[dattiimo]

This AutoHotKey script was a game changer for me. It maps Ctrl + Shift + V to paste without formatting.

    ;; Text–only paste from ClipBoard
    ;; (https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/10412-paste-plain-text-and-copycut/)
    ;; ctrl + shit + v
    ^+v::
        Clip0 = %ClipBoardAll%
        ClipBoard = %ClipBoard%       ; Convert to text
        Send ^v                       ; For best compatibility: SendPlay
        Sleep 150                     ; Don't change clipboard while it is pasted! (Sleep > 0)
        ClipBoard = %Clip0%           ; Restore original ClipBoard
        VarSetCapacity(Clip0, 0)      ; Free memory
    Return

[Edit: tried to fix formatting]

[benhurmarcel]

For the record, it's also available without AutoHotKey, using Powertoys [1] or PureText [2]. Very useful.

[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/

[2] https://stevemiller.net/puretext/

[dattiimo]

That's great. I hadn't noticed it's has been added to PowerToys. I can now finally retire my 7 year old script. Hopefully one day it will be promoted to be included in Windows by default.

[perennialmind]

With AutoHotKey you can escalate to sending as-if-by-keyboard, for those frustrating scenarios where clipboard paste is ignored.

  SendInput {Raw}%ClipBoard%`

[screye]

Can't understand why Powertoys don't come standard in Windows 11. They're too useful and too polished to be an optional add-on.

[jcotton42]

PowerToys can be iterated on much faster than the Windows release cycle, and without needing the same support commitment. Plus, some of the features do "graduate" in a sense, like Snap Assist https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-snap-assist-windows-1..., which is basically a watered down version of Fancy Zones.

[mailund]

It is so strange that pasting with formatting is the default! I have so far never wanted to paste with formatting a single time. I dont even understand what use case it is addressing.

[innocenat]

Copy image from one place to another. Copy entire powerpoint slide between presentation. Copy table from web to word.

[nixass]

How many times in a day you do that versus pasting with no formatting?

[w0m]

Honestly - Depends on the Job. When coding, I generally want ~no formatting by default. But When I'm pulling a code chunks into an email or similar; to preserve easier readability I can either copy from terminal with formatting or send a screenshot (which recipient then can't copy if they want to play with it). You could say "Use a different tool!" like Gist or similar; but that's often overkill.

[pynappo]

On a daily basis, i paste into programs that aren't wysiwyg (terminal, reddit, browser omnibar, etc) much more often than stuff that is (google docs, powerpoint). for the former programs it doesn't matter if i paste with or without formatting.

for the latter programs having the default be paste with formatting seems fine. yes, i'll paste stuff from the web without formatting. But copying/cutting/pasting within the same document is also a pretty common interaction and if i'm cutting something non-trivial (eg. google docs table/nested lists), i don't want to paste it back into google docs as a bunch of regular, separate lines.

[stronglikedan]

Exceptionally more, personally.

[inanutshellus]

ctrl-shift-v is so nice. it should be an OS-standard keyboard shortcut for clipboards.

would also love to get a mult-value clipboard (e.g. my last 5 clips) but... that's asking a lot i guess. ;-)

[function_seven]

Use WIN+V instead of CTRL+V to get a clipboard history pop-up in Windows 10.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/clipboard-in-win...

[w0m]

Just why can't you search it? I used Alfred religiously on OSX for this functionality; and it's almost there.

[function_seven]

My complaint is that I can't reorder the items so that an older clip is back "on deck" for a vanilla CTRL+V. Some programs (gVim) don't take too kindly to WIN+V.

[riezebos]

In case you are not aware: https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/

[w0m]

This looks magical o.0 I try to not install third party; but I think this will do it. Thanks.

[mcmoebius]

i've used Ditto for years. love it!

[aimor]

Wow, I feel like it's time to bring back the "Welcome to Windows" tips at login.

..is there a way to bring that back?

[pnutjam]

woah... This works in KDE too on linux.

[inafewwords]

I use it in Mac as part of my job duties. So far it mostly works in the place I need it most which is web forms on chrome. Some applications I wish it worked on do not recognize it such as notes app. I'll have to figure it out on Mac since ahk was my go to when I had pc

[w0m]

On Mac, I'd always open up alfred, Paste, then copy it again to strip formatting. Pita but it worked and was rote after years of use.

cmd-space, cmd-v,cmd-a,cmd-x (buffer is now stripped)

[okrad]

Slightly more cumbersome but try Option-Cmd-Shift-v

[wrboyce]

Opt-cmd-shift-v is the (rather unwieldy) macOS shortcut to paste without formatting.

I have cmd-shift-v mapped to my clipboard history which is fully searchable, I use Raycast on Mac but I would wager there are Linux and Windows alternatives.

[djbusby]

Works out of the box on Xfce.