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It seems that Firefox stopped copying http:// (when I want to copy URL) which is very annoying to me.

I need the whole address when copying.

I have the opposite complaint: when I highlight a portion of the url in chrome, it prepends the http:// anyway. If I have the whole thing selected it would make sense to prepend the http://

I can't reproduce what you say, it doesn't prepends http:// in my case. Are you on Windows?

Yes, on Windows. You do have to select the first part of the url, but I often just want the host and port, ie localhost:8080 instead of http://localhost:8080

This is so minor but it slows me down working every day. If I didn't select it, don't copy it. If I clicked in the center on a specific spot, drop the cursor right there instead of selecting a section.

This happens to me all the time in MacOS also. Drives me crazy.

It doesn’t make sense either way. If I select what is visible only as the domain name, why is some magic text automatically added in front?

Firefox hides the http:// scheme in the address bar, but will include it if you copy the URL. You can test with http://example.com/ and https://example.com/.

Nice! Though it'd be good if they swapped the scenario where they hide the protocol to be `https` and make `http` the one that sticks out awkwardly.

At least for copying nothing should be hidden.

I mean they have the lock icon for https.

If you want it to stick out awkwardly I feel like they just need a opened lock in red icon.

Interesting. What OS and Firefox build are you on? Firefox always copies the full URI for me. (Windows, Firefox 69 - and I'm pretty sure I get the same behavior on my Linux machine at home, but I'm at work right now so can't confirm.)

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