diff --git a/extension/_locales/en/messages.json b/extension/_locales/en/messages.json
--- a/extension/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/extension/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@
         "message": "If you like what you saw, please consider <a href=\"$1\">donating to KDE</a>, so we can continue to make the best free software possible."
     },
 
-    "kdeconnect_open_via": {
-        "description": "Context menu, open link on device whose name we don't (yet) know",
-        "message": "Open via KDE Connect"
-    },
     "kdeconnect_open_device": {
         "description": "Context menu, open link on device $1, similar to 'Open in New Tab'",
         "message": "Open on '$1'"
     },
+    "kdeconnect_copy_device": {
+        "description": "Context menu, copy text to device $1 so it can be pasted there",
+        "message": "Copy to '$1'"
+    },
 
     "general_error_title": {
         "description": "Title message for most error notifications",
diff --git a/extension/extension.js b/extension/extension.js
--- a/extension/extension.js
+++ b/extension/extension.js
@@ -140,44 +140,61 @@
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
 
-var kdeConnectMenuIdPrefix = "kdeconnect_page_";
+var kdeConnectOpenMenuIdPrefix = "kdeconnect_open_";
+var kdeConnectCopyMenuIdPrefix = "kdeconnect_copy_";
 var kdeConnectDevices = [];
 
 chrome.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener(function (info) {
-    if (!info.menuItemId.startsWith(kdeConnectMenuIdPrefix)) {
+    let menuId = info.menuItemId;
+    if (!menuId.startsWith(kdeConnectOpenMenuIdPrefix)
+        && !menuId.startsWith(kdeConnectCopyMenuIdPrefix)) {
         return;
     }
 
-    var deviceId = info.menuItemId.substr(kdeConnectMenuIdPrefix.length);
+    let url = info.linkUrl || info.srcUrl || info.pageUrl;
+    let selection = info.selectionText;
+    if (!url && !selection) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let deviceId = "";
+    if (menuId.startsWith(kdeConnectOpenMenuIdPrefix)) {
+        deviceId = menuId.substr(kdeConnectOpenMenuIdPrefix.length);
+    } else if (menuId.startsWith(kdeConnectCopyMenuIdPrefix)) {
+        deviceId = menuId.substr(kdeConnectCopyMenuIdPrefix.length);
+    }
 
-    var url = info.linkUrl || info.pageUrl;
-    console.log("Send url", url, "to kdeconnect device", deviceId);
-    if (!url) {
+    if (!deviceId) { // shouldn't happen
+        console.warn("No device id for menu", menuId);
         return;
     }
 
     port.postMessage({
         subsystem: "kdeconnect",
         event: "shareUrl",
         url: url,
+        text: selection,
         deviceId: deviceId
     });
 });
 
 addCallback("kdeconnect", "deviceAdded", function(message) {
-    var id = message.id;
-    var name = message.name;
-
-    var menuEntryTitle = chrome.i18n.getMessage("kdeconnect_open_device", name);
-    var menuId = kdeConnectMenuIdPrefix + id;
+    let deviceId = message.id;
+    let deviceName = message.name;
 
     chrome.contextMenus.create({
-        id: menuId,
-        contexts: ["link", "page"],
-        title: menuEntryTitle,
+        id: kdeConnectOpenMenuIdPrefix + deviceId,
+        contexts: ["link", "page", "image", "audio", "video"],
+        title: chrome.i18n.getMessage("kdeconnect_open_device", deviceName)
+    });
+    // Create a separate menu item for "copy to", so copying text isn't "open on"
+    chrome.contextMenus.create({
+        id: kdeConnectCopyMenuIdPrefix + deviceId,
+        contexts: ["selection"],
+        title: chrome.i18n.getMessage("kdeconnect_copy_device", deviceName)
     });
 
-    kdeConnectDevices.push(id);
+    kdeConnectDevices.push(deviceId);
 });
 
 addCallback("kdeconnect", "deviceRemoved", function(message) {
diff --git a/host/kdeconnectplugin.cpp b/host/kdeconnectplugin.cpp
--- a/host/kdeconnectplugin.cpp
+++ b/host/kdeconnectplugin.cpp
@@ -178,14 +178,19 @@
     if (event == QLatin1String("shareUrl")) {
         const QString deviceId = json.value(QStringLiteral("deviceId")).toString();
         const QString url = json.value(QStringLiteral("url")).toString();
+        const QString text = json.value(QStringLiteral("text")).toString();
 
-        debug() << "sending kde connect url" << url << "to device" << deviceId;
+        debug() << "sending kde connect url" << url << "or text" << text << "to device" << deviceId;
 
         QDBusMessage msg = QDBusMessage::createMethodCall(QStringLiteral("org.kde.kdeconnect"),
                                                             QStringLiteral("/modules/kdeconnect/devices/") + deviceId + QStringLiteral("/share"),
                                                             QStringLiteral("org.kde.kdeconnect.device.share"),
-                                                            QStringLiteral("shareUrl"));
-        msg.setArguments({url});
+                                                            !text.isEmpty() ? QStringLiteral("shareText") : QStringLiteral("shareUrl"));
+        if (!text.isEmpty()) {
+            msg.setArguments({text});
+        } else {
+            msg.setArguments({url});
+        }
         QDBusConnection::sessionBus().call(msg, QDBus::NoBlock);
     }
 }