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I'd like to request a simple feature: copy the file path or URL of selected images to the clipboard, one per line.

Before posting I checked whether this was already achievable via the clipboard. Using Nirsoft's InsideClipboard I confirmed that PureRef only writes its own pureref/binary format on copy — no CF_HDROP or text path format is present, so there is currently no way to extract source paths from the clipboard.
This is a well established pattern elsewhere. File Explorer places a plain text path list on the clipboard alongside file data on Ctrl+C, and also has an explicit Copy as Path command. Directory Opus and most serious file managers do the same.

A WORKFLOW WHERE THIS MATTERS DIRECTLY

PureRef's infinite canvas and fast navigation make it uniquely good at visually sorting large image batches — I can arrange hundreds of images into piles faster than any file manager or grid viewer. But the handoff back to a file manager or script is completely broken. There is no way to go from "I have these images selected in PureRef" to "I have their paths". Copy as path would make PureRef a first class citizen in an image sorting pipeline rather than a dead end.
WHAT I'M ASKING FOR

- A hotkey-bindable command that copies source paths or URLs of selected images
- One per line
- Graceful skip for embedded or unknown sources

Small addition, large practical payoff.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2026-04-03 00:15 by netmano90.