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Clipboards [2017/03/21 21:19] JMichaelTX [Clipboard History] Reorganized and added link to forum post about pasting from history |
Clipboards [2017/07/14 23:26] JMichaelTX [Clipboard Actions] Add set var to text action |
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| * [[action:Paste_from_Named_Clipboard]] | * [[action:Paste_from_Named_Clipboard]] | ||
| * and many others | * and many others | ||
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| + | The System Clipboard is a complicated entity, and often contains many different flavors of the same data last copied from an app. To better understand how Keyboard Maestro processes the System Clipboard, see [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/ulysses-no-text-in-clipboard/6742/23?u=jmichaeltx | this Forum post by @PeterNLewis]]. In particular, this post deals with getting plain text from the System Clipboard. | ||
| ===== Clipboard History ===== | ===== Clipboard History ===== | ||
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| ==== Paste from History ==== | ==== Paste from History ==== | ||
| - | There is no built-in _Action_ or option to paste from a specific clipboard stored in your _Clipboard History_, but a simple macro can do the job for you. For details, see [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-second-to-last-item-in-clipboard/6615/6?u=jmichaeltx | this Keyboard Maestro Forum post]] . | + | There is no one built-in Macro or Action that will paste from the _Clipboard History_, but you can easily do this by making use of the [[action:Set_Clipboard_to_Past_Clipboard]] _Action_. |
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| + | For example, to paste from the 2nd item on the _Clipboard History_ (where the latest, most recent item is #1), you can use these three _Actions_ in a macro: | ||
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| + | {{:paste-from-clipboard-history-km-7.3.png?nolink|}} | ||
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| + | For more discussion on this, see [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/how-can-i-get-the-second-to-last-item-in-clipboard/6615/6?u=jmichaeltx | this Keyboard Maestro Forum post]] . | ||
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| * [[action:Paste]] | * [[action:Paste]] | ||
| * [[action:Delete_Past_Clipboard|Delete Current or Past Clipboard]] in the history of the System Clipboard | * [[action:Delete_Past_Clipboard|Delete Current or Past Clipboard]] in the history of the System Clipboard | ||
| + | * [[action:Set_Variable_to_Text#Set_to_The_Clipboard|Set Variable to Text Action]] using [[token:CurrentClipboard|]] [[Tokens|Token]] | ||
| * **All Clipboards** | * **All Clipboards** | ||
| * [[action:Display_Clipboard]] | * [[action:Display_Clipboard]] | ||
Clipboards.txt · Last modified: 2021/10/01 03:14 by peternlewis
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