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[vBAq]

Hello all, I'm looking for a simple way to replace the content of my clipboard with and "expanded" version of it, based on simple rules.

 

Example: content of clipboard is {clipboard}, replace with ({clipboard})[https://servername.domain.com/ref={clipboard}]

 

I find myself very often handling specific ticket IDs, or IDs of many kinds and I want to passed them as hyperlink in emails, chats, etc. The hyperlink has always the exact same structure, only the ticket ID, ID, reference ID, etc. changes.

 

Any idea on how to do this with as many keystrokes as possible?

Edited February 22, 2021 by hobbes444

[vitor]

Connect whatever kind of trigger you want (Hotkey trigger; Keyword Input) to a Copy to Clipboard Output. On the latter, paste the exact text you have in your example. Done.

[dfay]

Given that the OP wanted to know 

13 hours ago, hobbes444 said:

how to do this with as many keystrokes as possible?

I'd recommend typing out the full unicode number for every character....

[vBAq]

Nice, thanks. Anyway to execute the action directly from the clipboard history? I have a shortcut to open the clipboard history and ideally I would like to press shift+enter for example to paste the specific clipboard entry expanded as ({clipboard})[https://servername.domain.com/ref={clipboard}].

[vitor]

3 hours ago, hobbes444 said:

Anyway to execute the action directly from the clipboard history?

No, but there’s a feature request for that which you can follow and add a “like” to show your support and possibly comment a link back to this post to share your use case.

 

I’m on a phone so it’s harder to look for it, but perhaps @nikivi will be able to link you (it’s originally his request).

[vBAq]

Hmm, can't find it, this one maybe? (not from @nikivi though)

 

 

[nikivi]

It was this I think

 

 

[vitor]

3 minutes ago, nikivi said:

It was this I think

 

That’s the one! Though now that I see it, the equivalent request is your second post, not the first.