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• Beta release v0.3.1.x/0.3.2x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  Jean Lalonde > 2023-01-03 16:09

  Video overview (as of v0.3.2.2)
  https://forum.quickaccesspopup.com/showt...p?tid=2283
  
  In this new v0.3 release, Quick Clipboard Editor allows direct editing of the Clipboard without having to click the Edit Clipboard button before making any change. This makes the app much more convenient. QCE now has two modes shown in the status bar:
  

  • Synced: The status will be "Synced" when the editor content is identical to the Clipboard content. In that mode, any change to the Clipboard content will immediately be reflected in QCE. The content will be editable without having to click a button.
    

  • Editing: As soon as the content of the editor differs from the Clipboard (after changing it in the editor or using one of the menu bar commands like Change case, Convert, Sort, etc.), the mode will change to "Editing" and the Save to Clipboard will become enabled. Saving the editor to the Clipboard will revert QCE to the "Synced" mode and the Save to Clipboard button will be disabled.
    

  
  Version BETA: 0.3 (2023-01-03)
  
  Direct Clipboard Editing
  - make the Clipboard immediately editable without having to click the "Edit" button
  - detect automatically when the editor content is different than the Clipboard to enable the "Save to Clipboard" button
  - remove the now unnecessary "Edit" button, "File, Edit" and "File, Save and continue" menus and their associated hotkeys
  - change the status bar messages to "Editing" and "Synced" (instead of "Read-only")
  
  Various changes and bug fixes
  - set status bar to "Read-only" only when the "Invisible characters" checkbox is checked
  - update the editor with Clipboard changes when "Invisible characters" checkbox is checked
  - in "Replace all", make sure the special characters \.*?+[{|()^$ are well processed in search string
  - encode `t (tab) and `n (new line) codes when retrieving last "Find and replace" values
  - fix bug decoding form URL (URI encoding) and support UTF-8 characters URI encoding/decoding
  
  
  Version BETA: 0.3.1 (2023-01-24)
  
  Search and Replace
  - merge "Find and Replace" and "Replace All" commands allowing to replace all remaining occurences on demand
  - remove the old "Edit, Replace All" command
  - position "Find Next" and "Replace?" prompt dialog box relative to the text found in the Editor window
  - add & shortcuts to "Find/Replace Next" dialog box button labels
  - during "Find" operation, when "Find Next" dialog box is displayed, allow user to select a new search start point in the editor
  
  Various
  - add "Close and Paste" to Editor buttons and "File" menu menu bar
  - add & shortcuts to menu bar shortcuts
  - under "Convert" menu bar, add command to convert "AutoHotkey Expression to %var%" and vice-versa
  - fix bug to give focus back to Editor after history update (with Ditto history)
  - change label for "File, Restart" to "File, Cancel and Restart"
  
  Version BETA: 0.3.2 (2023-01-30)
  
  Improvements
  - add a hotkey (default Shift+Ctrl+V) allowing to paste the content of the editor in the active window (or the window behind QCE if QCE is the active window)
  - add menu item "Options, Select Paste from QCE hotkey"
  - change labels and reorder editor's main buttons:
    - "Paste QCE" to paste the content of the editor to the window behind QCE
    - "Save" to save the content of the editor to the Clipboard
    - "Cancel" to restore the editor with the content of the Clipboard
    - "Close" to close the editor window, allowing to save or not the content of the editor to the Clipboard
  - change and reorder labels of "File" menu items
  - use JLicons.dll v1.6.5
  
  Bug fixes
  - stop giving focus to editor when clipboard changed, stealing focus from other application
  - retrieving unsaved editor status
  - settings default hotkey in "Select shortcut" dialog box
  - return original string if "Convert, Decode from URL" and "Convert, Decode from HTML" commands return an empty string because of an internal error
  - enabling "Save" and "Cancel" buttons when QCE has focus and Clipboard content was changed (within QCE or outside QCE)
  - converting only selected text in "Convert" menu commands
  - converting AHK var-expressions
  
  Version BETA: 0.3.2.1 (2023-01-31)
  - fix bug when resizing editor window
  - fix bug when processing a text selecting with commands Change case, Substring and Sort
  
  Version BETA: 0.3.2.2 (2023-02-01)
  - adjustments in handling of editor update on Clipboard changes
  - change "Options" menu items for hotkeys to include current hotkey in menu labels
  
  Version BETA: 0.3.2.3 (2023-02-02)
  - change editor's buttons labels to Paste, Copy, Cancel and Close
  - add tooltips to editor's buttons
  - add tooltip to status bar
  - show dialog box when clicking on the status bar with help on the status and other status bar infos
  
  Version BETA: 0.3.2.4 (2023-02-09)
  - fix bug in "Options, Display QCE at startup" menu
  - fix bug in "Find and Replace" not replacing the currently selected item when clicking "All"
  - fix bug breaking Edit menu commands
  - avoid updating the editor with Clipboard after copy or cut commands executed within the editor
  
  
  Please, leave comments or bug reports below.

• RE: Beta release v0.3x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  joeNOR > 2023-01-03 16:46

  Unable to activate menu with keyboard using normal key combos.
  Usually "ALT" will activate the menu line, and "ALT-F" / "ALT-f" would activate the file menu etc.
  
  In QCE 0.3 the "ALT" key switches between two modes:
  Mode 1: The cursor can be moved in the edit window
  
  Mode 2: The cursor can not be moved, the arrow keys activates the menu.
  
  Very non standard and confusing imho.
  
  So far other functions seems to work as intended (did not test them all).
  The Synced/Editing mode is a nice change.
  
  Regards,
  joeNOR

• RE: Beta release v0.3x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  Jean Lalonde > 2023-01-03 22:16

  Yes, addition of the menus shortcut is still on the todo list. This has to be implemented in menus and in dialog boxes labels.
  
  > The Synced/Editing mode is a nice change.
  
  Good :-)

• RE: Beta release v0.3x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  Jean Lalonde > 2023-01-24 13:38

  Version BETA: 0.3.1 (2023-01-24)
  
  Search and Replace
  - merge "Find and Replace" and "Replace All" commands allowing to replace all remaining occurences on demand
  - remove the old "Edit, Replace All" command
  - position "Find Next" and "Replace?" prompt dialog box relative to the text found in the Editor window
  - add & shortcuts to "Find/Replace Next" dialog box button labels
  - during "Find" operation, when "Find Next" dialog box is displayed, allow user to select a new search start point in the editor
  
  Various
  - add "Close and Paste" to Editor buttons and "File" menu menu bar
  - add & shortcuts to menu bar shortcuts
  - under "Convert" menu bar, add command to convert "AutoHotkey Expression to %var%" and vice-versa
  - fix bug to give focus back to Editor after history update (with Ditto history)
  - change label for "File, Restart" to "File, Cancel and Restart"
  
  
  See download link at the top of this thread. Please send bug reports or suggestions below.

• RE: Beta release v0.3x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  Jean Lalonde > 2023-01-30 19:11

  Version BETA: 0.3.2 (2023-01-30)
  
  Improvements
  - add a hotkey (default Shift+Ctrl+V) allowing to paste the content of the editor in the active window (or the window behind QCE if QCE is the active window)
  - add menu item "Options, Select Paste from QCE hotkey"
  - change labels and reorder editor's main buttons:
    - "Paste QCE" to paste the content of the editor to the window behind QCE
    - "Save" to save the content of the editor to the Clipboard
    - "Cancel" to restore the editor with the content of the Clipboard
    - "Close" to close the editor window, allowing to save or not the content of the editor to the Clipboard
  - change and reorder labels of "File" menu items
  - use JLicons.dll v1.6.5
  
  Bug fixes
  - stop giving focus to editor when clipboard changed, stealing focus from other application
  - retrieving unsaved editor status
  - settings default hotkey in "Select shortcut" dialog box
  - return original string if "Convert, Decode from URL" and "Convert, Decode from HTML" commands return an empty string because of an internal error
  - enabling "Save" and "Cancel" buttons when QCE has focus and Clipboard content was changed (within QCE or outside QCE)
  - converting only selected text in "Convert" menu commands
  - converting AHK var-expressions
  
  Download link at the top message of this thread.
  
  Please, leave comments or bug reports below.

• RE: Beta release v0.3x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  Jean Lalonde > 2023-01-31 16:31

  Version BETA: 0.3.2.1 (2023-01-31)
  - fix bug when resizing editor window
  - fix bug when processing a text selecting with commands Change case, Substring and Sort
  
  Download link at the top message of this thread.
  
  Please, leave comments or bug reports below.

• RE: Beta release v0.3x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  Jean Lalonde > 2023-02-01 23:08

  Preparing a video to demonstrate QCE yesterday and today revealed a few more bugs. Here are the latest (but not last!) bug fixes :-)
  
  Version BETA: 0.3.2.2 (2023-02-01)
  - adjustments in handling of editor update on Clipboard changes
  - change "Options" menu items for hotkeys to include current hotkey in menu labels
  
  Download link at the top message of this thread.
  
  Please, leave comments or bug reports below.

• Buttons below editor window

  PowerJack > 2023-02-02 03:03

  I'll try the beta QCE in the next few days.
  Just an immediate feedback after launching QCE the first time.
  
  The functionalities of the  buttons "Paste QCE" and "Save" are hard to understand.
  (maybe a tooltip could help)
  
  My interpretation of the buttons:
  
  "Paste QCE" 
  tries to paste the edited changes into the last open (text?) window.
  I started playing around with Windows Explorer.
  If I copy a file (path) from Explorer an unedited "Paste QCE" creates a copy of the file in Explorer.
  If I edit the path (<path>\README.txt --> <path>\README2.txt) it does nothing.
  No reaction after pressing a button leaves the user (at least new users) with an uncertain feeling.
  
  "Save"
  seems to write my edited changes back to the clipboard.
  I can now go to any application and paste my changes there.
  So "Save" works like "Copy" in other applications.
  
  Remark
  Inconsistent button naming.
  I think "Paste" (without "QCE") would do the job as well.

• RE: Buttons below editor window

  Jean Lalonde > 2023-02-02 09:52

  (2023-02-02 03:03)PowerJack Wrote: I'll try the beta QCE in the next few days.
  Just an immediate feedback after launching QCE the first time.

  
  Thank you for this valuable input.
  
  > The functionalities of the  buttons "Paste QCE" and "Save" are hard to understand. (maybe a tooltip could help)
  
  These buttons labels changed onver the last beta releases. I'm not sure myself... Tooltips suggestion noted.
  
  > My interpretation of the buttons:
  > "Paste QCE" tries to paste the edited changes into the last open (text?) window.
  
  This is correct, to the last window (not only text). This is a new button introduced in a recent release. Before, you had to click the "Save" button", then switch to you app and paste the Clipboard using Ctrl+V ou the paste menu of the app.
  
  > I think "Paste" (without "QCE") would do the job as well.
  
  I like it. But is there a risk of confusion with the "Edit, Paste" command that is used to paste text inside the editor only?
  
  > "Save" seems to write my edited changes back to the clipboard. I can now go to any application and paste my changes there.
  
  This is correct. In previous release, it was labeled "Save to Clipboard" but I tried to make the buttons label shorter.
  
  > So "Save" works like "Copy" in other applications.
  
  How about labeling this button simply "Copy"? Again, here, there is a risk of confusion with the "Edit, Copy" command that is used to paste text inside the editor only. Or should I come back to "Save to Clipboard"?
  
  > I started playing around with Windows Explorer.
  
  For now, QCE deals with text only. If you copy binary content to the Clipboard (image, sound, cells, etc.) QCE is usualy empty unless Windows or the application putting content in the Clipboard also puts a text "alternative" of the content in the Clipboard (the Clipboard can contain various formats of the same content)
  
  For example, if you copy Excel cells to the Clipboard, Excel will also put the "text" content of the cells (including the result of the formulas) to the Clipboard.
  
  The same way, when you copy files to the Clipboard in Explorer, Windows also puts a copy of the copied files path to the Clipboard. This can be confusing but it is an interesting way to get a list of files in text format.
  
  Jean

• RE: Beta release v0.3x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  Jean Lalonde > 2023-02-02 22:50

  Having tooltips for editor's button, ass suggested by PowerJack, decided me to opt for shorter buttons name. And I like the idea to stick to standard Clipboard commands wording: Paste and Copy. What do you think?
  
  Version BETA: 0.3.2.3 (2023-02-02)
  - change editor's buttons labels to Paste, Copy, Cancel and Close
  - add tooltips to editor's buttons
  - add tooltip to status bar
  - show dialog box when clicking on the status bar with help on the status and other status bar infos
  
  Download link at the top of this thread.

• Find and replace

  PowerJack > 2023-02-03 03:23

  Yes, button naming looks more tidy now in BETA: 0.3.3..
  
  
  Try the following:
  
  

  1. Select a couple of files in Explorer and copy.
     
  2. Go into QCE and do "Find and replace": "C:"  -->  "D:" 
     
  3. Replace?  -->  All
     

  It replaced all drive letters from "C:" to "D:", but not in the first line.
  
  
  PS: At my first attempt I had no replacements at all, but at later it worked an I could not reproduce it.

• RE: Beta release v0.3x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  Jean Lalonde > 2023-02-03 09:36

  > It replaced all drive letters from "C:" to "D:", but not in the first line.
  
  I can reproduce this bug. I'll fix it.
  
  > PS: At my first attempt I had no replacements at all, but at later it worked an I could not reproduce it.
  
  Tell me if you see this again. Thanks.

• RE: Beta release v0.3x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  Mike > 2023-02-04 03:19

  Bonjour Jean,
  
  here is a non-critical but potentially confusing issue:
  
  LastVersionUsedBeta=0.3.2.3
  

  1. Menu -> Options -> Display Quick Clipboard Editor at startup
     
  2. Menu -> Options -> Launch Quick Clipboard Editor with Windows
     

  • Toggling 1 has no effect on 1 but toggles 2 instead.
    
  • Toggling 2 works as expected.
    

  Expected behaviour:

  • Toggling A would activate/deactivate option to display QCE at startup, independent of B
    

  On a different note, do you have any plans to include a feature to look up and paste from a clipboard history in the future?
  Thanks for this, and also QAP - great tools!

• RE: Beta release v0.3x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  Jean Lalonde > 2023-02-04 10:31

  Hi Mike,
  
  Welcome the forum. The Options menu bug will be fixed in the next release. Thanks for reporting it.
  
  > On a different note, do you have any plans to include a feature to look up and paste from a clipboard history in the future?
  
  I'm first trying to see if the existing Clipboard history tools could be used in complementarity with QCE. But I had little success testing it with Windows history tool and Ditto. In both case, when QCE is in synced mode, the selected item in the history is pasted twice in QCE. In my understanding, the history tools does two things: 1) it updates the Clipboard and 2) it sends (or types) the selected item to the target window. I'm not sure in what order but the end result is the same in QCE: the selected content is added twice to the editor. 1) When the Clipboard is changed the editor is changed to reflect the Clipboard content. 2) The history tool sends the content to the target window again (using a command similar to the "Send" command in AHK).
  
  If I can't find a solution to this, I will develop an history tool inside QCE.
  
  > Thanks for this, and also QAP - great tools!
  
  Thanks to you :-)

• RE: Beta release v0.3x - Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE)

  Jean Lalonde > 2023-02-09 13:43

  This bug fix beta release is now OK.
  
  Version BETA: 0.3.2.4 (2023-02-09)
  - fix bug in "Options, Display QCE at startup" menu
  - fix bug in "Find and Replace" not replacing the currently selected item when clicking "All"
  - fix bug breaking Edit menu commands
  - avoid updating the editor with Clipboard after copy or cut commands executed within the editor
  
  See download link at the top of this thread.
  
  Please, report bugs or send comments here or in a new thread of this section of the forum.
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