Introducing link format, a new copy and paste feature in Microsoft Edge!

1. Do you find the friendly link format helpful?

No

1. Is the ability to occasionally paste the full, plain text URL a good solution for you?

I always want to paste in plain text

1. Do you prefer the full, plain text URL format when you copy and paste all the time?

Yes definitely

1. If you prefer the full, plain text URL format, were you able to find the settings to change the default without the assistance of this or other articles?

Yes, but I had to google (sorry, Bing :) ) search for it first

1. Do you have any other feedback about this feature you’d like to share with us?

 I did not like the sudden/breaking change of behaviour

Late to the party here, but I don't see the point. I set it to plain text immediately. Why are we constantly changings things that just work. Leave those along and focus on the problems.

When copying and pasting URLs from Microsoft Edge, the URL will now be pasted in a friendly, readable link format by default. The link uses the page title as the link text and uses the full URL you copied as the link’s destination. We believe this makes the URLs you share easier to read, understand, and find again later.

 

If on occasion you would like to paste the full, plain text URL, that is still available. Right-click where you would like to paste and in the new Paste as menu, select Plain text. Alternatively you can use the shortcut key Ctrl+Shift+V.

 

If you would rather change the default URL copy and paste format back to plain text, you can do that as well. Visit the Share, copy & paste page in Microsoft Edge settings (you can get there easily by typing edge://Settings/ShareCopyPaste in the address bar) and select the Plain text option.

 

Finally, we’d love to hear from you! Here are some questions about this feature we’d love for you to answer:

1. Do you find the friendly link format helpful?
2. Is the ability to occasionally paste the full, plain text URL a good solution for you?
3. Do you prefer the full, plain text URL format when you copy and paste all the time?
4. If you prefer the full, plain text URL format, were you able to find the settings to change the default without the assistance of this or other articles?
5. Do you have any other feedback about this feature you’d like to share with us?

 

Thank you!

The Microsoft Edge team

This isn't an improvement this is something your resident goof off specials think is cool to develope.

I like this feature with one exception: I don't want the domain string of the URL included in parentheses at the end. Would love it if there were an option to exclude this portion of the friendly URL.

I can see how these changes would benefit some people, but I know it's causing headaches for many business professionals and I do not see a 'paste as' option in Outlook. 

Outlook 365 is a little different than Edge. Copy the URL that ends in .pdf to the clipboard, then right click, select Link > from the shortcut menu - recent items - and select the pdf URL.