Paste Styled Text To Comment Action Without Losing Layout

Questions & Suggestions
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I don't know that a URL is exactly what it is that I am pasting. In the Forum case, I highlight and copy the title. When I paste that into TextEdit, email, or KBM Comments, it comes in as the title text with a hotlink to the hidden URL.

I have been presuming that what's literally on the clipboard is HTML or RTF or some other "standard" link format that is then interpreted by the pasting app into its own format.

I found out more information about the format of links on the clipboard from JMichaelTX and @ccstone in:
How to Use RegEx to Extract URL and Link Text from HTML Anchor Code?
from 2015.

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I see. I missed that bit.

Copying the forum title puts both plain text and HTML on the clipboard, and savvy apps will paste the HTML as an RTF link.

You can also:

  • Paste a plain-text URL into the TextEdit or a KM comment,
  • Select it,
  • Right-click and select “Make Link” from the contextual menu
  • From there you can edit the title, although that can be just a little tricky sometimes.