# Pasting hyperlinks **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [May 15, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/pasting-hyperlinks/56147 "2026-05-15T17:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![pogmoor](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pogmoor/32/22799_2.png) [@pogmoor](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/pogmoor)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/pasting-hyperlinks/56147/3 "2026-06-28T18:24:02Z")
I can now see this has been raised before: > [@How to copy formatted text and links?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-copy-formatted-text-and-links/54091): > > The formatting is disappearing when I copy a text. How can I keep it? I’m aware that duplicating the text container keeps the formatting, but sometimes I want to test or use the text somewhere else. It’s also time consuming to relink Google Maps and other links. @differentdan And > [@Formatted text copy/paste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/formatted-text-copy-paste/43903): > > Currently if you copy/paste some formatted text (bold, italic, underline, strikethrough) from Pages to Elements, the text is pasted without any formatting, and any special characters are not converted to their respective [entities and symbols](https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_entities.asp). I would expect that if I pasted formatted text from Pages, Word, Docs, etc into Elements that it would attempt to preserve basic formatting (bold, italic, underline, strikethrough) while discarding data that isn’t relevant (fonts, colours, spacing, indents… With a reply from Dan saying: “…the Text editor is SUPER basic right now, we have plans for it…” So when is the Text Editor going to see an upgrade? This issue is preventing me transferring my two websites to Elements. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/pasting-hyperlinks/56147)._