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Q&A Have permalink button show a popup instead of redirecting

The Permalink control now allows you to copy a working URL for the post through the usual browser affordance (right-click + "copy URL" on desktop browsers, long-press on touch interfaces). Oddly, ...

posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2020-11-13T14:44:57Z (over 3 years ago)
  • The Permalink control now allows you to copy a working URL for the post through the usual browser affordance (right-click + "copy URL" on desktop browsers, long-press on touch interfaces). Oddly, it's not the same URL you get if you actually click the control, but at least you can get *a* working link that way. (This was not always the case. I don't know whether it behaved this way back when you asked this question.)
  • I agree that some visible response to clicking it would be good, since all the other things below a post are *actions* and not naked links. But I wanted to at least document what currently works.
  • The Permalink control now allows you to copy a working URL for the post through the usual browser affordance (right-click + "copy URL" on desktop browsers, long-press on touch interfaces). Oddly, it's not the same URL you get if you actually click the control, but at least you can get *a* working link that way. (This was not always the case. I don't know whether it behaved this way back when you asked this question.)
  • I agree that some visible response to clicking it would be good, since all the other things below a post are *actions* and not naked links. But I wanted to at least document what currently works.
  • **Update:** "Permalink" has been changed to "copy link", and clicking it copies the link to your clipboard.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2020-11-12T02:25:03Z (over 3 years ago)
The Permalink control now allows you to copy a working URL for the post through the usual browser affordance (right-click + "copy URL" on desktop browsers, long-press on touch interfaces).  Oddly, it's not the same URL you get if you actually click the control, but at least you can get *a* working link that way.  (This was not always the case.  I don't know whether it behaved this way back when you asked this question.)

I agree that some visible response to clicking it would be good, since all the other things below a post are *actions* and not naked links.  But I wanted to at least document what currently works.