# Copy marked text in URL format popup
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [January 16, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155 "2018-01-16T10:52:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Matthias\_Schuster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matthias_Schuster)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155/1 "2018-01-16T10:52:18Z")
When I choose to add a link on a text, I simply mark the specific text (in Github), press the link button and I get a nice, preformatted syntax, which lets me simply copy in the URL.
In Discourse, a pop-up appears which lets me write the already written text again.
My proposal is: Let the pop-up automatically use the marked text as “displayed text” 🙂
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155/2 "2018-01-16T22:33:35Z")
Oh yes we should be doing this, can you add it to your list @vinothkannans low priority?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155/3 "2018-01-16T23:00:27Z")
FYI this is purely a UX issue. Currently, if you highlight text, click Hyperlink in the toolbar and add a URL, it does add the link to the selected text despite the “optional title” field being left blank.
Ideally the highlighted text should be added to the “optional title” field - but it does at least work.
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155/4 "2018-01-17T04:37:17Z")
Okay. Added to my list 👍
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155/5 "2018-01-23T21:11:07Z")
It is done. Now the selected text will be displayed in the title field.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155/6 "2018-01-23T21:12:30Z")
Looks good! Thanks Vinoth 🎉
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155/7 "2018-01-24T00:30:18Z")
One tweak, you should trim any leading or trailing spaces from the text used for the selected text.
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155/8 "2018-01-24T14:32:10Z")
Done. Now the trimmed selected text will be used in popup.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-marked-text-in-url-format-popup/78155/9 "2018-01-24T23:00:12Z")
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