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Quick paste and capture

Two popups work from any app: one pastes a recent or pinned entry by number, and the other captures what you have selected and shows what it grabbed.

Press Ctrl+Shift+V anywhere. A small popup opens at your cursor with two tabs:

  • Recent: your recent clipboard entries, newest first, as a scrollable searchable list.
  • Pinned: up to 10 pinned entries.
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1TextMeet at the station, platform 4, 9:40. Bring the badge for the side door.
2URLgithub.com/NotRover/RoverTools-Orange-Copy-Paste-App1h
3#a1b2c3d4 Image Aug 21, 2:45 PM4d
4Docquarterly-report.pdf3d
5Folder/home/rio/projects/orangecp/assets6d
6Rich TextRelease checklist: bump the version, sign both bundles1w
7TextInvoice INV-20418, due Sep 5. Net 30, reference PO-99812.1w
8Filebrand-assets (3 files)2w
9URLstaging.rovertools.app/preview/920x5602w
0Textsk-live placeholder token, rotate before the beta ships3w
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Each row has a slot number. Press 1 through 9 (then 0) and that entry is pasted into the app you came from. You can also click a row, or pick one with the arrow keys and press Enter. Hovering a row shows Pin, Copy without pasting and Delete. Every key the popup takes, including paste-and-remove, is in the shortcuts reference.

The number of slots shown is configurable from 3 to 10 (default 3) in Settings. If an entry points at files that no longer exist on disk, the app tells you instead of pasting a broken path.

Press Ctrl+Shift+C with something selected in any app. The selection is captured to history and a small receipt appears at your cursor showing what was grabbed: the type, a preview, and buttons to Pin, add to Groups, Share, or Delete it right there. To save it, press S or pick Saved in the groups list.

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It closes on Esc, when you click elsewhere, or with the close button. Its keys are in the shortcuts reference.

Plain Ctrl+C still captures to history too, just without the receipt.

  • Both popups are toggles: the same hotkey closes them.
  • Copy without pasting leaves the paste popup open. Turn off Keep paste popup open after copying in Settings to close it instead.
  • Drag either popup by its header to move it where you want.
  • Popups stay on top, skip the taskbar, and are clamped to your monitor’s work area, so they never open half off-screen.
  • A brief Copied / Pasted toast appears at the bottom right if you have the in-app popup notifications enabled.

Full key list: Shortcuts reference.