Comments on: Quicksilver Screencast: The Clipboard

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Sun, 04 May 2008 03:21:39 +0000

Hi could you please tell me how to create a trigger for the shelf? The default triggers for the Clipboard and Shelf only work when I’m at the QS application, and I want them to work in any application. Thanks

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:17:18 +0000

So when I invoke Quicksilver and type “cli” for Clipboard History, the default item is Search Contents. If I tab to the default item and type “s”, it changes to Show. How can I get Show to show up by default after typing “cli” without needing to hit Tab and then type out “show”?

By: Jude

Jude — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:08:36 +0000

First off, thanks for all the great work you during the screencasts! Your help has definitely made the Quicksilver experience better. Unfortunately…I need some help on the clipboard.

I have both the Clipboard Module and Shelf Module installed. Strangely enough, the ‘Shelf and Clipboard’ option doesn’t appear in the catalogue which makes it tough to access clipboard history and other stuff.

What can I do to fix this? I rescanned my library and also tried to reinstall the plugins. Thanks for all the great work, it’s a lifesaver!

By: Fred Weiner

Fred Weiner — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:10:19 +0000

back a year ago (almost—October 2006) you published a nifty screencast for using QS and the clipboard. In one segment you show dragging and dropping in the actions section to change the numerical priority of actions. You mention that double click/type in new number doesn’t work well for you. Well, it doesn’t work for me either; unfortunately, neither does drag and drop: I just get everything between the selection and the direction I’m dragging in to “select”, that is, blue background. No drop at all. Can you think of a reason for this, or, better, a fix? I’m using QS B51 (3800). Thank you. Your work is great, and helpful. Fred Weiner

By: Jimmy Cisneros

Jimmy Cisneros — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:58:06 +0000

For anyone still having trouble setting this up, try looking for the module under Catalog > Modules > Shelf & Clipboard. If you hit the ‘Show Info’ icon and nothing appears in the ‘Contents’ pull-out drawer, then try rescanning ‘Shelf & History.’ This should do the trick.

Nick,
Terrific screencast! As a new Quicksilver user I greatly appreciate all your informative demonstrations. They’ve been a tremendous help. Keep it up. Cheers.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:37:47 +0000

Great screencast!
I’m wondering if there is a way to have Paste be the default action when I am in my Clipboard History trigger but have its normal ranking otherwise. I only ever want to paste something from my clipboard so I want it to be the default for everything there, but I don’t want it to be the default for when I am doing any other action.
Also, is there any way be able to paste based on the number of the item (fifth, for example) without having to mouse down to it?
Thanks for your help!

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:14:30 +0000

If you’re still having problems with this I just took a look at the documentation.

You’re going to have to update the catalog via a Quicksilver command.

If you type in “Shelf ” (with the space) the first item that comes up should be “Shelf & Catalog”. Tab over and type “Rescan” and hit enter and it should work as Nick described it above.

Great Screencast. I am just devouring all of this Quicksilver stuff.

By: Eva

Eva — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:30:34 +0000

hi, i am a quicksilver junckie, but i don’t get quicksilver’s clipboard history thing yet.
i understand your screencast. but in quicksilver built-in guide, it says i can copy the item just by double-clicking it or type the number next to the item. However, it doesn’t work for me.
I’m using the latest version right now.
Can you help me with this? thanx

By: Igor Blomberg

Igor Blomberg — Mon, 14 May 2007 20:55:42 +0000

Grat screencast. Still having problems finding the Shelf plugin though. I did as you said in the comment above, but i still cant find a Shelf plugin in the Plugins menu. There is one Shelf Module, is that the same thing?
Also there is a Shelf and Clipboard in the Catalog, although it is in Catalog -> Modules instead of in Catalog -> Quicksilver. Am i running a older version than you where n the screencast?

Thankful for any help!
Igor

By: David Buttrick

David Buttrick — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:10:54 +0000

I cant make this work on my installation.
I’m running B51. I cant find Clipboard History, I can find a Clipboard Contents…

Do you know if there’s a great deal of difference between what you were using when you put together this demo, and the release of QS that i am running?

Thanks.

By: Learn Quicksilver with video tutorials! on The uber geeks

Learn Quicksilver with video tutorials! on The uber geeks — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:03:15 +0000

[...] How to access your Clipboard and manipulate it with Quicksilver. [...]

By: appleseed

appleseed — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:32:50 +0000

You can hide The clipboard history window to the edge of your screen. Just drag the clipboard history window to the edge of screen and it will disappear. Using mouse point could bring it back！

By: yash gupta

yash gupta — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:07:16 +0000

thanks joey for the instructions. I couldn’t see clipboard history in the contents of shelf and clipboard either. but rescaning manually fixed it.

By: friday-things (getting done).. - annieone’s weblog

friday-things (getting done).. - annieone’s weblog — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:29:57 +0000

[...] kleinen mac eingerichtet – und dazu endlich mal den bereits vielerorts gefeierten screencast von Nick Santilli auf theappleblog.com angesehen – nachdem ich dann doch auch noch die comments gelesen hatte, [...]

By: Keizo

Keizo — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:01:33 +0000

Thank you speaking slowly.
It was easy to catch on what ware you speaking.
Although I am Japanease who don’t speak or listen English,this one was very understandable.

By: Joey

Joey — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:29:22 +0000

I had problems getting it to work. I had to do the following:

Catalog Tab->Quicksilver->Shelf & Clipboard->Set “Rescan” to manual

Then I clicked the button to “rescan the source” and everything was there.

Then I changed rescan back to Every 10 minutes

Hope this helps

By: Taylan Pince

Taylan Pince — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:46:38 +0000

I still miss Butler’s great clipboard history feature, but it doesn’t make sense to install Butler just for that - so this will do for now. Thanks for the tip.

By the way, the Paste command is very buggy. I only got it to work once, and all other times it crashed the app it was trying to paste in. Copying first and then pasting doesn’t make any sense, especially when you are coding, but I will have to get used to it for now, as this is still better than the other options out there (PopCopy, Jumpcut, etc.)

By: c. wess daniels

c. wess daniels — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:52:50 +0000

finally had some time to watch this, very helpful and easy to follow.

By: Mit Quicksilver aufs Clipboard zugreifen | kopflos

Mit Quicksilver aufs Clipboard zugreifen | kopflos — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:57:09 +0000

[...] Dieses Tutorial entstand aus einem Screencast von theappleblog, bei dem es allerdings einige Schwirigkeiten gab und der auch einige andere Funktionen nutzt. Mit dem oben gezeigten Vorgehen funktioniert es bei mir mit der aktuellen Quicksilver Version (3800). [...]

By: Nick Santilli

Nick Santilli — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:10:16 +0000

@Jay

yeah, I’ve got a couple more up my sleeve at the moment. So stay tuned.

If there’s anything you’d like to see, post it in the forum, here. I do requests.