Where did you install Firefox from? Help Mozilla uncover 3rd party websites that offer problematic Firefox installation by taking part in our campaign. There will be swag, and you'll be featured in our blog if you manage to report at least 10 valid reports!

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Wo archive tread sia. Meɖekuku bia biabia yeye ne ehia kpeɖeŋu.

Firefox is encoding parentheses when i copy and paste URLs

  • 3 ŋuɖoɖowo
  • 1 masɔmasɔ sia le esi
  • 1 view
  • Nuɖoɖo mlɔetɔ cor-el

sbourque2006
sbourque2006
more options

When I copy and paste a URL from Firefox it is currently encoding parentheses instead of just copying said parentheses.

For example, when I copy the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_(band)

it pastes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_%28band%29

When I copy and paste a URL from Firefox it is currently encoding parentheses instead of just copying said parentheses. For example, when I copy the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_(band) it pastes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_%28band%29

sbourque2006 trɔe

All Replies (3)

user669794
user669794
more options

Hello,

both the links are connected to the same page. So, you dont need to worry about it. It's fine.

sbourque2006
sbourque2006 Biabia la
more options

Except there are other programs than Firefox that use URL's. The question isn't about the use of the link it's about using the encoding that Firefox previously used.

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

If you do the copy from the location/address bar then you can avoid this by adding a character before the http to avoid Firefox from seeing it as a link.