Copy Link Button

Copy Link Button

An Obsidian plugin that adds a small copy button next to links, so you can copy a URL to your clipboard with a single click — much like the copy button next to code blocks.

Features

• Adds a copy button next to markdown links ([text](https://…)) and bare URLs (https://…).
• Works in both editing / Live Preview and reading view.
• Clicking the button copies the URL and briefly shows a checkmark.
• Styled with Obsidian theme variables, so it matches the external-link icon in light and dark themes.

Wikilinks ([[Note]]) are intentionally left alone.

Installation

From the community plugin store

Once approved: Settings → Community plugins → Browse, search for "Copy Link Button", install, and enable.

Manual

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release.
2. Copy them into your vault at <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/copy-link-button/.
3. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin under Settings → Community plugins.

Development

npm install --legacy-peer-deps   # obsidian pins an exact CodeMirror peer dep
npm run dev                       # watch + rebuild main.js

Symlink (or copy) the repo into your vault's plugins folder to test live:

ln -s "$(pwd)" "<vault>/.obsidian/plugins/copy-link-button"

Building

npm run build     # type-check + production build (main.js in repo root)
npm run package   # production build collected into dist/ for distribution

Releasing

Pushing to main runs the release workflow. When the version in manifest.json doesn't yet have a matching git tag, the workflow builds the plugin and publishes a GitHub release (tagged with the bare version, e.g. 1.0.0) with main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css attached.

To cut a release: bump the version in manifest.json (and versions.json / package.json), commit, and push to main.

License

MIT