---
title: "Feature: #93921 - Sharing backend links"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:feature-93921"
source: "Changelog/11.3/Feature-93921-SharingBackendLinks.rst"
typo3-version: "11.3"
typo3-major: 11
type: "feature"
issue: 93921
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/93921"
tags: ["Backend", "ext:backend"]
rendered: "2026-09-20T18:31:11+00:00"
---

# Feature: #93921 - Sharing backend links {#feature-93921}

See [forge#93921](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/93921)

## Description {#description}

With the introduction of backend URL rewrites in [forge#93048](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/93048) and
the backend module web component router in [forge#93988](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/93988), it's finally
possible to share backend URLs between each other.

To ease the use of this, the
`\TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Template\Components\Buttons\Action\ShortcutButton` is
extended for
a new option `$copyUrlToClipboard`, which defaults to `true`.
This option extends the shortcut button in the module header of a backend
module. Therefore, the button's icon is also changed. On click, a dropdown
opens, including the additional possibility to copy the current backend URL
directly to the operating system's clipboard, next to the already existing
bookmark option.

For the dropdown button, a new icon `share-alt` is registered, which can
be used through the `IconFactory`.

In case you are using the shortcut API in your custom backend module and
don't want to use this additional option, you can disabled it by setting
`$shortcutButton->setCopyUrlToClipboard(false)`. If disabled, the
shortcut button is rendered with the same behaviour as before.

> [!NOTE]
> Since both ViewHelpers, `<be:moduleLayout.button.shortcutButton>`
> as well as `<f:be.buttons.shortcut>` are deprecated, the new option
> is not available for those. In case you are currently using one of those
> ViewHelpers, but still want to profit from the new option in your custom
> backend modules, you have to create the shortcut button in the corresponding
> controller using the shortcut API. This will anyways be required in TYPO3 v12.

Besides the new option for the `ShortcutButton`, a new constant
`SHAREABLE_URL` is available in the `UriBuilder`. It can be
used as value for the `$referenceType` parameter, which is available
for most of the "buildUri" methods, for example `UriBuilder->buildUriFromRoute()`.

```php
$uri = $uriBuilder->buildUriFromRoute($routeName, $arguments, UriBuilder::SHAREABLE_URL);
```

The above example will return an absolute URL without the automatically
created token parameter.

## Impact {#impact}

If the new option is enabled, instead of the shortcut button, a dropdown
menu is displayed in the module header, including two options:

-   Option to add a shortcut to the current page
-   Option to copy the URL of the current page to the operating system's clipboard

When setting `UriBuilder::SHAREABLE_URL` as `$referenceType` in
one of the "buildUri" methods supporting this parameter, a shareable URL
will be returned.