Paste It 8.0 - Improved Website Compatibility

Paste It has been updated to version 8.0, a small but significant updating that resolves longstanding issues when pasting in sites which use "contentEditable" input for rich text editing, such as Gmail, Reddit and many more. This release also fixes issues pasting on ChatGPT, which recently started using the "contentEditable" input type despite not appearing to use rich text.

When using rich text formatting such as Bold, Italic or table layouts, Paste It will do a pretty good job of retaining the same formatting as the text surrounding the cursor, and keep the focus in the same place. That being said, these websites often incorporate their own formatting logic, so there is a change that Paste It may occasionally behave in unexpected ways. I'm hopeful this update will resolve the vast majority of compatibility issues that have been raised over the years and will continue to test and optimize the behavior to address any edge cases that crop up.

If you're using my other extension Papercuts for pasting text, rest assured that these fixes also will be coming within the next couple of weeks.

Papercuts 7.0 - UX Polish & Enhancements

Papercuts has been updated to version 7.0 with a polished UX that includes a number of small enhancements and fixes to improve the overall experience. Here's everything that's new:

• The UX of notes has been cleaned up to reduce visual noise and improve consistency. The maximum size of the Popup is also slightly taller, allowing more content in view before scrolling.

• Increased the maximum number of assignable keyboard shortcuts from 15 to 20.

• Added a lighter grey (#EEEEEE) Background Color option.
  
  
• The Notebook, Options and Help pages are approximately 15% wider.
  
  
• Buttons on the Options page are larger with more padding.
  
  
• The Enter key can now be used to add a note when the Add a Note button is focused.
  
  
• The Enter key can now be used to rename a tab when the tab name input field is focused.

• Fixed a UX issue where an additional scrollbar would momentarily be displayed whilst hiding or showing notes.

• Fixed an issue where hover states would not display if "Display Tooltips on rollovers" was disabled.

• Animations now use native CSS transitions instead of jQuery, resulting in a smaller bundle size overall (79kb, down from 86kb).

Papercuts can be installed from the Chrome Web Store. Existing installations will be automatically updated within a few days

As always, Papercuts is completely free, contains no ads, tracking or paywalled features, and does not have external access to your notes.

Paste It 7.0 - Paste Alt Text from Toolbar Popup & New Icon

I'm pleased to announce the release of Paste It 7.0, a major update which brings new features and improvements in an even tinier package. Here's everything that's new: 

• The most requested Paste It feature has been the ability to paste multiple items from the toolbar, and with the new version this behaviour is finally supported. Clicking the toolbar will now show a popup allowing you to paste  either the primary text or any of the 15 alternate text snippets:
  
  
  
  
  The popup support is fully accessible with support for mouse and keyboard control, plus you can hold down CTRL (⌘ on Mac) to copy text to the clipboard instead of pasting it immediately.
  
  If you prefer the original behaviour of pasting the primary Paste Text immediately on click, the popup can be turned off in the extension options by unchecking "Show Alternate Paste Text in toolbar popup".
  
  
• "Show Alternate Paste Text in context menu flyout" is now the default option to align with the new toolbar behaviour. This can be turned off in the extension options to only show the primary text in the context menu.
  
  
• Paste It has a new icon for the first time in 14 years. The blue star was added to help differentiate from other extensions and the default paste behaviour of the OS.
  
  
  
• Tidied up the UX of the Options page, with larger buttons, checkbox headers and cleaner transitions.
  
  
• Fixed a race condition where paste text could get cleared if the Options page was reloaded during the loading state.
  
  
• The options page has been updated to use native JavaScript instead of jQuery. By removing the jQuery library, the entire extension is now only 25kb - more than 50% smaller than the previous version.

Paste It can be installed to any Chromium-based browser such as Chrome, Brave or Arc from the Chrome Web Store, or from Edge Add-ons for Microsoft Edge. The extension is always 100% free with no ads or tracking.

12/07/24 - Update 7.0.1

This patch update resolves an issue that was preventing Paste It from interacting with ChatGPT.com and a small number of other websites.

28/07/24 - Update 7.0.2

Addresses a regression in 7.0.1 whereby focus events would not be received on a small number of websites, preventing form validation in some cases.

Papercuts 6.0 - Paste in Page

 Papercuts has been updated to version 6.0, which includes new features and improvements:

• "Paste in Page" - Hold the CTRL key (⌘ on Mac) with the popup open to paste notes inside form fields. This new feature works with most secure (https) websites:
  
  
  
  
  
• UX enhancements including a new set of SVG icons which look crisper on high-resolution displays.
  
  
• Support for selecting tabs using the keyboard (tab + enter keys).
  
  
• Export Notes now includes the tab name of each note.
  
  
• Resolved an issue where certain websites would clear pasted notes after focusing out of the input field.
  
  
• Resolved an issue where the enabled/disabled state would display incorrectly in the Notebook.
  
  
• Corrected the ordering of shortcuts on the browser's Keyboard Shortcuts page.
  
  
• Updated jQuery to version 3.7.1.
  
  
•  Installed package is now only 86kb, 33% smaller than the previous version.

Papercuts can be installed to most Chromium-based browsers such as Chrome or Brave from the Chrome Web Store. Please note that Papercuts is not compatible with Microsoft Edge due to differences in the way Edge handles bookmarks.

Existing installations will be automatically updated within a few days, some keyboard shortcuts may need to be reassigned due to a change in the internal IDs used.

As always, Papercuts is completely free, contains no ads, tracking or paywalled features, and does not have external access to your notes.

Paste It 6.0 - 16 Shortcuts

Version 6.0.2

• Resolved an issue where certain websites would occasionally clear the pasted text after focusing out of the input field.

Version 6.0.1

• Focus the primary text field when opening the Options.

Version 6.0.0

Paste It has been updated to version 6.0, which brings support for more shortcuts and UX enhancements:

• Increased number of alternate paste text shortcuts from 5 to 15, for a total of 16 shortcuts with the primary paste text.
  
  
• Updated Options UX to better support the higher number of shortcuts.
  
  
• Options now links directly to the browser's Keyboard Shortcuts page for convenience.
  
  
• Removed link to share on Twitter.
  
  
• Updated jQuery to version 3.7.0.

Paste It can be installed to any Chromium-based browser such as Chrome or Brave from the Chrome Web Store, or from Edge Add-ons for Microsoft Edge. The extension is always 100% free with no ads or tracking.

Existing installations will be automatically updated within a few days, Alternate Text keyboard shortcuts may need to be reassigned due to a change in the internal IDs used.

Papercuts 5.0 - Manifest v3, Search & more

Papercuts has been rebuilt to support Chrome Manifest v3, using service workers and new promise-based APIs. This ensures continued support for Papercuts when Google eventually deprecates support for Manifest v2 extensions.

Additionally, the new version of Papercuts includes many new features and enhancements, making it the largest update in over a decade. Here's a summary of everything that's new:

• New search feature to instantly find text across all of your notes, with a reminder of which tab it was added to.
  
  
  
  
  
• Increased the total assignable shortcut keys from 4 to 15.
  
  
• Refreshed UX on the Popup and Options page with cleaner theming colours.
  
  
• Fix to keep the cursor focus in the same place when pasting in the middle of an input field.
  
  
• Fix the auto-sizing behaviour of multiline notes.
  
  
• Fix for Copy to Clipboard behaviour on sites which do not support paste.
  
  
• Improved the behaviour of Drag & Drop to re-order notes.
  
  
• Browser-specific copy in Options when using the Brave browser.
  
  
• jQuery update to 3.6.3 and other performance enhancements.

Papercuts can be installed in Chrome or Brave from the Chrome Web Store. Please note that Papercuts is not compatible with Microsoft Edge due to differences in the way it handles bookmarks - my other extension Paste It is available for Edge and includes much of the same functionality.

As always, Papercuts is completely free, contains no ads, tracking or paywalled features, and does not have access to your notes.

Paste It 5.0.2 - Copy to Clipboard Fix

Paste It has been updated to version 5.0.2, which brings a behavioural change when pasting text in an input field which does not allow pasting. Previously Paste It would show a prompt asking if it should copy to the clipboard instead - now it will add the text to the clipboard without prompting.

This change was required to fix an issue that was introduced in Chrome 107 due to a new policy that blocks clipboard access unless initiated from a user gesture, see this bug report for further details about the issue.

New Behaviour

Old Behaviour with Error

 

Paste It can be installed for free from the Chrome Web Store or Edge Add-ons.