The ultimate multiple clipboards for developers...

Inspired by "Multiple Clipboards" and "PureText" and improved for personal needs, TenClips is a lightweight and must have multiple clipboards for software developers.

It is fast and very easy to use. There is no superfluous window or manipulation.

It has been particularly designed for developers, which very often copy/paste lots of snippets and small portions of code. You can keep up to 10 different objects, and easily switch between them. The content of the ten clipboards can be saved to a file and restored for later use.

TenClips is also for you if, for instance, you want to copy some text from a web page or a document and paste it as simple text into another application without getting all the formatting from the original source. It replaces the traditional paste/cut in Notepad to remove text formatting.

New: version 1.3 adds the ability to paste list of files from Windows Explorer.

How to use

• As usual, press Ctrl + C to copy to the current clipboard.
• As usual, press Ctrl + V to paste from the current clipboard.
• Press Ctrl + 1 to Ctrl + 0 to switch between the ten clipboards.
  
  
• Press Win + V to paste in purified text.
• Press Win + * {NumPad} to paste in uppercase purified text.
• Press Win + / {NumPad} to paste in lowercase purified text.
  
  
• Press Win + V to paste the list of files (with pathnames) copied from Windows Explorer.
• Press Win + * {NumPad} to paste the list of files (without pathnames) copied from Windows Explorer.
• Press Win + / {NumPad} to paste the list of pathnames copied from Windows Explorer.
  
  
• Press Win + V to paste in Command Prompt (DOS) windows (Windows QuickEdit mode must be enabled, see FAQ).

These new shortcuts can be changed using the 'Settings...' dialog box.

The current clipboard number is displayed in a tray icon . Hover it to display a tooltip with the beginning of the text content of the currently selected clipboard.

To save and restore the content of the ten clipboards, use the 'Save clipboards...' and 'Load clipboards...' of the contextual menu. If the clipboards are saved in a file named 'default.10c' in the default location, this file will be restored at each TenClips start-up.

Configuration

To access the main menu, right click the TenClips tray icon. Click on 'Settings...' to open the configuration dialog.

This dialog allows you to modify the shortcut keys.

• Enter the desired key combination for each function.
• To unassign a shortcut, just press the 'BackSpace' key.
• The 'Test' button verifies if any shortcut is already used by another software.
• The 'Default Keys' button resets shortcuts to initial configuration.
• The 'Save' button saves the configuration for the next TenClips startup.

Download

TenClips may not be bundled with other software, included on CDs etc, linked to from other web sites or made available for download elsewhere. Link to this page instead.

Version 1.3
TenClipsSetup.exe (138 kB) for Windows 7, Vista and XP.

Note: after installation on Windows 7, to show the TenClips icon, click the little up arrow 'Show hidden icons' on the traybar. Next, click 'Customize...' and choose 'Show icon and notifications' for TenClips.

Donate

If you like TenClips and want to support its development and author, you can make a donation. It's fast and easy. Just click on the 'PayPal' button below.

Thanks, Paludour.

FAQ

To paste (Win + V) in Command Prompt (DOS) windows, Windows QuickEdit mode must be enabled

To enable Windows QuickEdit mode:

• Follow these steps and restart TenClips.
• Or download, unzip and run this registry file and restart TenClips.

Credits

Simonis Design
Roland, Ernest, Karl...

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Last updated: 3/2010.