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Clipboards [2017/03/21 21:19] JMichaelTX [Clipboard History] Reorganized and added link to forum post about pasting from history |
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| **Keyboard Maestro supports several different types of clipboards** | **Keyboard Maestro supports several different types of clipboards** | ||
| - | * **System Clipboard** -- the standard [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipboard_%28computing%29|Mac OS X Clipboard]] used by all Mac apps | + | * **System Clipboard** — the standard [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipboard_%28computing%29|Mac OS X Clipboard]] used by all Mac apps |
| * The alternate name "**[[token:CurrentClipboard|Current Clipboard]]**" is used in some Macro Actions | * The alternate name "**[[token:CurrentClipboard|Current Clipboard]]**" is used in some Macro Actions | ||
| - | * **Named Clipboards** -- Copy of System Clipboard, or other Named Clipboard, created by user for future use | + | * **Named Clipboards** — Copy of System Clipboard, or other Named Clipboard, created by user for future use |
| * There is usually a default *Named Clipboard* named "Default Clipboard", do not confuse this with the Mac’s *System Clipboard*. | * There is usually a default *Named Clipboard* named "Default Clipboard", do not confuse this with the Mac’s *System Clipboard*. | ||
| - | * **Past Clipboards** -- Prior Versions of the *System Clipboard* stored in the Keyboard Maestro [[#Clipboard_History]] | + | * **Past Clipboards** — Prior Versions of the *System Clipboard* stored in the Keyboard Maestro [[#Clipboard_History]] |
| + | * **Trigger Clipboard** — The clipboard referenced by a [[trigger:Clipboard Filter]] menu selection (or the System Clipboard otherwise). | ||
| ===== System Clipboard ===== | ===== System Clipboard ===== | ||
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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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