Xyth Makes it super quick and easy to copy links
Is that what's happening here? One doesn't generally highlight text to copy a link. The link is "behind" the text. An outline of the link—inline or block—is fine until a right-click menu option, such as "copy link" is chosen, but that's not highlighting text, which is generally done by dragging the cursor over it. We're mixing conventions here; that's confusing.
Xyth but making the highlight clear once a popup menu item is clicked
I can't think of another app, certainly not another browser, that highlights text when right-clicking on it. Handy for a few is breaking convention and causing friction for many others. Convention & consistency are important for adoption.
Oh I see: any word I right-click on gets highlighted—it's not just linked words or phrases. 🤔 If the text is linked, then the whole link gets highlighted, which, again, is inconsistent behavior to people not thinking about what is and isn't a link. In unlinked text, I right-click, I get a word; in linked text, I right-click, I get a phrase or span of words. This is still unexpected and a source of friction. There definitely needs to be some self-clearing behaviors: when choosing an item in the right-click menu or when clicking elsewhere on the page.
If it's a deliberate feature, it'd be great to be able to disable it in settings.
