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One thing that I love about Windows (and there aren't many others) is that pressing Super+V (instead of Ctrl+V) shows a list of last N clipboard entries and you

One thing that I love about Windows (and there aren't many others) is that pressing Super+V (instead of Ctrl+V) shows a list of last N clipboard entries and you can select which one you wish to paste. Simple and very effective. You can also pin some entries so that they are permanently available, but that's a bonus. I haven't seen a clipboard manager behave like that in Linux - can this one be used in a similar way?

mnmalst 1y ago
I use a popup like that myself a lot. Clipman on xfce supports that but no pinning.
- sbene970 1y ago
  The "Clipboard History"[0] Gnome extension also does this quite well in my experience. I also recently switched from Windows 11 (to Ubuntu), very happy so far. Edit: Supports pinning and binding it to Super+V as well! [0] https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4839/clipboard-history/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4839/clipboard-histor...
- nine_k 1y ago
  Yes, I this is the feature I miss most; I'm almost ready to try to remember how to write in C.
ASalazarMX 1y ago
Tried it, and found out I had disabled it in the past, and it fortunately has stayed off trhough updates. How does it deal with usernames/passwords/secrets in the clipboard? Do you clean it up periodically?
- Gracana 1y ago
  I looked at mine, and it only has entries from my current login session.
  - bornfreddy 1y ago
    That, and it only has about 10 of them. But anyway, if someone can access your clipboard manager then that's not very good...
    - KetoManx64 1y ago
      If someone has access to your computer to access your clipboard history, you're already been pwned and the clipboard with random scattered entries is the least of your worries.
- pluc 1y ago
  Use a password manager/passkey so you don't have to do this
  - magackame 1y ago
    Sometimes you have broken websites/apps so you gotta copypaste. Sometimes they even have fields where you can't paste either (K9mail on android) (I cry in 64 char password).
    - pluc 1y ago
      It'd be an interesting feature for a password manager to issue a system call to purge clipboard history on copying a password. Lots of password managers aren't just browser add-ons but full desktop apps
SweetSoftPillow 1y ago
I configured copyq to work exactly like this, so it's doable.
pluc 1y ago
Yup as others have said, super+v for me invokes greenclip's rofi plugin which gives me a nice themable clipboard history overlay.
baq 1y ago
I’ve used ditto for this since before windows gained this capability. It also has an ignore list (e.g. keepass lives there) and a few other niceties which make it one of the first tools I install on a windows box (not very often anymore, granted).
- Incipient 1y ago
  Ditto is unparalleled. Ugly, but unparalleled. I've been using it for ages and every time I use a system without it I feel it's absence.
garciansmith 1y ago
KDE's default clipboard manager lets you summon a list (and you can change what shortcut to invoke it and do things like use a shortcut to move to the next clipboard entry) and edit entries. It doesn't let you pin them though, I think.
hkon 1y ago
I love that feature too. I replicated it with this. https://github.com/sentriz/cliphist https://github.com/sentriz/cliphist In addition to what is shown here, I added a job that runs every 5 minutes which prunes the history so that I can comfortably copy sensitive information as well.
Yasuraka 1y ago
https://github.com/SUPERCILEX/gnome-clipboard-history https://github.com/SUPERCILEX/gnome-clipboard-history Can show last N entries and has a search bar as well, so you can click type away and cycle through results with TAB. Supports pinning as well.
allen_fisher 1y ago
I'm using Gnome. On Gnome, you could just install "Clipboard Indicator" or something like this in Gnome Extension and set shortcut as "Super+V". It's pretty easy, I think.
Balinares 1y ago
> I haven't seen a clipboard manager behave like that in Linux Selection bias aside, Linux clipboards with history have existed for close to two decades, possibly more.

mnmalst 1y ago

I use a popup like that myself a lot. Clipman on xfce supports that but no pinning.

sbene970 1y ago
The "Clipboard History"[0] Gnome extension also does this quite well in my experience. I also recently switched from Windows 11 (to Ubuntu), very happy so far. Edit: Supports pinning and binding it to Super+V as well! [0] https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4839/clipboard-history/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4839/clipboard-histor...
nine_k 1y ago
Yes, I this is the feature I miss most; I'm almost ready to try to remember how to write in C.

ASalazarMX 1y ago

Tried it, and found out I had disabled it in the past, and it fortunately has stayed off trhough updates. How does it deal with usernames/passwords/secrets in the clipboard? Do you clean it up periodically?

Gracana 1y ago
I looked at mine, and it only has entries from my current login session.
- bornfreddy 1y ago
  That, and it only has about 10 of them. But anyway, if someone can access your clipboard manager then that's not very good...
  - KetoManx64 1y ago
    If someone has access to your computer to access your clipboard history, you're already been pwned and the clipboard with random scattered entries is the least of your worries.
pluc 1y ago
Use a password manager/passkey so you don't have to do this
- magackame 1y ago
  Sometimes you have broken websites/apps so you gotta copypaste. Sometimes they even have fields where you can't paste either (K9mail on android) (I cry in 64 char password).
  - pluc 1y ago
    It'd be an interesting feature for a password manager to issue a system call to purge clipboard history on copying a password. Lots of password managers aren't just browser add-ons but full desktop apps

SweetSoftPillow 1y ago

I configured copyq to work exactly like this, so it's doable.

pluc 1y ago

Yup as others have said, super+v for me invokes greenclip's rofi plugin which gives me a nice themable clipboard history overlay.

baq 1y ago

I’ve used ditto for this since before windows gained this capability. It also has an ignore list (e.g. keepass lives there) and a few other niceties which make it one of the first tools I install on a windows box (not very often anymore, granted).

Incipient 1y ago
Ditto is unparalleled. Ugly, but unparalleled. I've been using it for ages and every time I use a system without it I feel it's absence.

garciansmith 1y ago

KDE's default clipboard manager lets you summon a list (and you can change what shortcut to invoke it and do things like use a shortcut to move to the next clipboard entry) and edit entries. It doesn't let you pin them though, I think.

hkon 1y ago

I love that feature too. I replicated it with this. https://github.com/sentriz/cliphist https://github.com/sentriz/cliphist In addition to what is shown here, I added a job that runs every 5 minutes which prunes the history so that I can comfortably copy sensitive information as well.

Yasuraka 1y ago

https://github.com/SUPERCILEX/gnome-clipboard-history https://github.com/SUPERCILEX/gnome-clipboard-history Can show last N entries and has a search bar as well, so you can click type away and cycle through results with TAB. Supports pinning as well.

allen_fisher 1y ago

I'm using Gnome. On Gnome, you could just install "Clipboard Indicator" or something like this in Gnome Extension and set shortcut as "Super+V". It's pretty easy, I think.

Balinares 1y ago

> I haven't seen a clipboard manager behave like that in Linux Selection bias aside, Linux clipboards with history have existed for close to two decades, possibly more.