Klipper is a clipboard manager. It stores a history of the clipboard contents and can automatically perform actions when certain items are selected, such as launching a web browser when a URL is selected.
Klipper is the clipboard manager for the KDE interface.
This package is part of the KDE base workspace module.
Key Features
- Enter custom content into the clipboard.
- Generate a QR code of clipboard content.
- Run particular actions
- Options to:
- Save clipboard contents on exit.
- Prevent empty clipboard.
- Ignore images.
- Ignore selection – prevents Klipper from including the contents of the selection in its clipboard history and from performing actions on the contents of the selection.
- Text selection only.
- Synchronize contents of the clipboard and the selection – set the clipboard mode.
- Timeout for Action pop-ups.
- Clipboard history size – set the number of items that are stored in the clipboard history.
Website: userbase.kde.org/Klipper
Support:
Developer: Carsten Pfeiffer
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Klipper is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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