ClipX
I often find myself copying large chunks of text and/or images to the clipboard, then switching to another application to paste the data back in. This can be a real chore with the standard Windows clipboard, switching backwards and forwards between applications.
This is where ClipX comes in. ClipX is a free clipboard monitoring tool which allows you to copy a number of items into the clipboard at once. Once stored, with just a few key presses (by default Ctrl-Shift-Insert) you’ll see a list of all stored items (both text and graphics) on screen and can paste any one of them into the current document.
This is a terrific time saver for things such as web page development. I’m using it now to copy sections of text and graphics to include in this page.
There are numerous options available, such as the ability to save the clipboard history across sessions, saving the clipboard history, so you could load it back up at some later stage - handy for repetitive entries, history cleaning etc.
This is one of those great little applications that makes you wonder how you ever coped without it once you’ve used it for a while.
ClipX showing recent clips
One of the ClipX properties dialog boxes
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ClipX is a very nice app but it fails after running out of memory. The clipboard gets clogged and nothing comes out of a CTRL + V anymore.
You should try CLCL instead: http://www.nakka.com/soft/clcl/index_eng.html
I’ve never had a memory related problem with ClipX, but I’ll certainly take a look at CLCL.
I have used CLCL for a few years, but lately switched to ClipX. As CoAX mentioned, I also experience issues with clipboard corruption (such as malfunctioning CTRL+V), but I do not believe this is the ClipX issue. Maybe it is, but I had the same problem with CLCL, and it’s normally corrected when I restart the application from/to which I’m pasting, such as Visual Studio.
BTW, one thing I found irritating about ClipX, is the three-key shortcuts. I rather prefer CLCL’s ALT+C (it’s much easier to remember and use since the two keys are close). I could not set this shortcut in ClipX directly, but found a workaround; if you’re interested, see: http://alekdavis.blogspot.com/2007/05/clipx-fix.html.
Thanks for the tip. Yes, the 3-key “shortcut” is a bit long-winded! I’ll check out the tip you posted.
Mark
The URL I posted should not include the dot. Here is the right link: http://alekdavis.blogspot.com/2007/05/clipx-fix.html
Hi guy,s,
I have been using clipx for over a year now and love it!
And i have never had a problem, not EVER!
I love this little app & it has helped me no end!
I give it 2 BIG THUMBS up!
Kym from Oz
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