Automatic paste of clipboard into search box?

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terrypin
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Automatic paste of clipboard into search box?

Post by terrypin »

I'm pretty sure that at one time I was able to copy something to the Windows clipboard, and when I started Everything it was already pasted into the search box. If so, could someone remind me of the setting please?

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Re: Automatic paste of clipboard into search box?

Post by NotNull »

I am not aware of such a setting in Evrything.

However, there are a couple of threads on tis forum that use external utilities to accomplish just that.
One example: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8290
terrypin
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Re: Automatic paste of clipboard into search box?

Post by terrypin »

Thanks, appreciate the fast reply. Prompted by your post I think I may have been using one of my Macro Express Pro scripts. I have several. But after a (very brief) search I couldn't find one that pasted directly from the clipboard on opening Everything. Maybe I'll write one.
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Re: Automatic paste of clipboard into search box?

Post by void »

I'm not sure of any apps that do this.

The next major version of Everything will have the #clipboard: search which will be replaced with the clipboard contents.
terrypin
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Re: Automatic paste of clipboard into search box?

Post by terrypin »

void wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:53 am I'm not sure of any apps that do this.
As mentioned, I used Macro Express Pro to create a macro to do so, activated in several ways.
The next major version of Everything will have the #clipboard: search which will be replaced with the clipboard contents.
Great, that will be handy.
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Re: Automatic paste of clipboard into search box?

Post by horst.epp »

The clipboard content is just a Ctrl-V in the search box
so what is the real benfit of any other solution to get the clipboard content searched for ?
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