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Pure Paste — Paste as plain text by default
Paste as plain text by default. It clears formatting (fonts, colors, bold, links, tables, etc.) from the text you copy. However, it does not touch unrelated content like files, images, etc. It also ignores content copied from password managers.
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Which apps is that keyboard shortcut not available in? I didn't realize that limitation!
@chrismessina In some apps, the menu item is named differently, so you need special remapping just for those apps, for example, Word. In other apps, like Chrome, the keyboard shortcut is different, ⌘⇧V. This app makes it *just work*.
@chrismessina Also, in the latest update, it can now also optionally preserve links (while still removing all other formatting) and also remove tracking parameters from URLs (yay privacy!).
What's the difference or improvement over just past using Command + Option + Shift + V?
How @sindresorhus is able to notice all the little daily paper cuts of computer use and mend them never ceases to amaze me. All the best ideas seems so stupidly obvious in retrospect, and this is one of them. The last time I wanted formatting to go along with copied text was before Sindre was born, I think, and yet the operating systems continue to think that I do.
Bravo, Sindre. 👏
Just yesterday I was having this issue of copy pasting texts. Seems very basic but a very poweful tool.
Great job on the launch!
@basharath You don't need this if you only paste stuff into a plain text editor, but most users copy rich-text content and paste it into emails, websites, Word, etc, and don't want the formatting.
@sindresorhus I was thinking what you made is an editor. So which means does it modify the content on the clipboard? I can't try this tool because I'm not running mac.
How will this tool work when I'm pasting the content in my email editor?
@sindresorhus Got it, I missed your product description actually. PH doesn't seem to pin the makers first comment. Good work. Congrats on the launch!
Congratulations on the launch!! We are launching on Thursday too, would love to connect and discuss all the strategies and your journey!
@sindresorhus Congratulations on the launch!!! This is a super time-saving product and very helpful. Thank you so much for this and all the very best :D
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