Support copying URLs without using right-click menu
Submitted by Peter Boström
Link to original bug (#786935)
Description
Earlier versions of gnome-terminal used to select most URLs (including protocol) by double-clicking parts of URL (not always, not perfect, etc.) even though it never was intended to select full URLs. This could be used with ctrl+shift+c to copy the URL quickly (a lot faster than right-click menu for me).
This "regression" got filed in Ubuntu here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1501250
Ctrl+click, which will open the URL in the browser, could be used as a workaround in some cases. Howver, this requires going to the browser workspace, ctrl+l (location bar), ctrl+c to copy the link. If the link you're selecting is a download link it doesn't work at all since you'd have to esc out of saving location, which closes the tab (in Chromium), so you can't get to the link from the browser at all.
Egmont suggested I filed an upstream bug to get the maintainer's opinion: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1501250/comments/15
Long story short, is it feasible to add ctrl+shift+click as a shortlink to copy the URL to the clipboard? I would be very happy with that as a solution since it doesn't require me using the right-click menu or abusing double-clicking words as URL selection.