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| ====== Clipboards ====== | ====== Clipboards ====== | ||
| **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). | + | * [[#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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| To trigger the Clipboard History Switcher, press the default hotkey of <key>⌘</key><key>⌃</key><key>⇧</key><key>V</key> (or a hot key of your choosing). | To trigger the Clipboard History Switcher, press the default hotkey of <key>⌘</key><key>⌃</key><key>⇧</key><key>V</key> (or a hot key of your choosing). | ||
| - | {{ manual:clipboardhistoryswitcher.png?672 |Clipboard History Switcher Window }} | + | {{ manual:clipboardhistoryswitcher.png?nolink&674 | Clipboard History Switcher Window }} |
| You can also use the [[collection:Clipboard_History]] within the [For Each action](/action/For_Each). | You can also use the [[collection:Clipboard_History]] within the [For Each action](/action/For_Each). | ||
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| {{:keyboard_maestro_named_clipboard_prefs.png?direct&400|}} | {{:keyboard_maestro_named_clipboard_prefs.png?direct&400|}} | ||
| - | Use the [+] button to create a new clipboard. | + | Use the [+] button to create a new named clipboard. |
| The one-line field at the top-right is the name field. | The one-line field at the top-right is the name field. | ||
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| ===== Trigger Clipboard ===== | ===== Trigger Clipboard ===== | ||
| - | The Trigger Clipboard is not a clipboard per se, but a reference to a clipboard, either the System Clipboard, a past clipboard in the Clipboard History, or a Named Clipboard. It is the clipboard referenced by a [[trigger:Clipboard Filter]] menu selection in the Clipboard Switcher. | + | The Trigger Clipboard is not a clipboard per se, instead it is a reference to a selected clipboard. Usually it will be the selected clipboard in the Clipboard History Switcher or Named Clipboard Switcher window that you wish to act on with a [[trigger:Clipboard Filter]]. It will be either a past clipboard in the Clipboard History Switcher, or a Named Clipboard in the Named Clipboard Switcher, or if none of them are selected it will refer to the System Clipboard. |
| + | For example, if you are viewing the Clipboard History Switcher, and select the third last clipboard entry and then choose a Clipboard Filter from the Gear menu, the Trigger Clipboard will refer to the selected clipboard. | ||
| ===== Clipboard Actions ===== | ===== Clipboard Actions ===== | ||
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