Introducing CopyQ: The Ultimate Clipboard Management Tool
CopyQ is a powerful clipboard manager that enhances your productivity with its comprehensive editing and scripting capabilities. This tool actively monitors your system’s clipboard, allowing you to save and organize clipboard entries into customizable tabs. Once saved, you can easily copy and paste these entries into any application as needed.
Versatile Item Management
With CopyQ, you have a wide range of functionalities at your fingertips. Clipboard items can be:
- Edited: Use either CopyQ’s internal text editor or your preferred external editor.
- Reorganized: Move items to different tabs as per your requirements.
- Utilized: Drag and drop items directly into applications.
- Annotated: Tag items or add notes for easy reference.
- Customized: Apply unique commands or modify items with scripts.
- Deleted: Remove any redundant entries effortlessly.
Key Features of CopyQ
- Compatibility: Works seamlessly on Linux, Windows, and macOS (10.9 and higher).
- Versatile Content Storage: Supports text, HTML, images, and custom formats.
- Efficient Item Browsing: Quickly filter and browse through clipboard history.
- Flexible Management Tools: Sort, create, edit, and remove items with ease.
- Enhanced Tagging: Add personalized notes or tags to your clipboard items.
- Custom Shortcuts: Utilize system-wide shortcuts with tailored commands.
- Multiple Paste Options: Paste items using shortcuts or from the tray or main window.
- Customizable Interface: Tailor the app’s appearance to suit your preferences.
- Scripting and CLI Support: Advanced command-line interface for tech-savvy users.
- Clipboard Filtering: Ignore clipboard data from specific windows or containing certain text.
- Integrated Vim-like Editor: Simple commands for those familiar with Vim.
What’s New in CopyQ 12.0.0?
New Additions
- Wayland Support: Global shortcuts are now registered via Portal where applicable.
- Dark Mode: Introduction of a sleek black theme for improved user experience (#3142).
- Enhanced Dialog Control: New attributes for managing dialog windows effectively.
- Item Icon Display: Ability to show icons in notes using the application/x-copyq-item-icon format.
- Themes: New support for color naming in theme files, such as
edit_bg=white.
Improvements and Changes
- Non-expiring Temporary Tabs: Changes in configuration no longer cause temporary tabs to expire (#3172).
- Item Preservation: Pinned and locked items remain safe from tab size adjustments (#3008).
- Proper Exit Code Propagation: The application now accurately reflects changes if interrupted or terminated.
- Qt Compatibility: Dropped support for Qt versions older than 5.15; now defaults to Qt 6.
- Privacy Features: Windows application hidden from screenshots and screen recordings by default (#3165).
- Log Management: Logs are now organized into multiple files and formatted with timestamps.
Bug Fixes
- Improved Text Formatting: Enhanced handling of rich text in QTextDocument (#3156).
- Logging Enhancements: Eliminated lock files to prevent crashes during early application phases.
- Tab Properties Fixes: Addressed issues with tab renaming and item properties (#2717, #3093).
- Functionality Corrections: Resolved several issues including crashing from unexpected arguments and tab management behaviors.
- Linux Stability: Fixed clipboard storage issues post-application start and prevented unwanted exits on session manager requests (#3145).
New Fixes in CopyQ 12.0.1
- X11 Enhancements: Improved registration of global shortcuts with modifiers (#3212).
- macOS Optimizations: Revised builds for Intel architecture compatibility.
- Session Name Error: Corrected the maximum session name length to 16 characters, aligning it with the error message.
Download Options
Get started with CopyQ and elevate your clipboard management experience:
- Download CopyQ 12.0.0 | 18.4 MB (Open Source)
- Download CopyQ Portable | 24.4 MB
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