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Why can't I right-click a gif and be given a "copy image location" similar to pictures? I can no longer share gifs with friends

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smallballmofo
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In chrome you can right click a gif and choose copy link location or copy image location or a variety of the same sort of option across all web browsers.

For firefox you can only copy image location for still pictures (.jpg, .png) but I am not being given the option to copy the image location of a gif off reddit or a website for example. This means I can no longer share gifs with my friends after changing from chrome. I can't see a reason as to why we wouldn't be able to get the link of a gif to share when we can in every other browser, and we can get the link of images for sharing.

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In chrome you can right click a gif and choose copy link location or copy image location or a variety of the same sort of option across all web browsers. For firefox you can only copy image location for still pictures (.jpg, .png) but I am not being given the option to copy the image location of a gif off reddit or a website for example. This means I can no longer share gifs with my friends after changing from chrome. I can't see a reason as to why we wouldn't be able to get the link of a gif to share when we can in every other browser, and we can get the link of images for sharing. How do I fix this problem

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WestEnd
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example? Not all site permits you to copy image or links. And since no one knows what site your referring to no one can confirm what your saying.

smallballmofo
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On reddit. In every other browser you can right click and get the link location for any image/gif except firefox. Firefox only allows getting the link for images.

FredMcD
FredMcD
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Please provide public link(s) (no password) that we can check out. No Personal Information Please !

cor-el
cor-el
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You can also try to use "Tools -> Page Info -> Media".

What is selected when you right-click the image and open the Inspector?

You can right-click and select "Inspect Element" to open the builtin Inspector with this element selected.