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Comments on Have permalink button show a popup instead of redirecting

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Have permalink button show a popup instead of redirecting

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Currently, when I click the "permalink" button on a post, it just sends me to the permalink URL, which is kind of unintuitive - it took me a couple seconds to realize that the page hadn't just reloaded and the URL had changed.

Could we instead have a popup show up when you click the button, which shows you the permalink URL? (and hopefully has a "copy to clipboard" button as well)

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posted about 4 years ago
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Olin Lathrop‭ wrote about 4 years ago
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Why is there a different permalink URL in the first place?

Olin Lathrop‭ wrote about 4 years ago
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I just tried it, and clicking on Permalink resulted in exactly the same URL I was already at. So why do we need a Permalink button at all? What am I missing?

Moshi‭ wrote about 4 years ago
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@OlinLathrop It's only useful on answers.

Olin Lathrop‭ wrote about 4 years ago
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@Moshi: Ah, so the permalink for an answer gets you to that specific answer, as apposed to the page containing that answer. That makes sense. If Permalink doesn't do anything for a question, then it should probably be removed to avoid this confusion.

Moshi‭ wrote about 4 years ago
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@OlinLathrop go create a feature-request for it :) (Though IMO it's probably not worth the effort - afaik questions and answers use the same template)