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While they're at it, can we make paste and match style the default? I can never remember the four key chord to do this and as a result send emails that look lik

While they're at it, can we make paste and match style the default? I can never remember the four key chord to do this and as a result send emails that look like ransom notes because of mismatched formatting.

harlanlewis 10y ago
I also find this frustrating. For applications where it happens frequently, you can map paste/paste-and-match to keystrokes you can remember using System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts. There isn't a global change you can make without 3rd party tools, AFAIK. For frequently-used shortcuts that have hard-to-remember modifiers, I change them to the full set of shift-ctrl-opt-cmd so that just mashing my hand across the entire corner of the keyboard will get the job done. Has the nice side effect of (usually) avoiding the unexpected overwrite of other default app shortcuts.
- uonce 10y ago
  Can't you put it under "All Applications" to have it take effect in all apps?
  - ianferrel 10y ago
    Yes, but it will break Cmd-V as "Paste" on apps that don't have a "Paste and Match Style" option. :(
colmvp 10y ago
My occasional workaround has been to paste in a text editor as plain text. I agree though, that the paste and match style should be default.
pkamb 10y ago
You can do the "paste into address bar and re-copy" dance. I'm getting pretty fast! CMD-C CMD-T CMD-V CMD-A CMD-C CMD-W CMD-V
- mino 10y ago
  That's exactly what I do every time, and I became unnaturally quick in this insane dance.
- zminjie 10y ago
  I used to do this until I learned CMD-SHIFT-V which pastes without formatting so the text appears in whatever format the destination document uses
- neurostimulant 10y ago
  If you're using chrome, the omnibar seems to send out whatever you type to (google's?) server for search suggestion, so you shouldn't do that if you're copying sensitive data. You can use ⌘+shift+v to paste the text without formatting (and without sending your data to some random servers).
AdamN 10y ago
Just cmd+shift+v pastes without formatting ... which is often just whatever is in the target. The explicit 'with formatting' paste is hard to remember though.
jonkratz 10y ago
I use Plain Clip (https://www.bluem.net/en/mac/plain-clip/ https://www.bluem.net/en/mac/plain-clip/) which is a tiny application which will remove formatting from text in clipboard. It's meant to be triggered from a hotkey / launcher app like Alfred or Spotlight. One plus is that you can set preferences to remove extra spacing or new lines.

harlanlewis 10y ago

I also find this frustrating. For applications where it happens frequently, you can map paste/paste-and-match to keystrokes you can remember using System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts. There isn't a global change you can make without 3rd party tools, AFAIK. For frequently-used shortcuts that have hard-to-remember modifiers, I change them to the full set of shift-ctrl-opt-cmd so that just mashing my hand across the entire corner of the keyboard will get the job done. Has the nice side effect of (usually) avoiding the unexpected overwrite of other default app shortcuts.

uonce 10y ago
Can't you put it under "All Applications" to have it take effect in all apps?
- ianferrel 10y ago
  Yes, but it will break Cmd-V as "Paste" on apps that don't have a "Paste and Match Style" option. :(

colmvp 10y ago

My occasional workaround has been to paste in a text editor as plain text. I agree though, that the paste and match style should be default.

pkamb 10y ago

You can do the "paste into address bar and re-copy" dance. I'm getting pretty fast! CMD-C CMD-T CMD-V CMD-A CMD-C CMD-W CMD-V

mino 10y ago
That's exactly what I do every time, and I became unnaturally quick in this insane dance.
zminjie 10y ago
I used to do this until I learned CMD-SHIFT-V which pastes without formatting so the text appears in whatever format the destination document uses
neurostimulant 10y ago
If you're using chrome, the omnibar seems to send out whatever you type to (google's?) server for search suggestion, so you shouldn't do that if you're copying sensitive data. You can use ⌘+shift+v to paste the text without formatting (and without sending your data to some random servers).

AdamN 10y ago

Just cmd+shift+v pastes without formatting ... which is often just whatever is in the target. The explicit 'with formatting' paste is hard to remember though.

jonkratz 10y ago

I use Plain Clip (https://www.bluem.net/en/mac/plain-clip/ https://www.bluem.net/en/mac/plain-clip/) which is a tiny application which will remove formatting from text in clipboard. It's meant to be triggered from a hotkey / launcher app like Alfred or Spotlight. One plus is that you can set preferences to remove extra spacing or new lines.