Zotero 7 Beta: Copy hyperlink within a PDF file
I would like to be able to copy some hyperlinks within a PDF file.
This would allow me to collect and reuse this information in a different way than simply clicking on the hyperlink. For example:
- Open a URL in a different browser
- Qucikly share by email the DOI URL of a paper cited in the PDF file
- Copy an email address (mailto hyperlinks)
- Copy ORCID information of an author
- ...
In some cases, the link is only forwarding to another page (like DOI links). So I cannot get the link from opening it in a browser.
The links are often hiden behind some text, so copying the PDF text does not help.
This has been requested before, like here:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/95747/copy-link-inside-pdf-reader
This would allow me to collect and reuse this information in a different way than simply clicking on the hyperlink. For example:
- Open a URL in a different browser
- Qucikly share by email the DOI URL of a paper cited in the PDF file
- Copy an email address (mailto hyperlinks)
- Copy ORCID information of an author
- ...
In some cases, the link is only forwarding to another page (like DOI links). So I cannot get the link from opening it in a browser.
The links are often hiden behind some text, so copying the PDF text does not help.
This has been requested before, like here:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/95747/copy-link-inside-pdf-reader
You have to open the file in an external PDF Reader like Adobe Acrobat to be able to copy the hyperlink from a right-click on the link.
I tried to copy the link, but I could not do that. I tried to change the browser Zotero will use to open the link, but it opens a blank window in all the browsers I have.
The link I am trying to open is a ftp link from ftp.aip.org, I don't know if that is the issue here.