Noob: trying to replicate Butler "RECENT CLIPBOARDS" in KM [or something close]

[Greg_Malcolm]

After using Butler for years, I’m trying to switch over to KM. So far, so good; except… the Clipboard!

Butler has a “Recent Clipboards” feature that holds the last 7 items copied to the clipboard. See screen capture.

Is there an equivalent in KM?

[ooops. messed up the numbers in my screen capture example!]

[Shoshanna]

Click the Keyboard Maestro menu icon and check out the items in the Paste submenu -- are they what you're looking for? Also explore the Clipboard History Switcher, which I don't use so I can't tell you much about it but I'm sure it's immensely powerful; and the KM-Preferences-General checkbox to save clipboard history between launches if you want that to happen!

[tiffle]

You should also check this out:

Paste by Name

I'm going to post a series of tips and tutorials about the new features in Keyboard Maestro 10. One of my favorites is the new Paste by Name action. You can add this action in a default macro form from the Macro Library, it’s pretty simple, just: Paste by Name.kmmacros (1.7 KB) [Keyboard Maestro Export] It lets you quickly paste any text from your clipboard history using the same spotlight-like search used for other features like Trigger Macro by Name and all the Insert by Name actions in t…

[Greg_Malcolm]

I'm not sure what I'm looking for. LOL! The entire KM clipboard concept has me a little confused.

Thanks for the help. I'll check out the Clipboard History Switcher and see if that does what I need!

[Greg_Malcolm]

thanks for the link... I'll check that out!