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Beta release v0.1.x - Quick Clipboard Editor
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Beta release v0.1.x - Quick Clipboard Editor
Jean Lalonde > 2022-09-12 21:44
Download the latest release (setup file or portable ZIP file) from this newer post:
https://forum.quickaccesspopup.com/showt...p?tid=2253
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As explained in the welcome post to this forum, I decided to split the Quick Access Clipboard (QAC) project into two parts: the clipboard editor and the clipboard rules manager. I also decided to work first on the part that motivates me the most, the clipboard editor.
Over the past few months, I realized that there was less benefit than expected from having both tools (the editor and the rules manager) in the same application. Also, more important, I've found that I use the Clipboard editor every day, unlike the rules manager which still needs a lot more work to become really useful.
So, I ripped large parts of the code from QAC to create QCE, Quick Clipboard Editor. In the last weeks, I fine tuned the existing code and improved the editing features. There is still a lot that can be done but, at its fourth release, I think it is now ready to be shared. You can read about its features on the QCE website. The screen captures and video pages still have to be updated but you can already find enough info in the Features page to start your own experiments. See the download link at the end of this message.
Version BETA: 0.1.7/0.1.7.1 (2022-10-19)
- fix Ctrl+S hotkey missing for Save menu
- removed confirmation prompt before executing change case command (now that undo is available)
- add hotkeys for all items in "Edit" menu: Ctrl+P Prefix/Suffix, Ctrl+B Substring, Ctrl+Q Quick sort, Ctrl+T Sort with options, ShiftCtrl+T Sort again, Alt+L Lower case, Alt+U Upper case, Alt+T Title case, Alt+S Sentence case, Alt+G Toggle case; add reminders to menu
- support accentuated characters in Toogle case (based on codepage 850 covering these languages: German, Danish, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Afrikaans, Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, Latin (among other European languages)
- known issue: try to fix the Editor font changes issue
- known issue: implement temporary fix to issue "when the edit control text is deleted with Ctrl+A Delete, the background becomes white until the window is refreshed"
- support dark mode for application title bar and edit control scroll bar
- v0.1.7.1: fix bug introduced in v0.1.7 breaking the "Save to Clipboard" button; add "File, Edit Clipboard" and "File, Cancel" menu to mimic "Edit Clipboard" and "Cancel" buttons
Version BETA: 0.1.6 (2022-10-16)
- use Windows dark mode colors for buttons when in dark mode
- store dark mode colors in the settings ini file (default are written to then ini file at first execution of this release and can then be changed)
- implement Undo/Redo commands in Edit menu and hotkeys Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y
- enable/disable edit menu undo and redo commands based on undo pile state
- update the undo pile every 2 seconds when in edit mode and after each edit command; when in read-only mode, add changes to Clipboard to undo pile
Version BETA: 0.1.5 (2022-09-14)
- implement dark mode for editor window
- add option for dark mode (DarkMode=1 under [EditorWindow] in ini file), default 1 (enabled), effective only if Windows is in dark mode (restart QCE after changing Windows dark mode)
- set dark mode support for menubar's drop down menus only (not possible for menu bar itself)
- in status bar, remove "synchronized" status bas section and reword the first section with "Editing" and "Read-only" plus editor content's length
- fix bug retrieving values from the previous edit command of a given edit command type
Version BETA: 0.1.4 (2022-09-12)
- support tab and eol in prefix/suffix commands
- default wordwrap option to true
- in Ditto fix bug in order to retrieve clips longer than 500 characters
- fix bug to make Find commands start from the current cursor position
- fix bug not closing dialog boxes after some edit commands
- fix bug not enabling the Save Clipboard button after some commands
Version BETA: 0.1.3 (2022-09-11)
- implement interactive find and replace with eols and tabs visibles when in selection to be replaced
Version BETA: 0.1.2 (2022-09-06)
- refactpr execute edit commands
- refactor Prefix and Suffix in PreSuffix unique dialog box
- refactor Replace All, Change case and Sort commands as Edit command class methods
- when confirming change case on all text, add "OK got it" button to avoid showing again the confirmation dialog box
- in Replace All, remove "In selection" option and always replace in selection if there is a selection
- in SubString command, when from/to text is not found on a line, keep the entire line
- keep track of last command of each edit command type and use last command values as default in edit command dialog box
- enable save button only if edit commands change the content of the editor
- set cursor position or selection after edit commands
- in Replace All, support eol and tal in search or replace values
- implement repeated find with continue yes/no, find next and find previous
Version BETA: 0.1.1 (2022-08-28)
- initial release with code moved (and adapted) from Quick Access Clipboard covering the Editor window (excluding rules management)
- move Change case commands to a Edit submenu
- support Clipboard history integration Ditto
Version BETA: 0.1 (2022-07-18)
- repository creation
See a list of features, screen captures and a video presentation on QCE website:
https://clipboard.quickaccesspopup.com/features/
See beta releases change log:
https://clipboard.quickaccesspopup.com/c...a-version/
You can send bug reports, feedbacks, suggestions or comment in this thread. -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4
joeNOR > 2022-09-13 09:32
Hi Jean!
Interesting concept. I never quite got the idea behind the rules manager without, as you say, a lot work to get it where it needs to be (in my very humble opinion).
But THIS I get.
Couple of questions:
1. Dark Mode
Do you plan to implement dark mode as in QAP?
I really hope so, QCE is a no-go for me with that blinding white window.
2. ClipboardHistory
The setting in the ini file.
Do you plan on supporting other tools than Ditto, or preferably (for me at least) implement a history function in QCE itself?
Keep up the good work, I'll be following this with great interest.
Regards,
joeNOR -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4
Jean Lalonde > 2022-09-13 14:23
Thanks for the feedback and interest, Joe.
> 1. Dark Mode
It is on my todo list.
> 2. ClipboardHistory
> Do you plan on supporting other tools than Ditto
What history tool do you use? All Clipboard history tools can already change the content of the QCE editor. While the QCE window is active and in read-only mode, just open the menu of you history tool and select an item. Its content will be copied to the Clipboard by your tool, QCE will immediately detect the change and reflect if in the editor. And when QCE is in edit mode, inserting items of the history in the editor can be done as with any other editor.
Configuring an history tool in the settings file only add arrow buttons in the editor window for a more convenient way to browse your Clipboard history. And yes, support for the Windows 10 history is on the wishlist. For other tools, I will need some hints from users on how the history data is stored in their tool to see if/how I can support it. But again, as-is, QCE already supports any history tool.
> or preferably (for me at least) implement a history function in QCE itself?
Not sure if this is a priority considering what I explained earlier. But this is a possibility.
Jean -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4
joeNOR > 2022-09-13 14:31
Dark Mode, yay!
Disregard my second question, it suddenly clicked what you want to do with QCE, and I'm all for it.
Especially if you at some point in time takes a look at Win10/11 support.
Regards,
jN -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4
Jean Lalonde > 2022-09-13 15:38
> Especially if you at some point in time takes a look at Win10/11 support.
I've seen how I would implement it in Win 10. There is one requirement: the user must enable cloud sharing of his Clipboard history. This is the only way I've found I can retrieve the Clipboard history.
Jean -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4
joeNOR > 2022-09-14 01:17
> I've seen how I would implement it in Win 10. There is one requirement: the user must enable cloud sharing of his Clipboard history. This is the only way I've found I can retrieve the Clipboard history.
So you can't read the Windows clipboard history without the cloud sync?
That is a bummer, and may be a big no-no for some.
I've been thinking about the Clipboard History, and how it could work in QCE itself.
(Take this with a truck load of salt, it may be pure nonsense).
But.... since QCE is sniffing on the clipboard, is it possible to just write any changes it detects to a file or a sqlite db?
This function could have some limiters/settings like:
1. Limit the number of entries, delete oldest first, it saves (as a user setting).
2. Limit based on date, delete/overwrite all entries older than a given date.
(or delete/overwrite all entries older than n days).
3. Limited tag support, ie the user can assign some simple user defined tags to the different clips, and then search and/or sort based on the tag?
This would make the need for a another tool like Ditto redundant, at least for me. The Ditto support is a great feature, but I think it is an impossible task to support a number of these tools.
So Ditto support and a stand alone QCE function would give users a choice.
It also (I think) gets rid of the Windows cloud-sync problem because this would make QCE independent.
...just some thoughts.
Regards,
joeNOR -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4
Jean Lalonde > 2022-09-14 07:52
Good food for thought... Thanks. -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4/5
Jean Lalonde > 2022-09-14 14:53
Last release until I'm back from travel in about 1 month. Dark mode is ready to be tested.
Version BETA: 0.1.5 (2022-09-14)
- implement darkmode for editor window
- add option for dark mode (DarkMode=1 under [EditorWindow] in ini file), default 1 (enabled), effective only if Windows is in dark mode (restart QCE after changing Windows dark mode)
- set dark mode support for menubar's drop down menus only (not possible for menu bar itself)
- in status bar, remove "synchronized" status bas section and reword the first section with "Editing" and "Read-only" plus editor content's length
- fix bug retrieving values from the previous edit command of a given edit command type
Download link in the first post. -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4/5
joeNOR > 2022-09-14 15:35
It works, but it's more like "gray mode" and much brighter than QAP.
(This is both on Win 11 and Win 10).
The attached screenshot is from Win 11, but it is pretty similar on Win 10.
Have a nice trip!
-jN -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4/5
Jean Lalonde > 2022-09-14 15:59
If you click the Edit button, the editor background becomes much darker.
Dark mode in QAP and QCE is coded piece by piece and only for the items that can be colored. For example, the color of the title bar, menu bar and buttons can't be change. Also, the text of checkboxes can't be changed (always black). This is a Windows (or an AutoHotkey) limitation.
Because of these pieces that have to stay white or black, it is hard to find a good color giving enough contrast in all situation. What I could do in a future release is to make the colors configurable in the Options and let you make it more to your liking. -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4/5
joeNOR > 2022-09-14 16:08
Thanks, but it is perfectly fine atm.
If you could make it even darker at some future time, that would be perfect.
But, as long as it is not blindingly white, and there are some variations in the window I'm happy with it as a beta.
Nifty tool, I have some more suggestions but have to think about them for a while to ensure they are not to stupid. lol..
-jN -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4/5
Northern Man > 2022-09-14 17:18
Hi Jean,
You might want to put the link for the download at the top of the page, or in some easy place to find it. I searched for a while until I came across down the page a bit.
Looking forward to using it! Thanks -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4/5
Jean Lalonde > 2022-09-15 07:22
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RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.4/5
Jean Lalonde > 2022-10-16 14:51
Version BETA: 0.1.6 (2022-10-16)
- use Windows dark mode colors for buttons when in dark mode
- store dark mode colors in the settings ini file (default are written to then ini file at first execution of this release and can then be changed)
- implement Undo/Redo commands in Edit menu and hotkeys Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y
- enable/disable edit menu undo and redo commands based on undo pile state
- update the undo pile every 2 seconds when in edit mode and after each edit command; when in read-only mode, add changes to Clipboard to undo pile
In this release I just finished a few things I started before my vacations. I'll now review the suggestions/comments received just before I left.
About dark mode colors: they can now be customized. The first time you will run this release, it will add the default color values in the ini file under the [EditorWindow] section. You can modify these colors and restart QCE to see the new colors. Take note that the dropdown menus, buttons, [update v0.1.7] scroll bars and title bar [/update] colors are set by Windows dark mode theme.
![[Image: Rkgn4Is.png]](https://i.imgur.com/Rkgn4Is.png)
In this example above, only lite/dark yellow colors can be customized.
If you find a set of black/grey/white colors (in Edit and Read-only modes) that works better than the current set, let me know. -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.x
Jean Lalonde > 2022-10-19 13:33
Version BETA: 0.1.7 (2022-10-19)
- fix Ctrl+S hotkey missing for Save menu
- removed confirmation prompt before executing change case command (now that undo is available)
- add hotkeys for all items in "Edit" menu: Ctrl+P Prefix/Suffix, Ctrl+B Substring, Ctrl+Q Quick sort, Ctrl+T Sort with options, ShiftCtrl+T Sort again, Alt+L Lower case, Alt+U Upper case, Alt+T Title case, Alt+S Sentence case, Alt+G Toggle case; add reminders to menu
- support accentuated characters in Toogle case (based on codepage 850 covering these languages: German, Danish, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Afrikaans, Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, Latin (among other European languages)
- known issue: try to fix the Editor font changes issue
- known issue: implement temporary fix to issue "when the edit control text is deleted with Ctrl+A Delete, the background becomes white until the window is refreshed"
- support dark mode for application title bar and edit control scroll bar -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.x
joeNOR > 2022-10-19 13:41
Thanks Jean!
You are a machine, pumping out releases that slowly tweaks QCE in the right (imho) direction!
Very much appreciated.
0.1.7 looking good.
Regards
-jN -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.x
Jean Lalonde > 2022-10-19 13:42
It seems that I broke the "Save to Clipboard" button in v0.1.7! Use the "File, Save to Clipboard" menu for now... -
RE: First public beta release - Quick Clipboard Editor v0.1.x
Jean Lalonde > 2022-10-19 14:19
Version BETA: 0.1.7.1 (2022-10-19)
- fix bug introduced in v0.1.7 breaking the "Save to Clipboard" button; add "File, Edit Clipboard" and "File, Cancel" menu to mimic "Edit Clipboard" and "Cancel" buttons