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On Android phone, how to get image link address instead of downloading?

Posted on 7/14/18 at 8:15 pm
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
9517 posts
Posted on 7/14/18 at 8:15 pm
Everytime I have something spiffy to post on TD and need a meme, I tap and hold on a picture and hit Open in new window.

80 percent of the time it just downloads the pic to my phone instead of opening in a new tab where I can grab the address link.

What gives?
This post was edited on 7/14/18 at 8:17 pm
Posted by mchias1
Member since Dec 2009
801 posts
Posted on 7/14/18 at 8:17 pm to
Don't know if browser dependent, but I use Firefox. When I hold on a picture it gives me the option to "copy image location".
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
9517 posts
Posted on 7/14/18 at 8:27 pm to
quote:

Don't know if browser dependent, but I use Firefox. When I hold on a picture it gives me the option to "copy image location".



I may give that a shot.

It's just that switching browsers is a big change for me.
Posted by UltimateHog
Oregon
Member since Dec 2011
65763 posts
Posted on 7/14/18 at 8:46 pm to
Happens to me sometimes but if I do it twice it will open in new tab, I think it depends on if it's the expanded image or not.

If I go to google image search it opens in a new tab every time.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
82010 posts
Posted on 7/14/18 at 9:50 pm to
No need to switch browser. Whatever browser you use has a way to do it. In Chrome you hold down and select open image in new tab. Then you just go and copy it
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
9517 posts
Posted on 7/14/18 at 9:58 pm to
quote:

In Chrome you hold down and select open image in new tab. Then you just go and copy it


That's what I do but it usually doesn't open in a new tab. It just downloads it.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
82010 posts
Posted on 7/14/18 at 10:04 pm to
The you must be fat fingering it?

Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
9517 posts
Posted on 7/14/18 at 10:09 pm to
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The you must be fat fingering it? 



Nope. For an example try a Google image search for Chris Hardwick.

Open the website with the image of him holding that Pi paper, and try to open that image in a new tab.

Doesn't work for me.
Posted by IllegalPete
Front Range
Member since Oct 2017
7182 posts
Posted on 7/14/18 at 10:32 pm to
It is site dependent.

Happens to me occasionally, then I just click search Google for this image and find a different sources.

Posted by The Egg
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2004
79114 posts
Posted on 7/15/18 at 9:16 am to
long click on the image and it should give you an option to open image in new page, then you can copy the image url from the new page
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