A chrome extension to copy stylelessly(chrome.google.com)
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A chrome extension to copy stylelessly
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/styleless-copyer/clncpdmejgejogkcjdhcapncehgciidh
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On the OSX side, if you use Alfred[1] then you already have a clipboard manager[2]. I have cmd-shift-v set to popup Alfred's clipboard history. The nice part about Alfred is you can search (text and regex) your history and use cmd+1-9 to quick select the first 9 in your history. You can also exclude certain apps from being save (ie password managers) and save frequently used things to snippets (I use this to save frequent responses to customer tickets)
The number of times this has saved my ass or at least significant amounts of my time is fairly large.
[1] http://www.alfredapp.com/
[2] http://support.alfredapp.com/features:clipboard
The number of times this has saved my ass or at least significant amounts of my time is fairly large.
[1] http://www.alfredapp.com/
[2] http://support.alfredapp.com/features:clipboard
Ditto is fantastic. The data storage is in SQLite -- fast and capacious -- and it supports patterns searches of history. Usually, one can hotkey it up, type in a couple of characters, and be at or within a couple of down arrows of the entry of interest.
I wish I could find something truly comparable, in the *NIX world.
I wish I could find something truly comparable, in the *NIX world.
Reading this that does sound very useful, are there any helpful HNers that know of a similar *NIX solution?
I've often wondered why one would want such a thing and appreciate you taking the time to explain it.
You can paste without style on Windows with CTRL+Shift+V, so what is the point in this? Not going to give an app access to all my data on all websites I visit for no benefit.
Same with shift-alt-cmd-v (I think) on Mac.
This doesn't work well in certain situations (as described in Andy Mo's answer on the following page: http://superuser.com/questions/512491/copy-and-paste-plain-t...
I use (and love) a workflow called "Plain Text Paste" in Alfred, which I bind to the keyboard shortcut CMD-SHIFT-v.
I use (and love) a workflow called "Plain Text Paste" in Alfred, which I bind to the keyboard shortcut CMD-SHIFT-v.
It's cmd-s-v
Rich text pasting sounded like such a great idea 10 years ago. Let's just admit that it has proven to be the wrong choice 90% of the time. Can we start a petition to make plain text the default?
"Plain Text Pasting Now!"
"Plain Text Pasting Now!"
It’s really the difference between “rich text” (what you get from Markdown, what you used to get in Wordpad, sort of what HTML2 is like) and “styled text” (what you get from CSS.)
In professional publishing tools (InDesign, Publisher), these are rightly thought of as two separate formats: your content is rich text, written by a journalist or copywriter and saved as .rtf. Your publication is a set of flows, each of which has a data binding to a separate rich-text document, and a set of styling information applied on top.
Really, I’d be just fine if pasting text kept the bold parts bold, the italics italicized, and the links linked (i.e. kept the “rich text” parts) between, say, an HTML page and a Word document. What I don’t want is for the Word document to render the text in 11pt #222222 Helvetica, just because that’s what the page was styled like. That’s a property of the flow the text was in, not the text itself.
In professional publishing tools (InDesign, Publisher), these are rightly thought of as two separate formats: your content is rich text, written by a journalist or copywriter and saved as .rtf. Your publication is a set of flows, each of which has a data binding to a separate rich-text document, and a set of styling information applied on top.
Really, I’d be just fine if pasting text kept the bold parts bold, the italics italicized, and the links linked (i.e. kept the “rich text” parts) between, say, an HTML page and a Word document. What I don’t want is for the Word document to render the text in 11pt #222222 Helvetica, just because that’s what the page was styled like. That’s a property of the flow the text was in, not the text itself.
That's so true. Most of the time, you are pasting short passages, that should adapt to the target document style. It is a pretty rare use case that you copy and paste a larger snippet of another document. And only then it might make sense to retain the source formatting.
Defaulting to "paste and match style" (which could be plain text) would be quite sufficient, IMHO.
Am I the only one who finds the broad permissions that are required by many Chrome extensions crazy from a security perspective? This one can:
- Access to your data on all websites
- Access data you copy and paste
This is an extension that does copy and paste. Your complaint may be valid, but not for this extension.
You are absolutely correct. My critique wasn't directed at this extension, but Chrome in general. In this instance, I'd love to see:
- Access to your data on all websites (when directly activated)
- Access data you copy and paste (when directly activated)
Yeah it does. Apps can have permission to the current tab when you click on their action icon (either in URL or to the right of it)
I agree though that this app has permissions that are too broad.
I agree though that this app has permissions that are too broad.
I use a tiny app on Windows called "PureText" that removes formatting from any text copied to the clipboard. It's lovely.
Mac: FormatMatch is great. Lightweight and runs in the menu bar in case you want to temporarily disable it.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/formatmatch/id445211988
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/formatmatch/id445211988
Second this. Can't live without PureText.
I have been using jumpcut - http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/ - as my "clipboard buffering" tool and it pastes stylelessly
Do you know if there's any way to get it to not save clipping from certain apps (like KeePass)? I love Jumpcut, I just wish it wasn't quite so helpful with remembering recent passwords.
I don't think it has such feature out f the box but as it is open source, it is always hackable :p http://sourceforge.net/projects/jumpcut/
My if-all-else-fails fallback is to go via notepad. I've got depressingly quick at:
Windows+r notepad enter ctrl+v ctrl+a ctrl+c alt+f4 n
If you're in the browser, you can also paste into the address bar... (ctrl-L ctrl-v ctrl-a ctrl-c)
Fine for oneliners but this doesn't preserve newlines
Same for me :) For a speedup, you may create a link to notepad in C:\Windows\System32 and call it "n", then you don't have to type whole "notepad" but just "n".
Control+Alt+V or Control+Shift+V in most applications that support rich text will paste without formatting.
Gmail supports pasting without styles with the shortcut Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V . Would make the example redundant
For anyone looking for a clipboard manager for Windows and Linux, check out my Python and PySide (Qt) application at https://bitbucket.org/scottwernervt/clipmanager. I really liked Ditto but I couldn't find a similar app on Arch/Ubuntu.
On most Google products (docs & gmail for sure) cmd+shift+v will paste minus the styling. It doesn't cover all use cases, but I have found the keyboard shortcut to be very useful.
What the difference between this and the already built in shortcut on osx
⌘-⇧-⌥-V - Apply the style of the surrounding text to the inserted object (Paste and Match Style)
⌘-⇧-⌥-V - Apply the style of the surrounding text to the inserted object (Paste and Match Style)
Can we get the source for this extension? It gets access to all website data so there really should be some verifiable source included.
I keep the Chrome Extension Source Viewer handy for exactly that.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-extension-s...
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-extension-s...
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This is great. Thank you.
Chrome extensions are just zip files of HTML, CSS, and JS. If nothing else, you could install it in a throwaway user profile and look at the code there. It could be really hairy minified stuff, so proper source would be better.
CTRL-SHIFT-V in Ubuntu also
On a mac, to pase without style simply hit:
Command + Shift + v
Command + Shift + v
Clipboard managers are so insanely useful that I can't believe everyone doesn't use them. The basic idea is that everything you've copied in the last day or so should be at your fingertips. This changes your clipboard from something you use just to move a chunk of text from point A to point B, to a stack you can push things to whenever you think you might want to use them later. Which, if you're programming or writing text, happens all the freakin' time.
So instead of `cmd-V` to paste, you do `cmd-shift-V` to pop up a list of everything you've copied recently, and then `down-arrow down-arrow down-arrow return` to paste the item three copies ago. If you hold down `cmd` while hitting return, you get the item as plain text. This works system-wide and becomes muscle memory after a day or so.
Ditto comes with some nice advanced features as well, like selecting a range of items to paste all at once, or typing to search your entire clipboard history. But just the basic clipboard-history stack is the game changer.
If you're not convinced yet, here's a few scenarios where it's amazing:
* Copy a list of items as you read through a long web page and then paste them all into a spreadsheet. * Copy comments you think you might want to reply to as you read through a long thread. * Copy someone's name, employer, address, phone number, and email address from various parts of a site to paste into the references section of your resume. * Copy snippets from four different Stack Overflow answers, then go and use them as a toolbox to build a function that solves your problem. * Copy something you're planning to paste in a second, get distracted, copy three other things, and still have the first thing ready and waiting instead of having to go back to find it again. * Get in the habit of cutting text you don't want instead of deleting, so you can paste it back ten minutes later if you change your mind.
I know this seems like a ridiculous rant, but seriously, if you use a keyboard all day this is life changing.
[1] http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ [2] http://www.clipmenu.com/