How to copy and paste on Xbox One Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge has an improved way to copy and paste paste web URLs from the address bar into your content. This feature copies and pastes a URL as a hyperlinked title instead of as a web address.

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Using the improved copy and paste
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Using the improved copy and paste

Using the improved copy and paste for address bar URLs is simple. The default behavior is for the link to paste as a hyperlinked title:

In Microsoft Edge, copy the URL you want from the address bar by either right-clicking it and selecting Copy from the context menu or by selecting the address and pressing Ctrl + C.
In an app, press Ctrl + V to use the default paste, which adds a link with the title of the page as the link text.
If you're pasting into an app or website in Microsoft Edge, you can also right-click, select Paste as on the context menu, and then select Link (Default) from the sub-menu.

Alternately, you can paste the URL as a web address instead of a hyperlinked title:

In Microsoft Edge, copy the URL you want from the address bar by either right-clicking it and selecting Copy from the context menu or by selecting the address and pressing Ctrl + C.
In an app, press Ctrl + Shift + V to paste the web address.
If you're pasting into an app or website in Microsoft Edge, you can also right-click, select Paste as on the context menu, and then select Plain text from the sub-menu.

Notes:

Some apps may override the enhanced copy and paste feature and allow pasting only the web address or will paste using their own formatting.
When you paste into an app outside Microsoft Edge, such as Word for desktop, Ctrl + V pastes in whatever format is chosen in the app settings. When you right-click, the app may bring up its own context menu, not the one for enhanced copy and paste.

Change the default behavior

Rather than have the default paste result in a hyperlinked title, you can change the default so that Ctrl+ V pastes a web address instead and offers a linked title as the alternative in the context sub-menu.

In Microsoft Edge, select More , and then select Settings .
Under Settings, select Share, Copy & Paste.
Under Share, Copy & Paste, select the default option you want: Link, to paste the URL as a hyperlinked title, or Plain text, to paste the URL as a web address.
Now, when you right click, Plain text (Default) is the default option and Link is the alternative to paste a hyperlinked title.

Alternately, you can go to Settings directly:

In the Microsoft Edge address bar, type edge://settings/sharecopypaste, and then press Enter.
Under Share, Copy, & Paste, select the default option you want:
- To paste the URL as a hyperlinked title, select Link.
- To paste the URL as a web address, select Plain text.

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I wanna book ban my friend with The Bee Movie script but I can't copy or paste things on my controller. I use a controller because I am used to it and I'm pretty bad with keyboard and mouse controls. I personally do not have a keyboard and mouse for my Xbox and I am not willing to buy one just to copy and paste. Does anyone know how to copy and paste without buying a keyboard and mouse?

asked Mar 9, 2021 at 18:52

From Insider:

Launch the Microsoft Edge web browser, then place your cursor at the start of the text you want to copy by pressing the "A" button twice on your controller to highlight a specific word. If you wish to highlight more text, use your left joystick to highlight additional text.
After you have highlighted the text that you want to copy, press the "Menu" button on your controller (the one with three horizontal lines, beneath the Xbox button) and select "Copy" or "Select all

answered Mar 9, 2021 at 19:07

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Using the improved copy and paste.

In Microsoft Edge, copy the URL you want from the address bar by either right-clicking it and selecting Copy from the context menu or by selecting the address and pressing Ctrl + C..

In an app, press Ctrl + Shift + V to paste the web address..

How do you right click on Xbox one edge?

We see you have question on function of controller. Right click on a mouse is to build/place. It would be LT/left trigger on an Xbox controller. You can always go to settings in game and look at controller layout also.