diff --git a/radicale/web/internal_data/js/utils/url_text.js b/radicale/web/internal_data/js/utils/url_text.js
index 004bdbbe..c05d22fa 100644
--- a/radicale/web/internal_data/js/utils/url_text.js
+++ b/radicale/web/internal_data/js/utils/url_text.js
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ export class UrlTextHandler {
         this._copyButton = copyButton;
         this._userIndex = -1;
 
+        // Only encode the URL if the entire text is selected.
+        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 (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 +101,7 @@ 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 +121,8 @@ 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();