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Clipboards [2017/03/21 22:34]
JMichaelTX [Paste from History] Revise to show use of Set CB to Past CB
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 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_. ​ +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_.
  
-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:+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:
  
 {{:​paste-from-clipboard-history-km-7.3.png?​nolink|}} {{:​paste-from-clipboard-history-km-7.3.png?​nolink|}}
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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 ยท Last modified: 2021/10/01 03:14 by peternlewis