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| Clipboard~~History~~Switcher saves a copy of each clipboard every time you copy something. You can then paste any previous system clipboard by triggering the Clipboard~~History~~Switcher macro. Clipboard~~History~~Switcher will present you with a window allowing you to select any of the past clipboard and paste them. | Clipboard~~History~~Switcher saves a copy of each clipboard every time you copy something. You can then paste any previous system clipboard by triggering the Clipboard~~History~~Switcher macro. Clipboard~~History~~Switcher will present you with a window allowing you to select any of the past clipboard and paste them. | ||
| - | {{ clipboardhistoryswitcher.png?672 |Clipboard History Switcher Window }} | + | {{ clipboardhistoryswitcher.png?nolink&673x706 | Clipboard History Switcher Window }} |
| You can press arrow keys to scroll through the clipboard entries, and return/enter to paste in an entry. Hold the Shift key while pressing return or double clicking to paste as plain text. You can also drag items around - if a new item becomes the first item, then it will replace the current System Clipboard - and you can drag text and images out from the clipboard switcher to other applications. | You can press arrow keys to scroll through the clipboard entries, and return/enter to paste in an entry. Hold the Shift key while pressing return or double clicking to paste as plain text. You can also drag items around - if a new item becomes the first item, then it will replace the current System Clipboard - and you can drag text and images out from the clipboard switcher to other applications. | ||
| - | You can include information about the clipboard entry (index, time copied, size) by toggling the BUTTON{{{i}}} button. Whether the switcher closes when you paste something is controlled by the BUTTON{{{x}}} button. You can mark entries as favorites, in which case they will never be removed from the clipboard history. The switcher honours the text size setting in the Preferences. | + | You can include information about the clipboard entry (index, time copied, size) by toggling the BUTTON{{{i}}} button. Whether the switcher closes when you paste something is controlled by the BUTTON{{{x}}} button. The switcher honours the text size setting in the Preferences. |
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| + | You can mark entries as favorites, in which case they will never be removed from the clipboard history. You can toggle a filter to show only the favorites in the search field (top right), or by option clicking on the favorites button. | ||
| You can use the search field to filter the clipboards. | You can use the search field to filter the clipboards. | ||
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| Any active macros that have the Clipboard Filter trigger will be displayed in the BUTTON{{{⚙}}} menu. They can use the Trigger Clipboard facility to operate on the selected clipboard, allowing you to make macros that apply to any selected clipboard (for example, save the clipboard to disk, or uppercase it). | Any active macros that have the Clipboard Filter trigger will be displayed in the BUTTON{{{⚙}}} menu. They can use the Trigger Clipboard facility to operate on the selected clipboard, allowing you to make macros that apply to any selected clipboard (for example, save the clipboard to disk, or uppercase it). | ||
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| + | You can select multiple entries and paste them as a single unit, or press ⌘C to merge them to the System Clipboard. The BUTTON{{{⚙}}} menu includes a selection for the separator to include between each item when pasting multiple entires. If multiple images are selected, merging them creates a single larger image (horizontally or vertically, depending on the separator). | ||
| Clipboard entries that resemble passwords are obscured, deleted after they reach position ten in the clipboard history, and not saved to disk. You can option click on an obscured password to reveal it. | Clipboard entries that resemble passwords are obscured, deleted after they reach position ten in the clipboard history, and not saved to disk. You can option click on an obscured password to reveal it. | ||
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| Keyboard Maestro keeps a copy of everything you copy automatically each time you copy something. You can exclude certain applications (for example, badly behaved applications or applications that often have very large clipboards) using the Keyboard Maestro Excluded Preferences. | Keyboard Maestro keeps a copy of everything you copy automatically each time you copy something. You can exclude certain applications (for example, badly behaved applications or applications that often have very large clipboards) using the Keyboard Maestro Excluded Preferences. | ||
| - | You can toggle to the Named Clipboards by clicking on the BUTTON{{{🕘}}} button. | + | You can toggle to the [[manual:Named_Clipboard_Switcher|Named Clipboard Switcher]] by clicking on the BUTTON{{{🕘}}} button. |
| By default, Keyboard~~Maestro creates a Clipboard~~History~~Switcher macro in the “Switcher~~Group” Macro~~Group, triggered by Command-Control-Shift-V. You can disable the Macros by selecting them in the [[Windows#Macros_Window|Macros window pane]] and clicking the BUTTON{{{✓}}} button. | By default, Keyboard~~Maestro creates a Clipboard~~History~~Switcher macro in the “Switcher~~Group” Macro~~Group, triggered by Command-Control-Shift-V. You can disable the Macros by selecting them in the [[Windows#Macros_Window|Macros window pane]] and clicking the BUTTON{{{✓}}} button. | ||
| Keyboard~~Maestro also has many macros in the [[Macro Library]], such as macros for Paste Plain Text (Command-Shift-V) and Paste Previous Clipboard (Command-Control-V). | Keyboard~~Maestro also has many macros in the [[Macro Library]], such as macros for Paste Plain Text (Command-Shift-V) and Paste Previous Clipboard (Command-Control-V). | ||
manual/Clipboard_History_Switcher.txt · Last modified: 2023/10/03 04:19 by peternlewis
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