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title: "TIL: Browsers offer a “copy email” in the context menu on mailto: links"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/til-browsers-offer-a-copy-email-in-the-context-menu-on-mailto-links-gjjwtq4pt
source_url: https://christianheilmann.com/2026/06/12/til-browsers-offer-a-copy-email-in-the-context-menu-on-mailto-links
type: article
source: "Christian Heilmann"
published: 2026-06-12T07:24:30.181Z
updated: 2026-06-12T07:24:45.128Z
tags: ["html"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 6
comments: 0
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# TIL: Browsers offer a “copy email” in the context menu on mailto: links

**[Christian Heilmann](https://daily.dev/sources/christianheilmann)** · 1 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Browsers provide a 'copy email' option in the right-click context menu when a link uses the mailto: URI scheme, copying just the email address rather than the full href value. A small but handy browser behavior worth knowing when building HTML email links.

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