# StackOverflow answer links not Oneboxing

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/stackoverflow-answer-links-not-oneboxing/29943
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** onebox
**Created:** [June 12, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stackoverflow-answer-links-not-oneboxing/29943 "2015-06-12T19:39:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stackoverflow-answer-links-not-oneboxing/29943/1 "2015-06-12T19:39:38Z")

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Copying a link from a specific StackOverflow answer doesn’t seem to onebox.

##Link from answer  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/6/96408928eebd8fd489699cfa10200ad271f4590a.png)

###Example link from answer  
`http://stackoverflow.com/a/30810322/406712`

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/400212/how-do-i-copy-to-the-clipboard-in-javascript/30810322#30810322>

##Link from browser address bar  
The link from the browsers address bar just link to the Question and don’t link to the answer - if you were to click the normal link yourself it goes to a different location to the onebox.

`http://stackoverflow.com/questions/400212/how-do-i-copy-to-the-clipboard-in-javascript/30810322#30810322`

####onebox

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/400212/how-do-i-copy-to-the-clipboard-in-javascript/30810322#30810322>

####Normal Link  
[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/400212/how-do-i-copy-to-the-clipboard-in-javascript/30810322#30810322](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/400212/how-do-i-copy-to-the-clipboard-in-javascript/30810322#30810322)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stackoverflow-answer-links-not-oneboxing/29943/2 "2015-06-12T22:14:55Z")

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Recategorizing this as feature since I don’t think this was ever supported.

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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stackoverflow-answer-links-not-oneboxing/29943/3 "2016-07-29T23:39:21Z")

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I submitted a pull request for this.

[https://github.com/discourse/onebox/pull/325](https://github.com/discourse/onebox/pull/325)

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### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stackoverflow-answer-links-not-oneboxing/29943/4 "2025-12-04T11:36:00Z")

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