21 Jul 2009, 15:09
Hi Turly,
I'm currently using a CMM utility (ClipMaster) that allows me to paste text clippings wherever I can invoke a contextual menu, and it strikes me that FinderPop could have exactly the same functionality. If there's a text clipping in the FinderPop items folder, it could show up in the menus by title, but selecting it would paste the content of the clipping. Although ClipMaster does a fine job of this, it lacks any ability to edit or re-order your clippings after you've entered them - something FinderPop definitely wouldn't have any problem with. Good idea?
BTW Turly, just let me say this: if I could only have one third party utility on any of my Macs (either OS 9 or Leopard), it would without a doubt be FinderPop. The most singularly useful utility you can get for your Mac!
22 Jul 2009, 08:07
Try grabbing your clippings with the "g" key, and clicking into the document you want to paste into. Works for me!
23 Jul 2009, 06:16
Thanks for the suggestion, but when I try this it drags the clipping into the document as an object, which seems to be in line with what Turly's manual says the g key will do. Am I missing something?
23 Jul 2009, 22:57
Just speculating about this - I think it depends on the application - some apps are clipping file aware (Carbon apps most probably) and know what to do when a clipping file is dragged into one of their windows. It works the same way it did in System 8.
[Some/many/all?] Cocoa apps don't know what to do when "special" files are dragged into one of their windows.
23 Jul 2009, 23:23
Must be something else. When I drag a text clipping directly in the Finder and into a TextEdit window, the text is pasted. If I use "g" in a FinderPop menu and drag that same text clipping into a TextEdit window, the file path is pasted.
24 Jul 2009, 11:21
Hmm, now you mention that little data point Ronald, maybe it's me
Maybe I should be "promising" something different when a clipping file is 'grabbed-and-dragged' ... but I can't remember whether clipping files have a documented format... it'll be fun finding out. Probably.