Copy As Hyperlink

Copy page title or selected text as a pasteable hyperlink

What is Copy As Hyperlink?

Copy As Hyperlink is a Chrome extension developed by Frederick Hewett (Cambridge, MA), and its main feature is "Copy page title or selected text as a pasteable hyperlink".

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Download Copy As Hyperlink Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        The purpose of this extension is to facilitate copying and pasting of text from a webpage such that the copied data includes a hyperlink to the page on which the text appears.

To use this extension:
1. On the web page for which you're creating a link, select the text that you want to appear in the destination document. For a news article, this might be the article headline. If no text is selected, the page title will be used.
2. Click on the icon for this extension. A small window that says "Link copied"  will pop up temporarily next to the icon.
3. Paste the text into the destination document. It should appear as a hyperlink to the webpage from which the text was copied.
4. You can also use a hot key to invoke the extension. The default is Alt-Shift-L.                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Copy As Hyperlink Copy As Hyperlink
ID aphcegfomnecchcihkiilhngijgjgffi
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/copy-as-hyperlink/aphcegfomnecchcihkiilhngijgjgffi
Description Copy page title or selected text as a pasteable hyperlink
File Size 38.12 KB
Installation Count 1,554
Current Version 4.1.1
Last Updated 2023-04-15
Publish Date 2020-05-08
Rating 3.42/5 Total 12 Ratings
Developer Frederick Hewett (Cambridge, MA)
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Supported Languages en-US
manifest.json
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    "name": "Copy As Hyperlink",
    "description": "Copy page title or selected text as a pasteable hyperlink",
    "version": "4.1.1",
    "manifest_version": 3,
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        "activeTab",
        "scripting"
    ],
    "action": {
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        "default_icon": {
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            "32": "\/images\/icon_32.png",
            "48": "\/images\/icon_48.png",
            "128": "\/images\/icon_128.png"
        }
    },
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        "32": "\/images\/icon_32.png",
        "48": "\/images\/icon_48.png",
        "128": "\/images\/icon_128.png"
    }
}