Help with button to rename from clipboard text

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1

Is it possible to rename with clipboard text, for a button, please.

2

The Rename dialog has clipboard options built in, in the button/menu near the bottom.

You can also use {clip} to insert the clipboard text into any command, for use in buttons and hotkeys.

If you need help setting up a button, please give more detail on what you want it to do.

3

highlight file - press button (renames instantly, no dialog, with text from clipboard) - hoping it won't crash if i try and paste an exe or an image lol. Please.

4

Rename INLINE={clip},single
would this work ?

-It brings up the dialog

5

Probably not exactly what you want, but what you asked for:

@nodeselect 
Rename TO={clip}
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6

That works - too well - its deleting the file extension as well ;

7 
@nodeselect 
Rename TO={clip}{file|ext}

This works with file extension. Many thanks for helping.

8

That may not work with more than one file(type) selected.

This will preserve the extensions of all files, and also covers the clipboard text having a space in it:

Rename TO="{clip}" IGNOREEXT

(Note that you can also just push F2, Ctrl-V to do similar when there's only one file.)

9

I'm using a button with these commands:

@NoDeselect
Rename TO="{clip}__{file}" IGNOREEXT

Is there a way to cause it to take no action if the clipboard doesn't contain text?

10

In Opus 12, you can do it via JScript:

function OnClick(clickData)
{
	var cmd = clickData.func.command;
	cmd.deselect = false;
	if (DOpus.GetClipFormat() != "text")
		return;
	cmd.RunCommand('Rename TO="{clip}__{file}"');
}

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(In Opus 13, there's probably an easier way to do it using the Evaluator.)

I took out the IGNOREEXT as I doubt you want that in combination with {file} in the name. It was causing the file extension to be repeated at the end.

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11

The button could start with a line like

@disableif:=Clip()==""
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12

Thank you both for the brilliant solutions.

13

I'm trying to expand Leo's JScript so I can change the logic based on the clipboard's contents. How can I use the clipboard text data in JScript? I tried:

var clipTxt = '{clip}'+'';

but that sets clipTxt to the literal "{clip}" rather than to the clip's contents.

14

Use the DOpus.GetClip() function.

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