# Impossible to copy heading links

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-copy-heading-links/332598
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 24, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-copy-heading-links/332598 "2024-10-24T15:45:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![MarcP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/marcp/32/160184_2.png) [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-copy-heading-links/332598/1 "2024-10-24T15:45:58Z")

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Upon trying to hover over the 🔗 icon in any header, it disappears - making it impossible to copy a link to a particular section in the topic.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/d/b/edb46593832717c116b7fdb796f3905667bae774.png)

Repro: just try to copy any heading link [here on Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-link-to-start-a-new-topic-with-pre-filled-information/28074)

Browser: Up-to-date Brave on MacOS.

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-copy-heading-links/332598/2 "2024-10-24T15:48:13Z")

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You can right-click them and copy link.

 ![This image appears to be a screenshot of a webpage with a paragraph of text and a list of options, likely from a Microsoft Edge browser. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/8/9/889ac8a5ca3b8d1ddc45efd4733a053e1f2a799b.png)

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### Author: ![MarcP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/marcp/32/160184_2.png) [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-copy-heading-links/332598/3 "2024-10-24T15:49:26Z")

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> [@MarcP](#):
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> trying to hover over the 🔗 icon in any header, it disappears

That’s exactly the issue ^

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-copy-heading-links/332598/4 "2024-10-24T15:50:40Z")

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Sounds like Brave issue … working fine in Edge on Windoze

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-copy-heading-links/332598/5 "2024-10-24T15:51:52Z")

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Ditto Firefox on Windoze

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### Author: ![MarcP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/marcp/32/160184_2.png) [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-copy-heading-links/332598/6 "2024-10-24T15:53:32Z")

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Yes, might be Brave related indeed. Works in Safari.

Edit; Readwise Highlighter extension broke it ☹

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-copy-heading-links/332598/7 "2024-11-23T15:54:25Z")

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