# Hovering over and clicking "Copy Link" gives visual feedback but does not copy link unless window is active

**URL:** <https://community.anytype.io/t/hovering-over-and-clicking-copy-link-gives-visual-feedback-but-does-not-copy-link-unless-window-is-active/30298>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** Desktop, Linux, Copy-Paste\
**Created:** [March 5, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/hovering-over-and-clicking-copy-link-gives-visual-feedback-but-does-not-copy-link-unless-window-is-active/30298 "2026-03-05T19:20:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![surelyNotJustANYtype](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/surelynotjustanytype/32/16214_2.png) [@surelyNotJustANYtype](https://community.anytype.io/u/surelyNotJustANYtype)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/hovering-over-and-clicking-copy-link-gives-visual-feedback-but-does-not-copy-link-unless-window-is-active/30298/1 "2026-03-05T19:20:26Z")

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# WHAT IS THE BUG

Clicking “Copy Link” does not copy link unless window is active

# HOW TO REPRODUCE IT

1. Go to a page with links (not bookmarks, which do not have “Copy Link” option) on it

2. Select another application on your desktop (without obscuring AnyType)

3. Hover over the link. A helper dialog will appear.

4. Hover over “Copy Link”. The words will highlight.

5. Click “Copy Link”. The dialog will close.

6. In the other window, ctrl+v to paste the link

# THE EXPECTED BEHAVIOR

The link is pasted in the other window

# ADDITIONAL CONTEXT

- On Mac, the hover dialog does not even appear, which seems more sensible. This is happening on PopOS COSMIC (Wayland). I didn’t check Windows.
- None of the other options in that dialog seem to have an effect either.
- Surprisingly, the hover options (“Add icon”) at the top of the page _do_ have an effect even when AnyType is not initially the active window.

# TECHNICAL INFORMATION

OS version: linux x64 6.18.7-76061807-generic  
App version: 0.54.2  
Build number: build on 2026-02-16 15:18:28 +0000 UTC at #b2bd40d7e4429cd9969a75a064db1f17407adb9a  
Library version: v0.48.1  
Anytype Identity: A7ePRwuwHmLb56NWRSenFGZtMsLwjQABNFUKApgRp9oNeJ8U  
Analytics ID: 190136f4-744f-4076-9540-7991326e2a95  
Device ID: 12D3KooWKUbLeSGaEMiUqZaKvJBYEayEMpr2wFR11CbPKLWXixUm  
Ethereum Address: 0xcf079570dAB5970013a47A1A79062cb92c1e1378

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**Author:** ![AnyFriends](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/anyfriends/32/19140_2.png) [@AnyFriends](https://community.anytype.io/u/AnyFriends)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/hovering-over-and-clicking-copy-link-gives-visual-feedback-but-does-not-copy-link-unless-window-is-active/30298/2 "2026-03-05T19:20:29Z")

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