# UX of copying to clipboard the link to a post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ux-of-copying-to-clipboard-the-link-to-a-post/26342>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [3월 15, 2015, 4:39오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ux-of-copying-to-clipboard-the-link-to-a-post/26342 "2015-03-15T04:39:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Post date:** [3월 15, 2015, 4:39오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ux-of-copying-to-clipboard-the-link-to-a-post/26342/1 "2015-03-15T04:39:03Z")

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**Story** : desktop user wants to share a link to a post via a channel of their choice.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/f/2fb352c3019a6dd1ccae30a995a689ad156178a6.gif) 

Right clicking the “link” icon doesn’t work, because the element is a button. The user has to left click the “link” icon, then right click the link in the popup and copy it to clipboard, then close the popup. Slightly cumbersome.

On the other hand, clicking the “link” button does reveal extra actions, so conceptually it should be a button and not an anchor element.

Just putting this UX issue up there for potential discussion.

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