Hi all,
can I disable the automatic creation of "Clipboard Text.txt" when I paste something not being a file ?
Or is there a setting to ask the user if he wants to create this file ?
Many thanks.
Hi all,
can I disable the automatic creation of "Clipboard Text.txt" when I paste something not being a file ?
Or is there a setting to ask the user if he wants to create this file ?
Many thanks.
I don't think you can do either without also affecting what happens when you paste a file.
ok
thanks for the (fast) answer Leo
i'm curious why you would want to change this behaviour. i think it's extremely useful, and i use it quite often.
anyway if you don't want to make a new file with the clipboard contents, then just don't use the paste function when there's text on the clipboard!
[quote="garbanzo"]i'm curious why you would want to change this behaviour. i think it's extremely useful, and i use it quite often.
anyway if you don't want to make a new file with the clipboard contents, then just don't use the paste function when there's text on the clipboard![/quote]
That's the point !
I hate when I want to paste files and ending up with a dumb clipboard text.txt because in the meantime, I had something else in the clipboard.
That's my fault, I know, but it happens sometimes.
I don't know if there any "gotchas" with doing this - but you can try modifying the <Ctrl+V> hotkey from running the default Clipboard PASTE to run Clipboard PASTE AS=ask instead...
The AS=ask argument seems not to bother the paste function in the case you've still got files/folders copied to the clipboard... But if you have either text or image data in the clipboard that would cause the 'Clipboard Text/Image.ext' file to be auto-created, you'll now get a dialog from Opus asking you to confirm what you want the new filename to be - rather than the default 'Clipboard Text/Image.ext' name...
The only reason I mention this is that at least then you can just hit or the Cancel button in order to keep from having the new file auto-created - and maybe that's better than having to delete the auto-created file; or probably worse... you maybe didn't realize that what you intended to copy/paste didn't actually get copied, in which case this dialog will then serve as a visual cue to let you know what you thought you were doing didn't actually happen. Plus, this has the upshot of still being able to [u]use[/u] the 'auto-create' file from clipboard feature by accepting or changing the default name in the dialog and just hitting or the Ok button... a feature which; like garbanzo... I luuuuuuuuuv and actually couldn't get by without now that I'm used to it .
That's SO PERFECT !
This is exactly what I wanted !!
With this command, I'll be aware of any mistaken created txt files.
Thx steje
This is what I want to do, but I can't seem to make it work. I am using version 11.16.
I went to Settings / Customize Toolbars / Keys and changed the Function of Ctrl+V to:
Clipboard PASTE AS=ask
However, when I have text in the clipboard and use Ctrl+V, Opus still creates a Clipboard Text.txt file.
Is there another place where Ctrl+V needs to be changed? Sorry if I'm missing something obvious.
Ron
Sounds like you are doing the right thing.
11.16 isn't the latest version of Opus 11 so you might want to update that (checking the change-log, I can't see anything related in 11.17/18/19, but it's worth being up to date).
I did a quick check with 12.2.5 and Clipboard PASTE AS=ask still works there, pasting into the desktop folder as a test.