# Share post URL text displaying as link on touch devices

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-post-url-text-displaying-as-link-on-touch-devices/62339>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [09.Май.2017 07:16:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-post-url-text-displaying-as-link-on-touch-devices/62339 "2017-05-09T07:16:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Post date:** [09.Май.2017 08:38:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-post-url-text-displaying-as-link-on-touch-devices/62339/3 "2017-05-09T08:38:11Z")

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Oh, that explains why I sometimes see the helpful selected text and sometimes the cumbersome link!

The assumption that touch users don’t have a keyboard isn’t always correct. Wouldn’t it make more sense to use this behavior in the mobile view only?

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