
In general, some sites or web apps may introduce their own formatting on paste. We’re working closely with the Word team to address this. When Link format is default, pasting into a Word document using Word Online is resulting only in the title appearing without a hyperlink. We’re working closely with the LinkedIn team to address this. When Link format is default, pasting into a LinkedIn post is resulting only in the title appearing without a hyperlink. There’s a few things we’re aware of, too, and are working on getting these resolved: Link format support will be available for in-page links soon. Additionally, it’s important to note that this only works for URLs copied from the address bar at this time. Right now, this feature is only available on Windows devices. Screenshot of the settings page for edge://settings/shareCopyPaste What’s next? Once you do that, Ctrl+V will be for the plain-text URL. If you want to revert this change, you can head to edge://settings/shareCopyPaste (or navigate through the … menu > Settings > Share, Copy & Paste ) and select Plain text as the default for your URLs. Jump list options from right-click, hovering over "Paste as" to show new options for pasting, "Plain text", "Link (Default)", and "Change default". When you copy from the address bar and right-click to paste, you will see that Paste now has a fly-out menu and that plain-text URL pasting is now Ctrl+Shift+V.
Starting this week, you should see Link format available on Windows devices running the Canary channel of Microsoft Edge. With both in mind, we are excited to not only introduce Link format for URLs but also options in the context menu that lets you paste both styles of URL regardless of your default paste setting! Other times, it’s desired to have both a readable format and the plain-text version. When one first copies a URL, it’s not always obvious that the full text is needed. We also learned that nearly everyone, at one point, wants the full, plain-text URL exactly as it was copied. This led us to what we call Link format, an easily readable URL that also preserves the details of the URL.
We found that one has to regularly edit the URL they copy to make them understandable for sharing or remove seemingly extra parameters. We looked to understand what they do when they copy and paste URLs, as well as the pain points they experience. Recently, we wanted to dig into how users feel about copying and pasting a URL from their browser.