Cool KDE Plasma trick: [Meta] + [v]

You know how you can use [Ctrl] + [v] to paste in place the last thing you copied to the clipboard, right?

A cool and productive-enhancing variant of that available in #KDE 's #Plasma desktop is that, when copying and pasting a lot of different things, you can hold down the [Meta] (“Windows”) key and hit [v], and a list of all the elements available on the clipboard will pop up so you can choose what to paste next.

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  • PureTryOut
    1•1 year ago

    @Bro666 @kde Definitely. In this case I expected it in the shortcuts KCM in system settings but it’s just not there. It probably should be though.

    • *The* Paul BrownOP
      1•1 year ago

      @bart @kde

      It’s a bit of a tough call. The “standard” clipboard is a widget, it does seem to be an integral part of Plasma, but the limits between what is Plasma and what is not are a bit hazy.

      My guess is that, back in the day, the clipboard was an “independent” widget and this is a leftover from that.

      But, you are right: the configure option for the notifications widget opens Plasma Settings, as does the network widget. It does not make much sense that the clipboard be different.