Copy current tab URL

[zlnk]

I've been using arc browser as an alternative to FF, and they have a really helpful feature that is a keyboard shortcut to copy the current page link without losing focus from the page and no need of changing your flow.

I've been looking for alternatives, and the closer I found is to execute command +  L and command + C, but even if I don't need to touch the mouse or tab key to copy the link, I lose focus and is not the best experience.

Another nice detail on this functionality is when you use their shortcut (shift + command + C), they remove all trackers from the URL

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[Jon]

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[myspace]

agreed this would be a great addition

[okay_okay]

yes please +1 

[Anonymous]

@zlnk, @myspace , @okay_okay 

You guys might like this: Copy Tabs – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

It includes customizable shortcuts for (all copy modes)

Hope it helps.

[wutongtaiwan]

I agree

[acolyte192]

@AnonymousHow do you set up custom keyboard shortcuts? I can't find the settings for that anywhere.

[Anonymous]

@acolyte192 

You can find the addons `about:addons` => `cog wheel` => `Manage Extension Shortcuts`

ref. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-extension-shortcuts-firefox

Hope it helps

[hjasond]

Add my vote to this feature. Copy Tabs looks nice but I don't think you can set a Cmd+ Shift + C to a Firefox extension.

[Anonymous]

@hjasond 

Yeah, sadly at the moment you can't overwrite some specific built-in shortcuts.

but AFAIK, there is already an issue here on connect change this,  so maybe this will be possible in the future. In the meantime, you can still use almost every other key combination and function keys.

[zlnk]

I think the shortcut to use is secondary, what I expect is to have a simple way to copy URLs, ideally removing all trackers from that

[david-rubino]

I put together a web extension called "Flink":

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flink-by-david/

This provides a button in the address bar which copies the URL to the clipboard. If you right click on the button, you see additional options for copying formatted HTML links using the page title, selected text, or site-contextual formatting. Let me know what you think!

-David Rubino, Firefox Product Manager (and occasional web extension developer)

[zlnk]

Hi David, I haven't seen it.

I like it and I think it's a step forward, but I miss the shortcut to do it. As I said in my original post, the ability to copy URLs via a shortcut is an underrated feature.