Copy URL is an NVDA add-on for web browsers. It copies the current web page URL or a link's destination URL to the clipboard and announces the result.
- Press
Alt+Control+Windows+Cin a browse-mode document to copy the current page URL. - Move the browse-mode cursor or navigator object to a link and press
Alt+Control+Windows+Lto copy its destination without opening it.
Both commands appear in NVDA's Input Gestures dialog under the Copy URL category, where their shortcuts can be changed or removed.
Open NVDA menu > Preferences > Settings > Copy URL to:
- Turn the "URL copied" prefix for page URLs on or off.
- Enable or disable the Copy Link URL command.
- Turn the "Link URL copied" prefix for link URLs on or off.
- Minimum NVDA version: 2019.3.0
- Last tested NVDA version: 2026.1.1
- Designed only for web-browser content in browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, and Edge. It is not designed for browse mode in non-browser applications such as Microsoft Word.
In Microsoft Edge with Use UI Automation to access Microsoft Edge and other Chromium based browsers enabled in NVDA's Advanced settings, the Copy Link URL command may work, but the Copy Page URL command may be unable to obtain the current page's direct URL and say "No URL found." For reliable page-URL copying, use the browser's standard browse-mode accessibility implementation rather than UIA browse mode.
Copy URL does not connect to the internet, write files, or collect information. It reads a URL exposed by NVDA and places that URL on the clipboard only when the user invokes one of its commands.
Dennis Long dennisl@fastmail.com
Source: https://github.com/Dennisl123/copyURL
Copyright (C) 2026 Dennis Long. Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later.
- Clarified that Copy URL is designed only for web browsers, not browse mode in applications such as Microsoft Word.
- Documented the Copy Page URL limitation in Edge when UIA browse mode is enabled.
- Updated the author, compatibility, licensing, and documentation metadata for NVDA Add-on Store submission.
- Made settings-panel registration and cleanup safe during add-on reloads.