How to create a button that mimics "Win + V"

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When I click a button, I'd like it to do the same as the Window Key + V. Basically, opening the clipboard.

I couldn't find how to do it in the FAQ/Help or forum. I tried with @keydown, but couldn't figure it out.

Many thanks in advance.

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Did you try the command Clipboard Paste?

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Thanks, but all that this did was to paste the content of my clipboard as a .txt file in DO. Not what I need.

What I want is what [WIN] + [V] does, which is to open the clipboard window (in Windows 10 at least)
In other words, how can I make it so that when I press a button, it would behave as if I pressed Win + V.

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Yes, you're right of course, sorry. I was thinking about a normal paste alternative. I don't really know about that Windows clipboard function, but Leo will.

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I don't know if the Windows Clipboard History feature offers any way to open it other than Win+V.

You might be able to set up a button to send Win+V as keyboard input (search the forum for "SendKeys" for examples) but I don't know if that would work with this particular hotkey/feature. It's really down to Windows more than Opus.

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first one

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SendKeys doesn't seem to be able to send Win key, you may need a third party program.
E:\AHK\clip.ahk

#Requires AutoHotkey v2
send "#v"
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Well, after tons of trial and errors, I adapted a solution that Leo posted a while ago. I read the help file for nircmd.exe and found out that you can simply do this:

"C:\Program Files\nircmd\nircmd.exe" sendkey lwin down
"C:\Program Files\nircmd\nircmd.exe" sendkey v down  
"C:\Program Files\nircmd\nircmd.exe" sendkey lwin up 
"C:\Program Files\nircmd\nircmd.exe" sendkey v up

It works :slight_smile:

Thank for everyone's help, I couldn't have found it without your references.

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To make things even easier (and since we've had a few similar requests now), we'll add this in 13.3.2:

  • @sendkey command modifier
  • DOpus.SendKey script method

Both can inject a keypress into the system. E.g. @sendkey:win+v

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DOpus.SendKey() not yet documented, how is it used please, for example CAPS LOCK

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I'm afraid it hasn't been added yet. waiting for 13.3.2