP service pack with Firefox version 23.1

user198350
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BlueBerry - Vignesh4303
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    What do you mean by link location? You mean the URL of the page you are currently looking at? – slhck Sep 16 '13 at 14:04
  • @slhck added image for better clarification,while looking at webpage there might be n number of hyperlinks while copy pasting it genreally doesnt give urls instead it will paste it as plain text – BlueBerry - Vignesh4303 Sep 16 '13 at 14:09
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    Thanks, I understand which action you mean, but what do you want it to do? When you copy the link location, it **will already be a URL** – in plain text, for example `http://example.com`. What kind of shortcut are you thinking? A keyboard shortcut? How would it know which URL you want to copy? – slhck Sep 16 '13 at 14:15
  • @slhck now clarified and updated question – BlueBerry - Vignesh4303 Sep 16 '13 at 14:35

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Do you want to copy the link location of a hyperlink?

Try this:

  • Hover over the item,
  • Right Click + A
  • Paste the link wherever you want.
    The link will be on your clipboard.
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  • This method doesn't work on sites such as https://music.youtube.com/ which disable the browser context menu. – user198350 Jan 24 '21 at 09:31
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    @user598527 in Firefox you can hold "Shift" key while using right click to override any page specific context menu. – icl7126 Mar 24 '21 at 09:08
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To copy the link location of a hyperlink (on Firefox), do Right Click + L
(Works as of 11 May, 2021, 07:17 GMT)

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    For me `l + Right-click` works on Firefox. `Right-click + l` doesn't do anything (it just opens the context menu as if I just pressed `Right-click`). – gargoylebident May 28 '21 at 08:25
  • That seems to open option to create a new bookmark. `Right-click+A` copies the link to clipboard. – cipricus Jul 19 '21 at 14:10
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I've wanted this feature for years. As far as I know, there isn't a built-in way to do this, nor has anybody made an addon. I got sick of waiting, so I forked a similar addon and modified it for this purpose: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/copy-link-with-click/

Here's a screenshot of the settings:

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It's open source. Here's the repository: https://github.com/DanKaplanSES/copy-link-with-click

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If you want to give the Link Hints plugin a try:

What is Link Hints?

Link Hints is a browser extension that complements the built-in keyboard >shortcuts with ones for clicking.

https://lydell.github.io/LinkHints/tutorial.html#step-7

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I know that is not exactly what you are looking for but you can Ctrl + left click the link to open it in a new tab.

You can then Ctrl + Tab to show the new tab

I don't think there is any keyboard + mouse shortcuts for copying the link location

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  • To open in a new tab one can also use just middle-click. But `there is no keyboard + mouse shortcuts for copying the link location` is false. – cipricus Jul 19 '21 at 14:12