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Advanced Paste - History Access via Keyboard #35595

Open arlogilbert opened 6 days ago

arlogilbert commented 6 days ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

I recently switched from Ditto to Powertoys Advanced Clipboard. Prior to that I used Alfred on macOS to do clipboard history.

PowerToys Advanced Paste departs from the behavior of the vast majority of clipboard viewers in that I can not use ONLY the keyboard to navigate.

As a user of PowerToys who is inside of a document with both hands on my keyboard, when I need to paste, I use Ctl-V and Ctl-X etc frequently.

When I need to paste from the Advanced Paste tool (with AI enabled, no idea if that changes the behavior) it auto focuses on the prompt box. In order to access an item on the clipboard history that is 5 from the top, I have to hit the following key combinations:

  1. Ctl-Shift-V (my activator key shortcut)
  2. Tab
  3. Tab
  4. Enter
  5. Arrow key to the correct item
  6. Enter
  7. Ctl-V

Conversely, in Ditto and Alfred (and most clipboard history tools)...

  1. Activator keyboard shortcut
  2. Down arrow to the one you want
  3. Enter to paste

Candidly, it's kind of a pain in the butt to use the clipboard history because of that. This is a power user tool, but this interface feels anything but power.

Scenario when this would be used?

Every day all day when I need to paste clipboard history. Probably 50 times a day.

Supporting information

I have proof as a user of the product that it is cumbersome to get to the clipboard history.

AkazaRenn commented 12 hours ago

Windows built in clipboard history is win + V you might need to turn in on in settings first