Any clipboard history app/tool like windows clipboard history?

Posted by Designer_Distinct@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 11 comments

Good day everyyone.

there any clipboard history solutions but they open the dialog normally. see the attached image, i want the dialog to open a popup near where my mouse was or any text field where i pressed windows+v.

is there anything like this that exists?

What i mean:

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DGolden@reddit

XFCE4 clipman can be straightforwardly configured to popup where your mouse is, though I don't think it can possibly be smart about text fields, it'll always just pop up menu at current mouse pos.

turn on "Position menu at mouse pointer" in Clipman's own Settings (Settings->Clipboard Manager Settings, or right-click it in the panel and select Properties)
globally bind key (Settings->Keyboard->Application Shortcuts) Super+V to xfce4-popup-clipman

https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-clipman-plugin/start

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Sharp-Photograph-987@reddit

I use the default KDE clipboard, but i don't think it's a separate app

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MatchingTurret@reddit

That default KDE clipboard has a name: Klipper. And yes, it's a separate app.

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Zamundaaa@reddit

And yes, it's a separate app.

No, it's part of plasmashell.

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Designer_Distinct@reddit (OP)

does it open as popup dialog where pressed the super+v key? i want it just like windows as i show in my original post above

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Yes, i even think you can customize everything about it, if you want it to open when you press ESC it will, you can edit every single copy you take, you can make it a QR code, you can do a lot of things

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Bulky_Meaning_5246@reddit

I use cliphist & wl-clipboard - it stores text and images. Then i pipe it into wofi; Providing a list of my previous clipboard

These belong in the autostart:
exec-once = wl-paste --type text --watch cliphist store

exec-once = wl-paste --type image --watch cliphist store

This is a keybind inside your window manager:

bind = SUPER, V, exec, cliphist list | wofi --dmenu | cliphist decode | wl-copy

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Aristeo812@reddit

Yeah, there is quite a few of such tools in Linux. Personally, I use ClipIt.

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Designer_Distinct@reddit (OP)

does it open as popup dialog where pressed the super+v key? i want it just like windows as i show in my original post above

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Aristeo812@reddit

Nope, this particular program doesn't do that. It just adds an icon to the tray, by clicking on which one can select a certain element from history or manage it somehow. But maybe there are other solutions, try KDE suite or Qt-based managers, since Qt programs are usually highly configurable and have plenty of options.