About this extension

Saves and manages frequently-entered text for later pasting into web page forms in Firefox or email messages in Thunderbird. Pasting a clipping is accomplished with just two mouse clicks, eliminating the hassle of retyping or repetitive copying and pasting.

Thunderbird users can download Clippings for Thunderbird from Add-ons for Thunderbird or the AE Creations website (https://aecreations.io/clippings/index.php).

Features:

• Create a clipping from selected text in a form field or web page body in Firefox

• Easy access to your clippings from the Clippings context menu in a web page form field. Individual clippings can be pasted as formatted text if they contain HTML tags.

• Save the web page address (URL) with the new clipping

• Make your important clippings stand out with color labels

• Assign shortcut keys to clippings for quicker pasting. Just press ALT+SHIFT+Y (Command+Shift+Y on macOS), then the shortcut key. The keyboard paste key can be changed from Clippings preferences.

• Locate the clipping you want to paste by typing its name and selecting it from an autocomplete menu

• Define placeholders inside a clipping that you will be prompted to fill in when pasting the clipping. Built-in placeholders for the date, time, clipping name, user agent, etc. are also available.

• Organize your collection of clippings into folders using Clippings Manager

• Import and export clippings in a variety of file formats. Import from Clippings or Text Snippets (Chrome extension) formats, and export to Clippings, HTML or CSV formats

• Sync your clippings between Firefox and Thunderbird, or other instances of those applications

To learn more, visit the Clippings page on the AE Creations website: https://aecreations.io/clippings. First-time users should check out the Quick Start Guide at https://aecreations.io/clippings/quickstart.php.

Supported Languages:

English (United States), Chinese (Simplified).

Do you want Clippings in your language? If you are fluent in English and another world language and would like to help update or add a new translation, consider contributing a translation here: https://crowdin.com/project/clippings

Things You Should Know About:

Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.

Add-on Permissions:

More information on the add-on permissions requested by Clippings: https://aecreations.io/clippings/permissions.php

Help and Support:

Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums: https://groups.io/g/aecreations-help

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Release notes for 7.0

What's New in Clippings 7.0:
• Copy clipping text to the clipboard from Clippings Manager or the new Clippings Sidebar
• You can now add separators to organize your clippings in the Clippings menu
• Brought back the ability to create a clipping from the contents of the clipboard in Clippings Manager (Tools → New From Clipboard)
• New option to show the shortcut key of a clipping in the Clippings menu
• New placeholder for embedding a clipping in a clipping
• On macOS, automatic positioning of windows and dialogs, and saving of the Clippings Manager window position and size, are now fully supported
• On Linux, the option to minimize the Clippings Manager window when it's inactive is now turned off by default
• Sync Clippings enhancements: sync data is now compressed, allowing you to sync more of your clippings; also, improved handling of read-only sync files (requires Sync Clippings Helper version 2.0 or newer)

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