Forum Discussion
Announcing a new way to paste URLs, Link format!
JaredB81 My suggestion is that this copy HTML similar to what you see when you share to Mail which does include the image and description from the OG elements.
I want to make a point I think is significant. The share UI is extensible and there is no reason there should be only one option for copying. Independent of the share, copy, paste setting, the share UI can expose separate options to copy the URL only, the URL and title, and the full image, title, description, and URL that is shared with Mail or OneNote. In other words, there can be three share targets that place different data on the clipboard. I have a use for all three. For example, when pasting a link into an email message, I usually want the URL only but sometimes want the "link format". It is easier to use the share charm in the non-default case then to change Edge settings, copy, then change the setting back. When I want to share an interesting article with someone, I use the share to Mail though don't like because I want to use Outlook. In this case I would select to have the very rich format received by Mail and Outlook and paste this myself into Outlook.
JaredB81 One more thing. I think you should reconsider the terms "Link" and "Plain text" to distinguish between these two options. What Edge now calls "Plain text" is called Link elsewhere all over Edge. Some, such as Copy image link, have been updated to work with this feature which makes it confusing because the UI uses the term link even when what will be copied is what the setting calls plain text and explicitly not what the feature calls link. Other usage has long been inconsistent in Anaheim. What IE, and I suspect Spartan which I no longer have, called Save target as..., Anaheim uses Save link as which beyond the missing ellipsis, doesn't save a link.
In regard to an earlier discussion, the clipboard format "Titled Hyperlink Format" is a duplicate of the HTML clipboard format. The Link Preview Format is JSON with the title, URL, and some overhead. What this latter does not contain are the OG properties, specifically image and description, that are shared via the share charm.
My suggestion is to use a term like "Rich Links" so that you can use the generic term "Link" for all cases. If you were to expose the format used via the share charm which includes a preview image and description, I would suggest "Preview Links". The clipboard format name "Titled Hyperlink Format" suggests the name "Titled Links" which is OK though I don't like it as much but it is less ambiguous by far than "Rich Links".
- I am noting that it's been understood and noted. For the future.
