Clippings 7.0 is the latest and greatest version of the Firefox extension from AE Creations that lets you save frequently-entered text for later pasting into web page forms, and it's now available from Firefox Add-ons and the AE Creations website!
If you already have Clippings installed, it will be upgraded for you if automatic extension updates are enabled. Otherwise, open Add-ons Manager (Tools → Add-ons), click on the entry for Clippings in the list of installed extensions, and then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Check for Updates.
What's New
- 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. Separators can be added in Clippings Manager by right-clicking on a
clipping or folder and then selecting Insert Separator from the context
menu
- 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 prior to version 6.0
- 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. Quickly turn it
on or off by clicking the Minimize When Inactive icon on the status bar
- Sync Clippings enhancements: sync data is now compressed, allowing you to sync more of your clippings; also, improved handling of read-only sync files
Things You Should Know About
- Thunderbird Users: This version
of Clippings is designed for Firefox and is not compatible with
Thunderbird. Get Clippings for Thunderbird, which is compatible with Thunderbird 128.
- Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.
- Additional add-on 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 permission requested and how to grant it. If you're upgrading from an earlier version of Clippings, the necessary permission for Sync Clippings 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 Sync Clippings Helper 2.0, now available.
Help and Support
Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, hosted on Groups.io.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Crowdin contributor 52fisher for providing updated localizations for Chinese (Simplified)!
If you're fluent in English and another world language and would like to help update or add a new translation, consider contributing a translation in Crowdin. Localizations in other languages are always welcome, and will be added in future releases.
