The clipboard panel
The panel is the heart of ClipWorX. It holds everything you’ve copied.
Opening and closing the panel
- Press ⌥⌘V. You can change this shortcut in Settings.
- Or choose Open Clipboard from the ClipWorX menu in the menu bar.
The panel appears in the middle of the screen the pointer is on and spans its full width. The app you’re working in stays active, which is why ClipWorX can paste straight into it later.
The panel closes when you
- paste or copy an item,
- press esc (if you’ve typed a search term, the search is cleared first),
- press the shortcut again,
- click outside the panel or switch to another app.
Layout
Toolbar
- Search field: Active right away. Whatever you type filters the items (see Searching).
- History: Shows all items, newest first.
- Pinboards: Each pinboard has its own colored tab (see Pinboards).
- + creates a new pinboard.
- ? opens this help; the gear opens the settings.
Cards
Each item appears as a card. The colored header shows the type, when you copied it, and the icon of the app it came from. A pin icon means the item is pinned to a pinboard. The footer shows extra details and, for the first nine cards, the shortcut ⌘1 … ⌘9.
| Type | Recognized for | Shows |
|---|---|---|
| Text | Any text. Formatting (RTF) is preserved. | Beginning of the text, character count |
| Link | A single web address starting with http:// or https:// | Domain and full address |
| Image | Images, e.g. from Preview, Photos or a browser | Thumbnail, size in pixels |
| File | Files and folders copied in the Finder | Icon, name, count |
| Color | Color values such as #0A84FF or #FFF | Color swatch and value |
If you copy the same content again, ClipWorX doesn’t create a second card; it moves the existing one to the front.
Selecting items
- ← and → move the selection; the panel scrolls along automatically.
- Click a card to select it, double-click to paste it right away.
- Scroll sideways through long lists with your trackpad or mouse wheel.
- Right-click to open the shortcut menu with all actions (see Pasting and copying).
The selected card has a blue outline.
Deleting items
Select the card and press ⌘⌫, or choose Delete from the shortcut menu. The item is removed from the history and from its pinboard.