What is the shortcut to copy the link location in Firefox?

Question

Is there any way to use shortcuts to copy the link location in Firefox?

For example take the above Google webpage in Firefox -- here "tamil" was the text with hyperlink. Usually we used to press either copy by right click --> copy link location and paste the hyperlink over there; I don't wish to copy the hyperlink by right click and would rather use shortcuts.

I am using Windows XP service pack with Firefox version 23.1

Answer 1

Do you want to copy the link location of a hyperlink?

Try this:

• Hover over the item,
• Right Click + A
• Paste the link wherever you want.
  The link will be on your clipboard.

Answer 2

To copy the link location of a hyperlink (on Firefox), do Right Click + L
(Works as of 11 May, 2021, 07:17 GMT)

Answer 3

I've wanted this feature for years. As far as I know, there isn't a built-in way to do this, nor has anybody made an addon. I got sick of waiting, so I forked a similar addon and modified it for this purpose: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/copy-link-with-click/

Here's a screenshot of the settings:

It's open source. Here's the repository: https://github.com/DanKaplanSES/copy-link-with-click

Answer 4

If you want to give the Link Hints plugin a try:

What is Link Hints?

Link Hints is a browser extension that complements the built-in keyboard >shortcuts with ones for clicking.

https://lydell.github.io/LinkHints/tutorial.html#step-7

Answer 5

I know that is not exactly what you are looking for but you can Ctrl + left click the link to open it in a new tab.

You can then Ctrl + Tab to show the new tab

I don't think there is any keyboard + mouse shortcuts for copying the link location