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Paste From History

by Daniel Karakka
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Description

Category: Productivity Tools
#clipboard#history#paste

The Paste From History plugin enhances clipboard functionality within Obsidian by keeping a history of text copied or cut inside the application. Users can quickly access and paste previously copied text via a menu, which can be displayed as a docked panel or a floating overlay. The plugin offers customizable settings, such as the number of clipboard entries stored and the appearance of the history view. While it only tracks clipboard activity within Obsidian and supports text content in editing mode, it provides an efficient way to revisit and reuse clipboard data during a session. Clipboard history is kept in memory and resets between sessions.

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Latest Version

1.3.0
4 months ago

Changelog

Features

  • Can use numeric keys 1-9 to choose which item to paste in docked view (#4)
  • Font size increased slightly in docked view (#4)

Bugfixes

  • Latest clipboard entry wasn't included (#2)
  • Added support for multiple windows (#3)
  • Text now comes from clipboard event instead of navigator api which might solve issue 5 (#5)
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Obsidian plugin: Paste from history

Usage

Text you copy or cut will be tracked. You then have the ability to paste text from those previous clipboard events.

Docked view

Docked view

Hovered view

Demo

Commands

Paste from clipboard history

Opens a menu displaying a list of recent clipboard texts which can be chosen to paste into the editor.

Hotkey

Choose a hotkey that fits well with your hotkeys. These works well for me:

  • Linux & Windows: Ctrl + Shift + V
  • Mac: Command + Shift + V
Clear clipboard history

Removes all entries from the plugin's history of the clipboard.

Settings

History limit

You can adjust the limit of how many clipboard text events are tracked in the settings. Defaults to 20.

History view

Two modes for clipboard history view.

  • hovered - Menu floating above the editor.
  • docked - Menu docked to the bottom of the editor. (Default)
Scroll threshold

Supported by docked view

Number of visible clipboard items before scrolling. Defaults to 10.

Lines in preview

Supported by docked view

Number of lines to reserve for multiline preview. Defaults to 6.

Limitations

  • Obsidian does not have access to the OS's clipboard which means clipboard events happening outside of Obsidian are not tracked in this plugin's clipboard history.
  • Paste from clipboard history only works inside editing view.
  • Only text content is supported currently.
  • Clipboard history is kept in memory. Consequences:
    • Clipboard history prior to plugin activation is not available.
    • Clipboard history is lost between sessions.
    • Clipboard history is not available between devices.

Implementation details

Keeps a limited in-memory history of the text from clipboard copy and cut events seen by the document HTML DOM object in the Obsidian application.

License

GNU LGPLv3

Contribution

Donation

Donations of any size are welcome and will allow me to dedicate more time towards community endeavors such as this project.

Bugs, feedback & ideas

Please feel free to open an issue and I'll take a look.

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