This beta phase is now completed. Thanks for your help testing QCE beta releases. Future bugs reports will be fixed in v2.
Download QCE BETA release here:
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In v1.9.9, "Pinned clips" allow to keep frequently clips always at end. Also, a new bunch a bugs were fixed.
Please read the
Notes for beta testers to find out what's good to know before upgrading and testing this beta release. In particular, familiarize yourself with
the new Quick Paste list which is worth a good try.
Please send bug reports or comments in the
QCE Support section of this forum.
Version BETA: 1.9.9.1 (2024-04-18)
- improve "Pin this clip" usability
- check for multi-formats clips or unsaved clips only when user clicks the "Pin" button
- if the clip to pin contains only an image (no text), display an error message and abort (image clips are not supported at this time)
- if the clip to pin is multi-format and has text, automatically save clip as text only
- if the clip to pin is unsaved, save it automatically as it is pinned
Version BETA: 1.9.9 (2024-04-16)
Pinned clips
- "pinned clips" stay at the top of the History menu and can be assigned to a hotkey from Alt+1 to Alt+0
- to pin the clip currently in the editor use the command "Clipboard, Pinned clip" (F4) and, in the "Pin this clip" dialog box, select the position of the clip (from Alt+1 to Alt+0)
- to unpin a clip, in the "Pin this clip" dialog box, select the clip and hit "Unpin"
- only text clips can be pinned at this time; image and multi-format clips (like those from Word having HTML format, etc.) cannot be pinned
- the clip in the editor must be unchanged; if necessary, hit "Copy" to save the clip before using the "Pin this clip" command
- pinned clips in the "Clipboard History" menu appear with a checkmark
- support for pinned clips requires a new database file QCE-DB4.db (Saved commands are imported from DB3 or DB2 databases)
Various
- in "Find", when reaching the end of text, loop to search from start if the option "At the end, continue to search from the top" under "Editor Window" section is enabled
- when a search command ends, display end of search message "completed" or "not found" depending on the option above
- display a tooltip when QCE needs time to load large clip or display a large image
- add the command "Clipboard, Delete this clip" and reoder items under Clipboard menu
- ask string confirmation when using the "Clipboard, Delete ALL clips from history database" command
- new AutoHotkey runtime v1.1.37.1
Bug fixes
- in "Commands, Substring", fix bug when keep or removing text to the end of lines
- fix bug appending text copied from some applications (like XL) when the option "Copy to append to the editor" is enabled
- when appending text to the editor with option above, always move the selection point (caret) to the end of appended text and scroll the editor to that position
- fix bug when copying to the Clipboard an history clip containing multiple formats (like HTML, RTF)
- fix bug when open a text file with Unix end-of-line format (LF only)
- when QCEmessenger process clipboard containing multiple formats, clear all formats other than text (only format that can be processed by QCEmessenger)
- fix other minor bugs
Version BETA: 1.9.8.1/1.9.8.2 (2024-03-26)
New features
- under "File" menu, add new command "Load image to Clipboard" with supported formats BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, EXIF, WMF and EMF
- also under "File", add "Save image to file" with supported formats BMP, DIB, GIF, JFIF, JPE, JPEG, JPG, PNG, RLE, TIF and TIFF
- when saving in JPG format, select compression and quality level from 0 to 100
Minor changes
- when the editor contains an image, click on the picture to show a new menu allowing to "Save image to file" or "Remove picture and edit new text"
- move "File" menu from under "Clipboard" to the main menu as first item, and move "Close", "Restart" and "Exit QCE to the "File" menu
- various improvements in commands "Convert, Binary..." to encode and decode image or Clipboard to/from Base64 text
- various corrections in commands "Clipboard, Get the text or source..." HTML and RTF
- fix bug retrieving an image clip from the "History" buttons right-click menus
- fix various other internal bugs
- release v1.9.8.2 removes some undesired debug messages
- now running with the latest AutoHotkey v1.1 engine (v1.1.37.2)
Version BETA: 1.9.8 (2024-03-21)
Spell checker
- spell checker including English, French, German, and Spanish dictionaries (other languages can be added)
- launch the spell checker using the hotkeys F7 or the "Edit, Spell check" menu
- in "Option, Editor window", add options to set primary dictionary language (default English) and a secondary language
- use the hotkey Shift + F7 to switch between primary and secondary language
- help on adding dictionaries for other languages:
https://clipboard.quickaccesspopup.com/b...res/#spell
Other changes
- when the editor contains an image, display its width, height and size in status bar section
- in the "Substring" command, stop using "Keep" and "Remove" buttons and use radio button options instead
- move the "Commands, File" menu under the "Clipboard" menu
- when selecting "Clipboard, Search Clipboard History", use the same "Quick Paste List"
- add the submenus "Options" and "Help" to the QCE taskbar icon menu (tray menu)
Internal changes
- update the Edit library from v2.0 to v3.0 (thanks to jballi for the update)
- optimize commands for saving clips to the database and retrieving them using data transfer in memory instead of using temporary files
- optimize database disk space usage by reducing the number of fields in the History table (keeping access to all the info thanks to the full clipboard data saved to a database binary field)
- use CRC32 checksum to validate clipboard data integrity
- optimize resizing clipboard image when resizing the editor window
Bug fixes
- when launching QCE in portable mode
- when saving and retrieving empty clips to the database
- using the "Invisible characters" checkbox
- when browsing history items
- after after flushing the history database
- in "Substring" command, when removing a string occurring more than once on a line and when the "To text" or "From text" are not found on a line
- when exiting QCE, stop checking for unsaved content in the editor if its window is closed (hidden)
Version BETA: 1.9.7.2 (2024-02-28)
- improve performance and reliability of Clipboard binary data saved to the database
- improve reliability of "File, Backup/Restore Clipboard" commands and stop reloading QCE after "Restore Clipboard" command
- change labels to improve clarity of "Execute" and "Save" buttons in commands dialog boxes
- allow to "Inspect Clipboard" formats for history clip loaded in the editor
- fix bug in "History" menu when Clipboard formats could not be retrieved for some items
- fix bug when inserting tab in the criteria list for the "Filter lines" command
- fix various bugs in "Reformat paragraph" command
- fix bug in "Substring", stop processing lines where the "From/To beginning/end of text" parameters are not found
- fix bug making "Substring" command dialog box too large
- keep last session command details (used for default values) if user cancels a command dialog box
Version BETA: 1.9.7.1 (2024-02-23)
Clipboard busy
- under "Options, Various options", add an option to set the maximum delay when waiting for the clipboard to be available (default 10 seconds)
- improve the function checking it the clipboard is available, especially large chunk of data is loaded to the clipboard
- check if the Clipboard is free before loading initial clip at startup
- add a tooltip showing the remaining time when waiting for the clipboard
- when clipboard is busy after the waiting delay, display an error message in the status bar
Various improvements and bug fixes
- add to the tray menu (QCE icon on the task bar) an item to restore the QCE window position if the editor stays invisible at startup
- when saving the editor and history search window position, avoid saving invalid position if the window is minimized
- when exiting QCE, stop checking for unsaved content if the editor window is hidden
- fix a bug setting formats in status bar when editing text
- fix a bug updating the formats list in the status bar after copying to clipboard as HTML or other formats
- remove now unnecessary temporary window when Excel window is active
Known issues update
- (minor) Retrieving an image clip from the "History menus" does not show the image immediately - still trying to understand why (hit the Prev + Next buttons to see the image)
- (minor) Some values in the "Inspect Clipboard" dialog box sometimes wrong when a clip has been retrieved from QCE history
- [SOLVED] Formats list in "Inspect Clipboard" incorrect when a clip is retrieved from History and copied to the Clipboard
- [SOLVED] QCE includes various protections against the Excel bug "The Picture Is Too Large and Will Be Truncated" and the "Can't open Clipboard for reading" conflict... but they are not perfect
- [SOLVED] when copying cells in Excel, QCE shortly removes the focus from the Excel window to avoid Clipboard access conflict
Version BETA: 1.9.7 (2024-02-15)
In short...
Clipboard History
- save clips to history with all formats (images, HTML, etc., not just text)
https://clipboard.quickaccesspopup.com/b...es/#images
- Browse easily previous clipboard clips in text and graphics formats
-
Quick Paste window to easily paste previous clips from the history to the active application (formatted text, text only or graphics)
https://clipboard.quickaccesspopup.com/b...uick_paste
Saved commands
- adding saved commands to a configurable menu
- assigning keyboard shortcuts to saved commands
https://clipboard.quickaccesspopup.com/b...ting_saved
- launch saved commands from external applications (batch file, scripts, QAP favorites, etc.) to automate Clipboard transformations
https://clipboard.quickaccesspopup.com/b...ting_saved
- and much more...
The details...
Quick Paste from History
- the new "Quick Paste" hotkey (default Ctrl+`) opens the filterable "Search History" list and allows to quickly paste one of the clips in the history to the active application
- the "Quick Paste" hotkey can be changed in "Options, Hotkeys"
- while the Ctrl key is maintained pressed, you can:
- hit the second key ("`") the number of times required to browse previous clips in the history and paste it in the active application when you release the Ctrl key
- hit the Down and Up keys to select a previous clips in the history and paste it in the active application when you release the Ctrl key
- also press the Shift key to paste the selected text in "Text only" format when you release the Ctrl key
- hit the Home key to move the cursor to the "Search" box at the top of the window in order to filter the list
- hit Esc, Left Win, Right Win or Alt keys to escape the "Quick Paste" action (avoid pasting when the Ctrl key is released), leaving the "Search History" window open to browse it or use the bottom buttons
- after you escaped the "Quick Paste" action, you can:
- use the Down, Up, End and Home keys to select an history item in the list
- click the "Search" box at the top of the window (or hit Up key until you reach to Search box) and filter the list
- hit the "Paste" or "Paste Text" buttons to paste the clip in the active application
- click "Edit" to load the selected clip in the editor
- click "Close" (or hit Esc) to to close the "Search History" window
- an additional hotkey "Quick Paste Text" is also available
- hit "Ctrl+Shift" (pressed simultaneously) and a second hotkey (default "`") to open the "Search History" window
- release the Ctrl key to paste the clip in text format only
- tip: to paste in "text" immediately the current content of the Clipboard, simply hit and release the "Quick Paste Text" hotkey (by default "Ctrl+Shift+`")
- under "Options, Clipboard History" new settings allow to:
- select the size of image previews in "Search History", "Quick Paste" list and "History" menus
- select the fixed font (or not) and font size of the "History Search" window
- remember the last "Search History" window position
Clipboard Formats and Graphical clips
- store Clipboard clips in History database with all formats, including image (bitmap)
- when pasting the current Clipboard in the editor (unedited) or a clip from the history, paste it with all supported formats, letting the receiving application choose what format to retrieve
- to paste the clip in the editor as text only, hit the "Paste Text" instead of the "Paste" button
- when the Clipboard contains an image or browsing back to a image clip in the history, show a preview of this image in the Editor window (click the image of the bottom-right "Next history" arrow to remove the image and start editing new text)
- show graphical clips icon in "History menus" and "Search History" or "Quick Paste" window when a graphical format is available
- option under "Clipboard History" to set the size of image previews in "History menus" and "Search history" window
- use GDIP library v1.96 (thanks to Tariq Porter aka tic and Marius Sucan)
Automating Clipboard transformation (with QCEmessenger)
- add a QCE executable companion called "QCEmessenger" to send requests to QCE Receiver (an hidden instance of QCE processing the current content of the Clipboard)
- the commands sent by QCEmessenger to QCE Receiver are: "Exec" (or "Execute") to execute a Saved command, "Case" (or "ChangeCase"), "Encode" and "Decode" to convert the text in the Clipboard
- QCEmessenger usualy sends two parameters: the action ("Exec", "Case", "Encode" or "Decode") and the target (Saved command title or action parameter) and a third parameter in some case (see QCEmessenger doc
https://clipboard.quickaccesspopup.com/qcemessenger/)
Saved commands
- add "Manage Saved commands Hotkeys" item under "Saved command" menu to see a list of Saved commands hotkeys
- in "Manage Saved commands Hotkeys" window, double click an item or click the "Change" button to change the hotkeys assigned to a Saved command
Various
- upgrade configuration ini file to v2: reset value of "Open Clipboard History Menu" replaced by the "Quick Paste" hotkey with the new default hotkey "Ctrl+`"
- redesign the menu bar: split the "Edit commands" menu in two menus ("Edit" and "Commands"), move "Sort" menu items under "Commands", move file commands from "Clipboard" menu to "Commands" menu
- under "Change case" menu, add "Random" case command
- add to the status bar last section a short list of formats currently in the Clipboard and show the "Inspect Clipboard" window when clicking this section of the status bar
- in "Inspect Clipboard" window, for image (bitmap) formats, add instructions to "Double-click to see the image"
Database
- new database (QCE-DB3.db) structure supporting binary content to store clips in the History with all Clipboard formats ("ClipboardAll" in AutoHotkey), along with preview images (PNG, max 800x800 pixels) and thumbnails for menu and Quick Paste list (BMP max 64x64 pixels)
- the History table also stores the list of formats found in the saved clip, context info (active application when the clip is added) and CRC32 value of the binary data
- at its first execution, QCE v2 creates new database and import existing Saved commands data from v1.x database (QCE-DB2.db) if it is found in the QCE Settings folder
- under "Options, Clipboard History", add an option to set the mamximum size of clips added to the database (default 5 megs)
- increase default maximum size of the database to 100 megs (configurable in "Options, Clipboard History")
- at launch, delete oldest items in the History table if the database gets too large
- remove the option to disable History database found in v1