Copying unicode symbols from Firefox address bar as is

Solution 1:

The setting was replaced with browser.urlbar.decodeURLsOnCopy in Firefox 53+. Set it to true.

For copying in Firefox on Android see https://android.stackexchange.com/q/224951/17612

Solution 2:

Try setting the network.standard-url.escape-utf8 option via about:config.

Possible values and their effects:

  • true - Escape UTF-8 URLs. (Default)
  • false - Do not escape UTF-8 URLs.