diff --git a/src/main/createWindow.js b/src/main/createWindow.js
index 738ab792a..764003c65 100644
--- a/src/main/createWindow.js
+++ b/src/main/createWindow.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
 import windowStateKeeper from 'electron-window-state';
 
 import setupBarMenu from './menu/setupBarMenu';
-import setupContextMenu from './menu/setupContextMenu';
 
 export default appState => {
   // Get primary display dimensions from Electron.
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ export default appState => {
   }
 
   setupBarMenu();
-  setupContextMenu(window);
 
   window.on('close', event => {
     if (!appState.isQuitting && !appState.autoUpdateAccepted) {
diff --git a/src/main/menu/setupContextMenu.js b/src/main/menu/setupContextMenu.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 658ac731a..000000000
--- a/src/main/menu/setupContextMenu.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-import { Menu, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
-import isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
-
-export default (rendererWindow: BrowserWindow) => {
-  rendererWindow.webContents.on('context-menu', (e, params) => {
-    const { x, y } = params;
-
-    const template = [{ role: 'cut' }, { role: 'copy' }, { role: 'paste' }];
-
-    const developmentTemplateAddition = [
-      { type: 'separator' },
-      {
-        label: 'Inspect element',
-        click: () => {
-          rendererWindow.inspectElement(x, y);
-        },
-      },
-    ];
-
-    if (isDev) {
-      template.push(...developmentTemplateAddition);
-    }
-
-    Menu.buildFromTemplate(template).popup();
-  });
-};
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/fileCard/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/fileCard/view.jsx
index eae87deaa..3655c7c61 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/fileCard/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/fileCard/view.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { normalizeURI } from 'lbry-redux';
+import { normalizeURI, convertToShareLink } from 'lbry-redux';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import CardMedia from 'component/cardMedia';
 import TruncatedText from 'component/common/truncated-text';
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import FilePrice from 'component/filePrice';
 import UriIndicator from 'component/uriIndicator';
 import * as icons from 'constants/icons';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
+import { openCopyLinkMenu } from '../../util/contextMenu';
 
 // TODO: iron these out
 type Props = {
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ class FileCard extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
     const thumbnail = metadata && metadata.thumbnail ? metadata.thumbnail : null;
     const shouldObscureNsfw = obscureNsfw && metadata && metadata.nsfw;
     const isRewardContent = claim && rewardedContentClaimIds.includes(claim.claim_id);
+    const handleContextMenu = event => {
+      openCopyLinkMenu(convertToShareLink(uri), event);
+    };
 
     // We should be able to tab through cards
     /* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events */
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ class FileCard extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
           'card--link': !pending,
           'card--pending': pending,
         })}
+        onContextMenu={handleContextMenu}
       >
         <CardMedia nsfw={shouldObscureNsfw} thumbnail={thumbnail} />
         <div className="card-media__internal-links">{showPrice && <FilePrice uri={uri} />}</div>
diff --git a/src/renderer/index.js b/src/renderer/index.js
index c82db3287..c19790f06 100644
--- a/src/renderer/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import 'scss/all.scss';
 import store from 'store';
 import app from './app';
 import analytics from './analytics';
+import { initContextMenu } from './util/contextMenu';
 
 const { autoUpdater } = remote.require('electron-updater');
 
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ document.addEventListener('click', event => {
   }
 });
 
+document.addEventListener('contextmenu', initContextMenu);
+
 const init = () => {
   autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
     app.store.dispatch(doAutoUpdate());
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ const init = () => {
     ReactDOM.render(
       <Provider store={store}>
         <div>
-          <App />
+          <App onContextMenu={e => openContextMenu(e)} />
           <SnackBar />
         </div>
       </Provider>,
diff --git a/src/renderer/util/contextMenu.js b/src/renderer/util/contextMenu.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79f47da5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/util/contextMenu.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { clipboard, remote } from 'electron';
+import isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
+
+function injectDevelopmentTemplate(event, templates) {
+  if (!isDev) return templates;
+  const { screenX, screenY } = event;
+  const separator = { type: 'separator' };
+  const developmentTemplateAddition = [
+    {
+      label: 'Inspect element',
+      accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+Shift+I',
+      click: () => {
+        remote.getCurrentWindow().inspectElement(screenX, screenY);
+      },
+    },
+  ];
+  if (templates.length > 0) {
+    templates.push(separator);
+  }
+  templates.push(...developmentTemplateAddition);
+  return templates;
+}
+
+export function openContextMenu(event, templates = [], addDefaultTemplates = true) {
+  if (addDefaultTemplates) {
+    const { value } = event.target;
+    const inputTemplates = [
+      { label: 'Cut', accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+X', role: 'cut' },
+      { label: 'Copy', accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+C', role: 'copy' },
+      {
+        label: 'Paste',
+        accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+V',
+        role: 'paste',
+        enabled: clipboard.readText().length > 0,
+      },
+      {
+        label: 'Select All',
+        accelerator: 'CmdOrCtrl+A',
+        role: 'selectall',
+        enabled: !!value,
+      },
+    ];
+    templates.push(...inputTemplates);
+  }
+
+  injectDevelopmentTemplate(event, templates);
+  remote.Menu.buildFromTemplate(templates).popup();
+}
+export function openCopyLinkMenu(text, event) {
+  const templates = [
+    {
+      label: 'Copy link',
+      click: () => {
+        clipboard.writeText(text);
+      },
+    },
+  ];
+  openContextMenu(event, templates, false);
+}
+
+export function initContextMenu(event) {
+  const { type } = event.target;
+  if (event.target.matches('input') && (type === 'text' || type === 'number')) {
+    openContextMenu(event);
+  } else {
+    event.preventDefault();
+  }
+}