# Post date can't be right clicked to copy link anymore

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-date-cant-be-right-clicked-to-copy-link-anymore/223457>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** size-s\
**Created:** [April 6, 2022, 6:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-date-cant-be-right-clicked-to-copy-link-anymore/223457 "2022-04-06T06:19:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![blattersturm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/blattersturm/32/76134_2.png) [@blattersturm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blattersturm)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 6:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-date-cant-be-right-clicked-to-copy-link-anymore/223457/1 "2022-04-06T06:19:28Z")

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Ever since the share-post modal has been added, the post date link is no longer a link, and it can’t be right clicked to ‘Copy link address’ to share, instead _requiring_ the use of the modal.

This breaks some _fairly old_ workflow:

> [@UX of copying to clipboard the link to a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ux-of-copying-to-clipboard-the-link-to-a-post/26342/4):
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> Yes, right click the timestamp. [image] I am not sure right clicking a “button” is an expected activity, personally.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/f/9fd8a9084ea16d66eb60b52d65ca88f729427c58.png)

While, yes, the new modal is more obvious for people not aware of the old method, it requires me to move my mouse (or finger, on mobile, if long-pressing) more than the browser context menu would’ve, and it might be this accidentally got removed when implementing the new modal.

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