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Clipboards [2018/07/25 19:34]
JMichaelTX [System Clipboard]
Clipboards [2018/07/25 19:36]
JMichaelTX [Pause Until Clipboard Changes]
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 Sometimes you will need to wait until the app has completed setting the Clipboard. ​ You can use the [[function:​CLIPBOARDSEED|]],​ in a calculation (`CBSeedBefore ≠ CLIPBOARDSEED()`) condition in the [[action:​Pause_Until|Pause Until Action]] to achieve this.  Of course you will need to set the Keyboard Maestro Variable `CBSeedBefore` in an Action _before_ the Action to set the Clipboard. Sometimes you will need to wait until the app has completed setting the Clipboard. ​ You can use the [[function:​CLIPBOARDSEED|]],​ in a calculation (`CBSeedBefore ≠ CLIPBOARDSEED()`) condition in the [[action:​Pause_Until|Pause Until Action]] to achieve this.  Of course you will need to set the Keyboard Maestro Variable `CBSeedBefore` in an Action _before_ the Action to set the Clipboard.
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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. 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.
Clipboards.txt · Last modified: 2021/10/01 03:14 by peternlewis