Tyler Eich Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 It would be really cool if Alfred had an option for storing images in Clipboard History. Plain text is easy to search and light on resources, but limiting if you rely on images (e.g. graphic designer). When using snippets and/or workflow clipboard objects, {clipboard} should be able to inject images stored in the Clipboard. This would obviously increase Alfred's memory usage; if implemented, it should definitely be optional. Maybe even separate settings that set limits on how big a stored image can be (just like the current implementation for text clipping size). Cheers scidoc666, daehn, scheinreif and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmamlin Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 +1000 I still run LaunchBar (which I had purchased before switching to Alfred) solely for it's clipboard history (to fill the only real gap in Alfred's functionality). A new Alfred clipboard history that can reliably recall my last ~40 clipboard entries (like LaunchBar does) without cherry picking only certain types of content (like Alfred currently does) would allow me to finally drop LaunchBar altogether. I've looked at other clipboard history tools, but they are all too heavy with unnecessary bells & whistles that make them less efficient than LaunchBar's approach. LaunchDog, scidoc666, vivo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivo Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 (edited) This feature has been requested for years now. :-/ Edited June 12, 2013 by vivo Tyler Eich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scidoc666 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 My two cents - I too would like to be able to save images in Alfred's clipboard history. Tyler Eich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelwills Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Here here! For now I use CopyLess which allows dragging the clipboard contents out as a file including images if the app puts it on the clipboard in a supported way. It'd just be nice to have it all in one. Tyler Eich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcard Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 It would be really cool if Alfred had an option for storing images in Clipboard History. Plain text is easy to search and light on resources, but limiting if you rely on images (e.g. graphic designer). When using snippets and/or workflow clipboard objects, {clipboard} should be able to inject images stored in the Clipboard. This would obviously increase Alfred's memory usage; if implemented, it should definitely be optional. Maybe even separate settings that set limits on how big a stored image can be (just like the current implementation for text clipping size). Cheers +1 Agreed completely. I would even go so far as a "Remember the last {#} of images copied" setting, totally separate from the text copying history. So you could have it limited to five images, or whatever. (Or, yes, just limit it to 5 MB or whatev.) Tyler Eich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigertype Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 OK, as a designer/photographer/painter, I must add my voice to be heard....when I installed the powerpack I was already so impressed and excited about Alfred’s attributes that I simply assumed images support would be there and was surprised to see that it didn’t exist. For years I’ve been using the cool You Software’s You Control app which added a lot of other cool things beyond multiple persistent clip boards with images, like creating custom menus for the Mac’s top menu bar, clock appearance config controls, pop out calendars which you could tear off for persistence on the finder screen, lots more really, but they have closed their website and the app hasn’t been updated in 3 or 4 years and sadly it’s getting wonky. So I thought Alfred would take it’s place, sadly to find it lacking one of my absolutely crucial elements. So developers...pretty please? Tyler Eich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuppetGate Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Another vote for images in the Alfred clipboard Tyler Eich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HusseinMorsy Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I was a launchbar user for years and switched to Alfred (Mega License) because of the great new features. But Please Please Please add image or rich content support to cliboard and snippets. The would be really great !!! Tyler Eich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redzep Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Yes, a glaring omission in an otherwise brilliant program. Would love image selections and screen captures as well. +1 ! Tyler Eich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homever Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 +1 for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Woo Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) +1. And an option for an Clipboard Menubar Icon with drop-down list showing the last 10 clipboard entries. Edited January 29, 2014 by Dr. Woo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtonen Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 +1 for me too. As a old Clipmate user this is a main item missing from Alfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanishe Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Why not just install ClipMenu? It's free, does all the things requested in this thread, and is extensible via JavaScript. Alfred's clipboard history is a great implementation of its limited feature set, but Alfred isn't a clipboard manager, and it seems to me an actual clipboard management app would be a better solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Eich Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Why not just install ClipMenu? It's free, does all the things requested in this thread, and is extensible via JavaScript. Alfred's clipboard history is a great implementation of its limited feature set, but Alfred isn't a clipboard manager, and it seems to me an actual clipboard management app would be a better solution. Does ClipMenu inject images at placeholders like {clipboard}? I couldn't find that in the interface. Also, ClipMenu isn't Developer signed or Retina-ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanishe Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Does ClipMenu inject images at placeholders like {clipboard}? I couldn't find that in the interface. I don't quite follow you there. Where would this placeholder be, and how would you insert binary image data into a text placeholder? Also, ClipMenu isn't Developer signed or Retina-ready. OTOH, it does what you want. As do dozens of other clipboard managers. Which Alfred really isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Eich Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 I don't quite follow you there. Where would this placeholder be, and how would you insert binary image data into a text placeholder? In many apps, you can copy images and text at once and paste them in the same manner. Like copying a Mail message with an embedded image. Alfred could do the same thing, injecting a binary image at the {clipboard} placeholder in a snippet. One could also save an image as a snippet and give it a name for easy retrieval later. OTOH, it does what you want. As do dozens of other clipboard managers. Which Alfred really isn't. True, it does/they do keep a record of copied images. These solutions may be perfectly suitable for many users. The only thing I haven't found yet is a clipboard manager that follows Alfred's techniques: fast, searchable, mouse-free, and with a snippet-like feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanishe Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 In many apps, you can copy images and text at once and paste them in the same manner. Like copying a Mail message with an embedded image. Alfred could do the same thing, injecting a binary image at the {clipboard} placeholder in a snippet. One could also save an image as a snippet and give it a name for easy retrieval later. Got you. You mean rich text. True, it does/they do keep a record of copied images. These solutions may be perfectly suitable for many users. The only thing I haven't found yet is a clipboard manager that follows Alfred's techniques: fast, searchable, mouse-free, and with a snippet-like feature. Me neither, alas. But Alfred only does plain text, and it just strikes me as more sensible to chase up the developer of a clipboard manager to add search/keyboard shortcuts than the developer of an app launcher to add a full-featured clipboard manager. Personally, I use ClipMenu for my clipboard and TextExpander for snippets. Right tool for the job and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctwise Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Got you. You mean rich text. Me neither, alas. But Alfred only does plain text, and it just strikes me as more sensible to chase up the developer of a clipboard manager to add search/keyboard shortcuts than the developer of an app launcher to add a full-featured clipboard manager. Personally, I use ClipMenu for my clipboard and TextExpander for snippets. Right tool for the job and all that. I tried ClipMenu. It was completely unreliable for me. I'd select item #1 and it would paste item #2. I'd select item #2 and it would paste item #1. Alfred, on the other hand, is 100% reliable. Personally, I'd love for Alfred to completely replace clipboard managers and Keyboard Maestro. I _don't_ want or expect it to completely replace Text Expander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanishe Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Interesting. ClipMenu has been 100% reliable for me. Can't ever see Alfred replacing Keyboard Maestro. That thing's an utter beast! I reckon it'd be easier to replace Text Expander It'd definitely be nice if I could get rid of one or two icons in the menu bar, say ClipMenu and FastScripts, but not if that slows Alfred down any. But tbh, I'd rather Andrew spent his finite time expanding the functionality available to workflows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euricovidal Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 +1, it is a nice feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dma550 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 any news on this, whether it is under consideration? My poor Mac is loaded down with little apps that each have so much overlap. None do everything perfectly and each has so much overlap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgreen Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Any news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I plan a huge overhaul to the clipboard history for the future of Alfred, but this will be during a major rather than minor release cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuppetGate Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 BUMP! Because I'd still to see this someday … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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