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    • Zane HeardZ
      Zane Heard
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      Is it possible to do this - text I copy to the clipboard (from any program/app) is automatically pasted into an open Notepad++ file?

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      • Claudia FrankC
        Claudia Frank @Zane Heard
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        @Zane-Heard
        No, not natively. What I can think of is a python script which would monitor the clipboard continuously
        and if it differs from previous capture do the required action. But this means you need to have python script plugin
        installed.

        Cheers
        Claudia

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        • psonnospP
          psonnosp @Zane Heard
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          @Zane-Heard said in Automatic clipboard paste:

          Is it possible to do this - text I copy to the clipboard (from any program/app) is automatically pasted into an open Notepad++ file?

          Did you ever find a solution to this?

          Or does someone else have one now six years later?

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          • PeterJonesP
            PeterJones @psonnosp
            last edited by PeterJones

            @psonnosp ,

            It’s not a feature that was ever officially requested (this forum is just fellow users, so we cannot change Notepad++ code). And even if it had been requested, it would likely have been ignored or rejected, because Notepad++ is not a Super Clipboard Tool or Clipboard Recorder, it’s a Text Editor.

            However, Notepad++ does have the Edit > Clipboard History feature. Originally, it only showed the history of Ctrl+C/Copy from inside Notepad++, but I just proved to myself that with a recent Notepad++, if I do Ctrl+C from my browser window, it does show up in Notepad++'s Clipboard History panel. So you can then double-click from the Clipboard History panel to put the clipboard text into your active document.

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            • psonnospP
              psonnosp @PeterJones
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              @PeterJones I know it’s a text editor but there are plugins for odder stuff than what I, and Zane, was looking for so not that far fetched IMHO if someone had made one or a script.

              I know of clipboard history but it only goes half way to help me so that’s why I’m here. But I’ll go look for some clipboard program instead.

              Thanks.

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              • Alan KilbornA
                Alan Kilborn
                last edited by Alan Kilborn

                text I copy to the clipboard (from any program/app) is automatically pasted into an open Notepad++ file?

                I have something like this in an old script. I haven’t used it in a long time, but give me a little time to dig it up and blow the dust off of it…

                Also relevant: https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/9398


                Notepad++ does have the Edit > Clipboard History feature

                Yes, but it feels a bit like an unfinished feature.
                What I notice is missing most is the ability to put an old bit of history back into the clipboard (easily).
                All you can do with this is view old clips partially, and insert old clips into the current document at the current position.
                It might be cool to allow insertion into the Find what edit box (just one idea).

                I suppose one could argue, forget this feature entirely and just use something like Ditto as a global clip manager. But perhaps for some (or a lot of people), their IT departments allow Notepad++ usage, but not something like Ditto.

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                • rdipardoR
                  rdipardo @psonnosp
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                  @psonnosp,

                  there are plugins for odder stuff than what I, and Zane, was looking for

                  Have you tried the SelectToClipboard plugin?

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                  • Alan KilbornA
                    Alan Kilborn @rdipardo
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                    @rdipardo said in Automatic clipboard paste:

                    Have you tried the SelectToClipboard plugin?

                    While I can see that plugin has its uses, does it fit the use-case wanted by the earlier posters?

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                    • Alan KilbornA
                      Alan Kilborn @Alan Kilborn
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                      @Alan-Kilborn

                      Similar request: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24732

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