Clippings 7.0 beta 2 released!

This is the second beta release of the next version of Clippings. It is being made available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and are willing to tolerate a few inevitable bugs.

Read on to learn more about what's new in Clippings 7.0, and how to get it!

What's New

• Copy clipping text to the clipboard from Clippings Manager or in the new Clippings Sidebar
• Brought back the ability to create a clipping from the contents of the clipboard in Clippings Manager (Tools → New From Clipboard). This finally brings back a feature that existed in Clippings for Firefox prior to version 6.0
  
• You can now add separators to organize your clippings in the Clippings menu. Separators can be added in Clippings Manager by right-clicking on a clipping or folder and then selecting Insert Separator from the context menu
  
• New option to show the shortcut key of a clipping in the Clippings menu. Turn on this setting from the redesigned extension preferences page
• New placeholder for embedding a clipping in a clipping. Placeholder syntax: $[CLIPPING(Name of clipping)].
  
• 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
•  New in 7.0b2  If the sync file is read-only, the New Clipping dialog won't show the Synced Clippings folder in the folder list to prevent adding a new clipping to it. In Clippings Manager, the Move/Copy dialog also won't show the Synced Clippings folder to prevent moving or copying a clipping or folder to it
•  New in 7.0b2  New keyboard shortcut SHIFT+F10 for opening the context menu in Clippings Manager and Clippings Sidebar
  
•  Fixed in 7.0b2  The Reset Numeric Placeholders menu is sometimes disabled and not populated even when a clipping with a numeric placeholder was pasted (issue #473)
•  Fixed in 7.0b2  Many cosmetic improvements for Clippings Manager, Clippings Sidebar, the What's New page, and the extension preferences page
  

Things You Should Know About

• The version number of this beta release will appear as 6.99.2 in Add-ons Manager.
• Additional extension permissions are now required for some features. When turning on Sync Clippings or performing actions involving the clipboard for the first time, a message box will appear, indicating the extension permission requested and how to grant it. If you're upgrading from an earlier version of Clippings and had Sync Clippings turned on, the necessary permission for this feature will already be enabled.
  

Compatibility

Clippings 7.0 is compatible with Firefox 128 or newer, as well as Firefox 128 ESR.

The Sync Clippings enhancements require an upgrade of the Sync Clippings Helper app. Read this blog post for details about Sync Clippings 2.0 and how to install the beta release.

How to Get It

IMPORTANT! If you're already using Clippings and want to try the beta release, back up your clippings first before upgrading.

To install this beta release, head over to the Clippings 7.0 beta 2 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-7.0b2.xpi, then click on it and follow the prompts to add it to Firefox.

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, now hosted on Groups.io.

If you find a bug, you may file a bug report on GitHub. Please search the issues list first to confirm that your issue has not already been reported.