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MissyQ
Former Employee
Aug 19, 2020

Announcing a new way to paste URLs, Link format!

Recently, we wanted to dig into how users feel about copying and pasting a URL from their browser. We looked to understand what they do when they copy and paste URLs, as well as the pain points they ...
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ManuelGPz
Copper Contributor
Nov 23, 2020

MissyQ This function is not currently not working for me when I use Office desktop apps. 
The Ctrl+V works correctly adding the tittle of the header with the hyperlink. But the Ctrl+Shift+V doesnt paste the plain hyperlink test.

 

I'd suggest to keep the standard Ctrl+V behaviour ( pasting plain text ) and adding the new function ( Paste Title + Hyperlink ) to Ctrl+Shift+V to avoid problems with standard apps.

 

All that said I think it is a clever function and a really nice productivity boost, so I would like to congrat and thank you for the great idea.

  • JaredB81's avatar
    JaredB81
    Former Employee
    Nov 24, 2020

    Thanks, ManuelGPz.  I'm glad you find this to be helpful and I understand that you prefer the plain text paste method in Office desktop apps.

     

    The Ctrl + Shift + V shortcut key isn't guaranteed to work in every app.  It works on most websites (though even some websites override shortcut keys).  The Office desktop apps each offer their own paste menus that allow you to paste the full URL as plain text.

     

    If you would like the default paste format to behave like it used to, there is a setting you can set to make URL paste always paste the plain text URL by default (which will also set Ctrl + V back to the full plain text URL).

     

    Note, that within Edge, you can right click and use the "Paste as" menu to paste in a format other than the default (much like Ctrl + Shift + V) but again, that is only within Edge and will not necessarily work on every website.

     

    Thank you again and I hope this helps!

    • ManuelGPz's avatar
      ManuelGPz
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 25, 2020
      Thanks so much for that JaredB81 🙂
  • Adam Fowler's avatar
    Adam Fowler
    Iron Contributor
    Nov 24, 2020

    My suggestion would be to put Ctrl+V back the way it was, and instead makes Ctrl+Shift+V do this cool new function.

    • JaredB81's avatar
      JaredB81
      Former Employee
      Nov 24, 2020

      Thanks, Adam Fowler

       

      I appreciate the suggestion of reverting the default and having a shortcut key for the new behavior as an option.


      Note that you can change your default paste option in Edge settings under "Share, Copy & Paste" to set it back to the full plain text URL and then use the right-click "Paste as" menu to paste as a link within Edge.  I hear you though on also wanting a shortcut key for link when plain text is the default.

       

      Thanks again!
      Jared

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