diff --git a/radicale/web/internal_data/js/utils/url_text.js b/radicale/web/internal_data/js/utils/url_text.js
index 004bdbbe..67bae393 100644
--- a/radicale/web/internal_data/js/utils/url_text.js
+++ b/radicale/web/internal_data/js/utils/url_text.js
@@ -37,7 +37,23 @@ export class UrlTextHandler {
         this._element = element;
         this._copyButton = copyButton;
         this._userIndex = -1;
+        this._completedUrl = "";
 
+        // Only encode the URL if the entire text is selected.
+        if (this._element) {
+            this._element.addEventListener("copy", (event) => {
+                const selectedText = window.getSelection()?.toString();
+                const totalText = this._element.value;
+
+                // Check if the selected text length matches the total text length.
+                if (event.clipboardData && selectedText && selectedText.length === totalText.length) {
+                    event.preventDefault();
+                    event.clipboardData.setData("text/plain", this._completedUrl || "");
+                }
+                // Allow default copying if only a part of the text is selected.
+            });
+        }
+        
         this._element.addEventListener("focusin", () => {
             this._element.setSelectionRange(0, 99999);
             this._updateScroll();
@@ -88,7 +104,7 @@ export class UrlTextHandler {
     _oncopy() {
         if (!this._element.value) return;
 
-        navigator.clipboard.writeText(this._element.value).then(() => {
+        navigator.clipboard.writeText(this._completedUrl || "").then(() => {
             if (this._copyButton) {
                 this._copyButton.classList.add("copied");
                 this._copyButton.title = "Copied!";
@@ -108,7 +124,8 @@ export class UrlTextHandler {
      * @param {string} href The href to set.
      */
     setHref(href) {
-        this._element.value = completeHref(href);
+        this._completedUrl = completeHref(href);
+        this._element.value = decodeURIComponent(this._completedUrl);
 
         this._update_username_index();
         this._updateScroll();