Reuse things you copied earlier without finding them again. Smart Clipboard keeps a persistent history of text, files, folders, and images across all your projects.
It captures clipboard changes on Windows and Mac while ThinkForge is running. The stack holds up to 25 items, newest first; adding an item beyond that limit removes the oldest.
Open the clipboard history
Use the Smart Clipboard shortcut shown under Settings → Hotkeys → Smart Clipboard. The default is Win+Shift+V on Windows; the displayed Win modifier means Command on Mac.
The overlay opens near the pointer. Select an item to put it on the system clipboard and close the overlay, then paste in the destination application. Escape or a click outside closes it.
You can also open the Smart Clipboard sidecar from Power Strip or use the Smart Clipboard section in Project Navigator.
Add an item
Copy text, an image, files, or folders in another application while ThinkForge is running. ThinkForge records the supported clipboard content.
In Project Navigator, Copy keeps a file or folder reference in the history. Copy Content keeps a document's text. Other surfaces can offer Add to Smart Clipboard explicitly.
The Power Strip sidecar also accepts dropped files and text.
Copying the same content again moves it to the top instead of creating another entry. Reusing a Smart Clipboard item does not add a duplicate.
Paste or drag an item
Select an item to put its text or file reference on the system clipboard, then use the destination application's Paste action.
Files and folders use the platform's clipboard support. On Windows they can paste as file drops; on Mac the destination application's handling of the file reference determines the result.
An image item refers to the saved image file. Drag an item from a supported panel when the destination accepts files or text.
Using an item does not remove it from the history. Paste All in the overlay currently copies the newest item; it does not combine the whole stack.
Edit text before reusing it
Right-click a supported text item or text file and select Edit Clipboard Item.
In Clipboard Composer:
- Save as New Clip adds the edited text as another item.
- Copy Result copies the edited text without creating a new clip.
- Insert Clip lets you insert text from another saved item.
- Cancel closes without saving.
The original item is unchanged when you save a new clip.
Clear the history
Use Clear in the Project Navigator Smart Clipboard section to empty the stack, or use an item's context menu to remove it.
Items persist when ThinkForge restarts, but this history is limited and is not a backup. Save content you want to keep as a project document.