Icethorn.6570 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Please add basic copy and paste features to existing chat textboxes. Currently you cannot copy the text. This would be an easy feature to implement which is basic and fundamental to most MMO's. It would nice to have this in GW2 as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jin.8501 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Agreed, even cheapass f2p MMOs had it for decades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayumi Spender.1082 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I want a right click open link option that is posted in chat.Would be easier than saying "I'll link you through discord" or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorudo.9054 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 really...something GW1 has is again removed from GW2?they really need to review their priorities, so many basic features GW1 has for more then a decade yet GW2 doesn't have the most basic features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powah.1672 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 I agree! Copy paste is used everywhere else ye?! Drives me crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PzTnT.7198 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Same here. Why this is done in other MMOs as well is beyond me. ESO does the same thing, Wildstar as well, needed addons to be able to click links at all. Are links really that bad?Then again this is the company that suppresses people in chat for changing the LFG message. So its probably the same kind of reason that they don't allow links. Someone, somewhere, would definitely use it to try and spread malware or whatnot. Same as the chat suppression is to prevent RMT spammers but is restrictive enough to hit others as well.Basically, don't count on this being changed because a few people can and will use it maliciously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phs.6089 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Right and then we get 'HALP ME ARENA, I CLICKED ON A LINK IN YOUR GAME and MY ACC(my facebook, my mum's credit card etc) WAS H4KED!!!!111' topics all over the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaklex.6308 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Anyone ever try using the Windows copy paste commands? Not the easiest solution but I do believe it still works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
googel.3278 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 anet doesnt have enough money to add new features, all they care about is skins. Support them by buying more skins, surely it will help them in the future by making more skins instead of other basic features! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner Blackfeather.6509 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 @Zaklex.6308 said:Anyone ever try using the Windows copy paste commands? Not the easiest solution but I do believe it still works.You can copy/paste in any write-in box, but I don't think you can select or copy from the chat window. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurfu.5623 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 @Zaklex.6308 said:Anyone ever try using the Windows copy paste commands? Not the easiest solution but I do believe it still works.You can paste into the chat box with CRTL-V, but you cannot copy text from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner Blackfeather.6509 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 @kurfu.5623 said:@"Zaklex.6308" said:Anyone ever try using the Windows copy paste commands? Not the easiest solution but I do believe it still works.You can paste into the chat box with CRTL-V, but you cannot copy text from there.You can Ctrl+C copy from the chat box, but not from the chat window. I use it all the time fore those "enter name to delete" items - shift+click the item, mark the link in the chatbox, copy, delete item, paste link into confirmation window, remove start and end brackets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pifil.5193 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 @Tanner Blackfeather.6509 said:@kurfu.5623 said:@"Zaklex.6308" said:Anyone ever try using the Windows copy paste commands? Not the easiest solution but I do believe it still works.You can paste into the chat box with CRTL-V, but you cannot copy text from there.You can Ctrl+C copy from the chat box, but not from the chat window. I use it all the time fore those "enter name to delete" items - shift+click the item, mark the link in the chatbox, copy, delete item, paste link into confirmation window, remove start and end brackets.Oooh, that's handy, thanks, I never thought of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dami.5046 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 and while we are at it, a way to clear down your chat so you are not left looking at sad mom jokes when you leave LA ;/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddicus.6128 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 @Zaklex.6308 said:Anyone ever try using the Windows copy paste commands? Not the easiest solution but I do believe it still works.It's all I ever use. Works perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahmia.2193 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Currently the only way to do this is via Squad message, which can be copy/pasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaklex.6308 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 @Tanner Blackfeather.6509 said:@Zaklex.6308 said:Anyone ever try using the Windows copy paste commands? Not the easiest solution but I do believe it still works.You can copy/paste in any write-in box, but I don't think you can select or copy from the chat window. :/The OP did say from chat text boxes, which to me is the box you write in and not the chat window...so using Ctrl-V and Ctrl-C would work just fine(as others have confirmed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raging.5281 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Hi,You guys can try using Capture2Text https://sourceforge.net/projects/capture2text, which converts images (selected area screenshot) to text, copying to the clipboard automatically. You can also use AutoHotkey https://autohotkey.com/ to bind a key and make Capture2Text trigger using your chosen hotkey. It definitely does not replace the absolute need for a "copy from chat window" native functionality but it's a nice alternative! As an extra, you can add another free tool (all those tools are free) called QTranslate https://quest-app.appspot.com/home, which can translate your clipboard text on the fly. You can use AutoHotkey to assign a hotkey for that too. That setup is great for foreign players or players who are playing games (including GW2) in foreign languages. I Hope you find this useful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolebreaker.4920 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Not sure if turning on logging would help in this situation. I haven’t tried it yet on GW2, but if it works the same as other games, it will capture all the current text scrolling in a notepad file that can be searched.https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments#-log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terter.4125 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I would like to see that feature in the game as well ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susy.7529 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I think I once read that Anet was against copy/paste because "it would've made easier to utilize bad links in-game" but I could be wrong, maybe that statement was about directly opening a link, I don't remember exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acotje.5689 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 [;xx] #JustGW1Things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Spiro.9745 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 There is no such thing as, "This would be an easy feature to implement," however, it should still be invested in as a basic QoL feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeyspit.3965 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Adding this feature would help me to reduce my carbon footprint; because it doesn't exist in game, I have to keep a pad and pen near my mouse to jot down Discord addresses so I can join comms. Help me save trees; let me copy/pasta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ksparhawk.8395 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I'm apart of a Roleplay group that wants to transfer from World of Warcraft to Guild Wars 2 but we can't because we can't take a transcript like we can with the Blizzard launcher and or the Prat Addon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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