Anybody who reads this this is seriously the most well designed efficient clipboard software I've ever used it totally improves your workflow in everything... Just set a keyboard shortcut to show the main window and whenever you're at a text box all your most used clipboard items are right there
Well done 👍..liked .. Qs. Have you also tried other popular clipboard managers like Ditto, Clipangel, ClipClip? How do you compare them to CopyQ in your opinion?
Brodie ... What you are doing with these short, explanatory videos is really good and needed TH-cam content. Nice to be able to look at an app, real quick, and think / study to see if good for us/me.
copyq for clipboard management, flameshot for screenshot. these two i use everyday all day. call them bloated or whatever you want, but i don't think no other tool can replace them for me yet.
Coming to linux from something like macOS, the general off-putting trend seems to be that linux app developers fail to understand proper UI designing methodologies... this application feels like a perfect example as it’s incredible in the feature set that it provides along with all the flexibility however the topic reminded me of an amazing macOS app known as Paste2. It is a clipboard manager and has one of the most beautiful interfaces I’ve seen in such an application. I don’t know if anyone else feels this way. Maybe good UI/UX design isn’t a priority with most linux applications. I suppose that might be because the community seems to prefer CLI over a GUI, however that preference doesn’t make sense to me for something like a clipboard manager.
I'd say the main reason for that is that there isn't a single UI design guideline, there's a bunch of them. Each Desktop Environment has it's own vision and some of them, like Gnome, do try to standardize how apps looks, but the free aspect of linux will never be fully adjusted to a single UI guideline, imo. It's even more complicated when you throw window managers in this mix. Standardization is much easier to do in macOS or Windows, since the respective companies can dictate what the guidelines will be.
@@victante True, that makes so much sense! I’m not sure how to argue the opinionated idea of the “free” aspect of linux conflicting with a single UI design guideline... However I would say that linux does need some form of accepted UI guideline which brings the “modern” design feel from Windows and MacOS into Linux systems while maintaining flexibility. Technically this might not be true but I would like to present properly riced versions GNOME and KDE (and maybe even OpenBox?) as examples. They standardize UI, giving a rich and modern look while still preserving the flexibility and their respective visions.
@@alphamineron I tend to agree with what you're saying, I think modern looks are needed in Linux. In that respect, what Gnome and KDE do is great (ElementaryOS too), but I think we will always be stuck with at least a bunch of guidelines, not a unifying one. I'm usually not too radical with the freedom aspect of linux, but I think it's good and should be preserved. It's the nature of the system that anyone can do what they want with it, so I don't see how we could get a unified guideline without killing the freedom aspect (unless someone invents a UI that's so good that everybody will use it anyway, but given how subjective this topic is, I don't see that happening too lol).
@@victante I get what you mean... I suppose I’m thinking of some sort of a way of preserving the current balance while simultaneously providing some form of a templating/adapting engine which “modernizes” apps like the one showed in the video above into the DE/WM’s design theme... Obviously this is very vague, hence it might be hard to understand what I’m saying but think of it like restoring a historical monument with modern technology... the monument is preserved while simultaneously adapting it to modern infrastructure requirements. That is a sort of “cutting edge” technological experiment which could be performed in linux
is there a way so I can get a hover window which lets me preview what is going to be pasted and I may use arrow keys to navigate through clipboard like in mac flycut
It does integrate with rofi and this is how Ive used copyq. I tried to integrate it with dmenu by modifying the script however it only works if there is one window. This is because dmenu creates a window and makes the current one lose focus. copyq then doent know where to paste. If anyone can modify the script for dmenu here is the link github.com/cjbassi/rofi-copyq/blob/master/rofi-copyq edit: this is not my github account btw
Well done 👍..liked .. Qs. Have you also tried other popular clipboard managers like Ditto, Clipclip, Clipangel? How do you compare them to CopyQ in your opinion?
is there a way so I can get a hover window which lets me preview what is going to be pasted and I may use arrow keys to navigate through clipboard like in mac
I can't figure out how to sync my Win11 desktop & laptop. Other CMs you can just select a cloud based folder with both computers but this does not seem to work with Q. Any help appreciated.
Nice app. Plasma also has a nice clipboard manager, can track not only images but also files. Nicely integrates into the system and can generate barcodes to scan with a phone ;)
bro i just tried ditto clipboard but i cant disable system autostart and it only has 3 keyboard bindings. can u recommend me another program that has more than 3 paste bindings? for windows.
Hey can this be used to safely copy paste passwords? If so can you make a quick video showing how to encrypt or how to use it when copy/paste passwords? If there is a better alternative to filling passwords in safely on the computer please let me know!
anyone managed to show the copyq window below the mouse pointer? i create a rule to show the window floating in Bspwm, but it always show the window in bottom right corner.
I sit in a standard ubuntu 18.04 terminal how do I paste one of last entries? In windows Ctrl+Shift+V and it shows like context menu where I can select item. How do I do same thing with copyq? Whats shortcut for that?
@@PanshulSaxena I still do not know how to do that. I wish to know but unfortunately I have not found yet. To be honest I have not spend much on that since the message I left. BTW I moved to awesome Fedora Silverblue and it may become another problem to make it work there.
Bro, flamshot does not look like that to me, its purple and it shows a bunch of buttons instead of directly copying or saving, how did u set it up like that?
You could try Ditto (way too overwhelming to me), and/or ClipAngel... kind of CopyQ (problem with this one is , pics after a long time do not paste for some reason, so i have to edit them and recopy to use them) many options but not overwhelming as Ditto (ditto is EXAGGERATED).
This is really starting to get bloated now. Copyq is way more than I would ever want from a simple clipboard manager. If I want note taking, I'd do it in a dedicated note taking app. Honestly clipmenu is still my favourite now, it's super basic and does what it's supposed to do. Not storing images could be a downside I guess but tbh I never had a problem with that. But even if I cared about it I'd rather try to extend one of the more minimal options than use a "clipboard manager" with all this added nonsense
I just install CopyQ, and my interface doesn't look anything like yours does. Why? You talk so fast. I watch the video and you click on things so fast that I have to rewind again and again to see how you do everything. You may be good at technology, but have a heart for people who are trying to get up to speed.
Wow. Does this present need to talk so fast? When you are explaining things you need to give people a chance to absorb the information present. Take a small break or do brief outline of what has just been presented to reinforce the information being presented.
I guess I'll stick with non-gui programs e.g. 'green clipboard', it's light-weight and not GUI, which is more appealing for me. Anyway, thank you Brodie.
How do you use clipboard app using cli??? What if you want to paste stuff into firefox/VScode/other, are you gonna open terminal and type commands? Or do you guys make scripts to run it with rofi/dmenu?
Anybody who reads this this is seriously the most well designed efficient clipboard software I've ever used it totally improves your workflow in everything... Just set a keyboard shortcut to show the main window and whenever you're at a text box all your most used clipboard items are right there
Well done 👍..liked .. Qs. Have you also tried other popular clipboard managers like Ditto, Clipangel, ClipClip? How do you compare them to CopyQ in your opinion?
Ditto is my favourite in Windows yes but doesn't seem to be available on Mac
Brodie ... What you are doing with these short, explanatory videos is really good and needed TH-cam content. Nice to be able to look at an app, real quick, and think / study to see if good for us/me.
copyq for clipboard management, flameshot for screenshot. these two i use everyday all day. call them bloated or whatever you want, but i don't think no other tool can replace them for me yet.
I love doing videos where I show the absolute minimal way to do things but at the end of the day do whatever works best for you.
It's bloat on your system if you have no need for it. That's the way I treat my system.
I use copyq all the time and it's a very great application
i installed copyq, but it is not opening
Coming to linux from something like macOS, the general off-putting trend seems to be that linux app developers fail to understand proper UI designing methodologies... this application feels like a perfect example as it’s incredible in the feature set that it provides along with all the flexibility however the topic reminded me of an amazing macOS app known as Paste2. It is a clipboard manager and has one of the most beautiful interfaces I’ve seen in such an application.
I don’t know if anyone else feels this way. Maybe good UI/UX design isn’t a priority with most linux applications. I suppose that might be because the community seems to prefer CLI over a GUI, however that preference doesn’t make sense to me for something like a clipboard manager.
I'd say the main reason for that is that there isn't a single UI design guideline, there's a bunch of them. Each Desktop Environment has it's own vision and some of them, like Gnome, do try to standardize how apps looks, but the free aspect of linux will never be fully adjusted to a single UI guideline, imo. It's even more complicated when you throw window managers in this mix.
Standardization is much easier to do in macOS or Windows, since the respective companies can dictate what the guidelines will be.
@@victante True, that makes so much sense!
I’m not sure how to argue the opinionated idea of the “free” aspect of linux conflicting with a single UI design guideline...
However I would say that linux does need some form of accepted UI guideline which brings the “modern” design feel from Windows and MacOS into Linux systems while maintaining flexibility.
Technically this might not be true but I would like to present properly riced versions GNOME and KDE (and maybe even OpenBox?) as examples. They standardize UI, giving a rich and modern look while still preserving the flexibility and their respective visions.
@@alphamineron I tend to agree with what you're saying, I think modern looks are needed in Linux. In that respect, what Gnome and KDE do is great (ElementaryOS too), but I think we will always be stuck with at least a bunch of guidelines, not a unifying one. I'm usually not too radical with the freedom aspect of linux, but I think it's good and should be preserved. It's the nature of the system that anyone can do what they want with it, so I don't see how we could get a unified guideline without killing the freedom aspect (unless someone invents a UI that's so good that everybody will use it anyway, but given how subjective this topic is, I don't see that happening too lol).
@@victante I get what you mean...
I suppose I’m thinking of some sort of a way of preserving the current balance while simultaneously providing some form of a templating/adapting engine which “modernizes” apps like the one showed in the video above into the DE/WM’s design theme...
Obviously this is very vague, hence it might be hard to understand what I’m saying but think of it like restoring a historical monument with modern technology... the monument is preserved while simultaneously adapting it to modern infrastructure requirements.
That is a sort of “cutting edge” technological experiment which could be performed in linux
is there a way so I can get a hover window which lets me preview what is going to be pasted and I may use arrow keys to navigate through clipboard like in mac flycut
which program did u use for your screenshot at the start? right now im using either scrot or shutter but that one looked way better than both
I like Flameshot because I sometimes need to annotate screenshots
It does integrate with rofi and this is how Ive used copyq. I tried to integrate it with dmenu by modifying the script however it only works if there is one window. This is because dmenu creates a window and makes the current one lose focus. copyq then doent know where to paste. If anyone can modify the script for dmenu here is the link github.com/cjbassi/rofi-copyq/blob/master/rofi-copyq
edit: this is not my github account btw
Oh I didn't know about that
that's exacty what I needed 🤩
Well done 👍..liked .. Qs. Have you also tried other popular clipboard managers like Ditto, Clipclip, Clipangel? How do you compare them to CopyQ in your opinion?
is there a way so I can get a hover window which lets me preview what is going to be pasted and I may use arrow keys to navigate through clipboard like in mac
using copyq for some time now. never have looked back and i don't think i will.
A video of Kai Hendry with someone showing nixOS led me to copyq
I can't figure out how to sync my Win11 desktop & laptop. Other CMs you can just select a cloud based folder with both computers but this does not seem to work with Q. Any help appreciated.
Nice app. Plasma also has a nice clipboard manager, can track not only images but also files. Nicely integrates into the system and can generate barcodes to scan with a phone ;)
bro i just tried ditto clipboard but i cant disable system autostart and it only has 3 keyboard bindings. can u recommend me another program that has more than 3 paste bindings? for windows.
Where is the information stored? Is there a file?
Great video Sir.
Hey can this be used to safely copy paste passwords? If so can you make a quick video showing how to encrypt or how to use it when copy/paste passwords?
If there is a better alternative to filling passwords in safely on the computer please let me know!
Bitwarden is definetly a better way.
Can I add titles to the clips? And how? Thanks
How to install COPYQ in old version Fedora 30? PPA, RPM packages? 🤔🙄
anyone managed to show the copyq window below the mouse pointer? i create a rule to show the window floating in Bspwm, but it always show the window in bottom right corner.
git stash type clipboard. Awesome!
Does this works on hyprland??
How to take desktop ss using copyq what r the keybinds???
I sit in a standard ubuntu 18.04 terminal how do I paste one of last entries? In windows Ctrl+Shift+V and it shows like context menu where I can select item. How do I do same thing with copyq? Whats shortcut for that?
Please tell if you got to know
@@PanshulSaxena I still do not know how to do that. I wish to know but unfortunately I have not found yet. To be honest I have not spend much on that since the message I left. BTW I moved to awesome Fedora Silverblue and it may become another problem to make it work there.
Bro, flamshot does not look like that to me, its purple and it shows a bunch of buttons instead of directly copying or saving, how did u set it up like that?
If you open up the settings the first thing you see should be aesthetic configurations
Warning: it is a pain to get your snippets out of CopyQ, if you want to switch to something else
That's a fair point
Nice vid.
How did you set neovim as your main editor for copyq items?
In the settings go to the history tab and modify the external editor command
Mane we need a side tabs setting
how to bring up small CopyQ windows like in 2:17 minutes
Only partial Wayland support, so I use clipman instead. github.com/hluk/CopyQ/issues/27
Good video.
Excellent video man. How to get hardware monitoring on top bar?
Those are modules in my Polybar, I'm pretty sure they're just the defaults you can find on the Polybar github
You could try Ditto (way too overwhelming to me), and/or ClipAngel... kind of CopyQ (problem with this one is , pics after a long time do not paste for some reason, so i have to edit them and recopy to use them) many options but not overwhelming as Ditto (ditto is EXAGGERATED).
This is really starting to get bloated now. Copyq is way more than I would ever want from a simple clipboard manager. If I want note taking, I'd do it in a dedicated note taking app.
Honestly clipmenu is still my favourite now, it's super basic and does what it's supposed to do. Not storing images could be a downside I guess but tbh I never had a problem with that. But even if I cared about it I'd rather try to extend one of the more minimal options than use a "clipboard manager" with all this added nonsense
Honestly I might just spin up my own with xclip, it wouldn't be that hard.
try Diodon
I just install CopyQ, and my interface doesn't look anything like yours does.
Why?
You talk so fast. I watch the video and you click on things so fast that I have to rewind again and again to see how you do everything.
You may be good at technology, but have a heart for people who are trying to get up to speed.
Wow. Does this present need to talk so fast?
When you are explaining things you need to give people a chance to absorb the information present. Take a small break or do brief outline of what has just been presented to reinforce the information being presented.
is it just me or does he always soud mad?
I guess I'll stick with non-gui programs e.g. 'green clipboard', it's light-weight and not GUI, which is more appealing for me. Anyway, thank you Brodie.
Cool, stick with whatever works for you
How do you use clipboard app using cli??? What if you want to paste stuff into firefox/VScode/other, are you gonna open terminal and type commands? Or do you guys make scripts to run it with rofi/dmenu?
@@rahilarious personally I set system wide keybindings to run commands I want to use.