Advanced tips and tricks

We’ve covered the basics of CopyQ in this tutorial, but there’s more. CopyQ can be run from the command line. Type copyq help into the Terminal window to get a full run-down of available controls (and their limits). CopyQ enables you to store compatible files – .png (images), . txt (plain text) and .html (formatted text) by default – in a named tab, keeping those items in sync as the files themselves change. To set this up, create a new tab in the main window, then open Preferences to Items > Synchronize.

Type the tab name into the appropriate field (including any & character), then click the folder button to select your folder. Click OK. One final tip: press F6 to customise what commands appear on the CopyQ menu, plus add your own. Tick the ‘Show Advanced’ button after creating a new command to access a Command window where you can set up your own commands. The following example from the CopyQ documentation (see the top tip) enables you to automatically filter captured images into a specific tab:

Name=Move Images to Other Tab Input=image/png Automatic=true

Remove=true

Icon=\xf03e

Tab=&Images

You can turn files into clipboard content by syncing their folder into CopyQ.