Clippings 7.2 beta 4 released!

The fourth beta release of the next version of Clippings, the extension for Firefox from AE Creations that saves frequently-entered text for later pasting into web page forms, is now available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest! While this is the most stable beta release yet, you should expect to run into the occasional bug.

Read on to learn more about what's new in Clippings 7.2, and how to get it!

What's New

• Multiple clippings can be copied from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar. Select the clippings in the order you want them to appear by clicking while pressing the CTRL key (Command key on macOS) to select clippings one by one, or by clicking while pressing the SHIFT key to select a range, and then right-clicking and selecting Copy Clipping Text
• You can now set the color label of a clipping from Clippings Sidebar
• A label can be set for multiple clippings by CTRL- or SHIFT-clicking the clippings from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar, and then right-clicking and selecting a label from the context menu
• Clippings with a source web address now display a badge on the clipping icon
• The most recently pasted clipping can be pasted again from the keyboard paste dialog by pressing Enter 
• New option for Sync Clippings users to automatically sync when opening Clippings Manager, Clippings Sidebar or the New Clipping dialog, ensuring that you're working with the most up-to-date synced clippings. This can be turned on from the Sync Clippings Settings dialog in extension preferences 
• On Firefox 157 and newer, the user interface accent color in Clippings Manager, the New Clipping dialog and other dialog boxes and extension pages is changed to purple, matching the Nova design. This can be turned off from extension preferences
•  Fixed in 7.2b4  In Clippings Manager, the source web address badge is missing after undoing clipping deletion (issue #604)
•  Fixed in 7.2b4  Clippings Sidebar is missing the search bar when a new clipping or folder is created (issue #606) 
•  Fixed in 7.2b4  Various UI fixes and improvements for Clippings Manager, Clippings Sidebar and the extension preferences page 

Things You Should Know About

• The version number of this beta release will appear as 7.1.99.4 in Add-ons Manager. 
• Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.
• While Clippings works on the vast majority of web sites, some are now preventing pasting into text boxes. If pasting doesn't work, copy the clipping from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar by right-clicking on it and selecting Copy Clipping Text. You can then paste the clipping into the web page by selecting Paste from the browser context menu. 

How to Get It 

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

To install this beta release, head over to the Clippings 7.2 beta 4 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-7.2b4.xpi, then click on it and follow the prompts to add it to Firefox.

If you've installed the previous beta release, you'll be automatically updated to this release if automatic extension updates are turned on.

Clippings 7.2 is compatible with Firefox 140 and newer.

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, 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.

Help Wanted!

Translators are needed to update the UI text that have been added for this release. If you're fluent in English and another world language and would like to help, get started by joining the Crowdin project for Clippings!

This is a great opportunity to contribute to the development of Clippings and make it better for yourself and hundreds of thousands of users around the world. Contributors will have their efforts recognized and credited on this blog in the official release post, and listed in the credits page that will be linked in the About dialog.

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2 beta 3 released!

The third beta release of the next version of Clippings for Thunderbird, the extension from AE Creations that saves frequently-entered text for later pasting into email messages, is now available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and are willing to tolerate a few bugs.

Read on to learn more about what's new in Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2, and how to get it!

What's New

• The Clippings context menu is now available for the subject field in the compose window. A clipping can also be added to the message subject using the keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+S (Ctrl+Option+V on macOS).
• New preset placeholders for the recipient's first name in the To and Cc fields: $[TO_FIRST_NAME] and $[CC_FIRST_NAME]. To fill in these placeholders during pasting, Clippings will ask for permission to access your contacts when using these placeholders for the first time.
• The most recently pasted clipping can be pasted again from the keyboard paste dialog by pressing Enter 
• New option for Sync Clippings users to automatically sync when opening Clippings Manager or the New Clipping dialog, ensuring that you're working with the most up-to-date synced clippings. This can be turned on from the Sync Clippings Settings dialog in extension preferences
• The user interface accent color in Clippings Manager, the New Clipping dialog and other dialog boxes and extension pages now uses the system accent color, matching the UI colors in the rest of Thunderbird
•  New in 7.2b3  Various UI improvements, including the address books permission request message bar in Clippings Manager

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 for Thunderbird 7.2 beta 3 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-tb-7.2b3.xpi, then right-click on it and select Save Link As, then choose a folder location on your system (for example, the Downloads folder). Then follow these step-by-step instructions from the Mozilla Support website to install Clippings in Thunderbird.

If you've installed the previous beta release, you'll be automatically updated to this release if automatic extension updates are turned on. 

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2 is compatible with Thunderbird 140 and newer.

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, 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.

Help Wanted!

Translators are needed to update the UI text that have been added for this release. If you're fluent in English and another world language and would like to help, get started by joining the Crowdin project for Clippings!

This is a great opportunity to contribute to the development of Clippings and make it better for yourself and hundreds of thousands of users around the world. Contributors will have their efforts recognized and credited on this blog in the official release post, and listed in the credits page that will be linked in the About dialog.

Clippings 7.2 beta 3 released!

The third beta release of the next version of Clippings, the extension for Firefox from AE Creations that saves frequently-entered text for later pasting into web page forms, is now available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and are willing to tolerate a few bugs.

Read on to learn more about what's new in Clippings 7.2, and how to get it!

What's New

• Multiple clippings can be copied from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar. Select the clippings in the order you want them to appear by clicking while pressing the CTRL key (Command key on macOS) to select clippings one by one, or by clicking while pressing the SHIFT key to select a range, and then right-clicking and selecting Copy Clipping Text
• You can now set the color label of a clipping from Clippings Sidebar
• A label can be set for multiple clippings by CTRL- or SHIFT-clicking the clippings from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar, and then right-clicking and selecting a label from the context menu
• Clippings with a source web address now display a badge on the clipping icon
• The most recently pasted clipping can be pasted again from the keyboard paste dialog by pressing Enter 
• New option for Sync Clippings users to automatically sync when opening Clippings Manager, Clippings Sidebar or the New Clipping dialog, ensuring that you're working with the most up-to-date synced clippings. This can be turned on from the Sync Clippings Settings dialog in extension preferences 
• On Firefox 157 and newer, the user interface accent color in Clippings Manager, the New Clipping dialog and other dialog boxes and extension pages is changed to purple, matching the Nova design. This can be turned off from extension preferences
•  Fixed in 7.2b3  Unnecessary reloading of Clippings Sidebar when a clipping or folder is changed

Things You Should Know About

• The version number of this beta release will appear as 7.1.99.3 in Add-ons Manager. 
• Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.
• While Clippings works on the vast majority of web sites, some are now preventing pasting into text boxes. If pasting doesn't work, copy the clipping from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar by right-clicking on it and selecting Copy Clipping Text. You can then paste the clipping into the web page by selecting Paste from the browser context menu. 

How to Get It 

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

To install this beta release, head over to the Clippings 7.2 beta 3 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-7.2b3.xpi, then click on it and follow the prompts to add it to Firefox.

If you've installed the previous beta release, you'll be automatically updated to this release if automatic extension updates are turned on.

Clippings 7.2 is compatible with Firefox 140 and newer.

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, 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.

Help Wanted!

Translators are needed to update the UI text that have been added for this release. If you're fluent in English and another world language and would like to help, get started by joining the Crowdin project for Clippings!

This is a great opportunity to contribute to the development of Clippings and make it better for yourself and hundreds of thousands of users around the world. Contributors will have their efforts recognized and credited on this blog in the official release post, and listed in the credits page that will be linked in the About dialog.

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2 beta 2 released!

The second beta release of the next version of Clippings for Thunderbird, the extension from AE Creations that saves frequently-entered text for later pasting into email messages, is now available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and are willing to tolerate a few bugs.

Read on to learn more about what's new in Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2, and how to get it!

What's New

• The Clippings context menu is now available for the subject field in the compose window. A clipping can also be added to the message subject using the keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+S (Ctrl+Option+V on macOS).
• New preset placeholders for the recipient's first name in the To and Cc fields: $[TO_FIRST_NAME] and $[CC_FIRST_NAME]. To fill in these placeholders during pasting, Clippings will ask for permission to access your contacts when using these placeholders for the first time.
• New option for Sync Clippings users to automatically sync when opening Clippings Manager or the New Clipping dialog, ensuring that you're working with the most up-to-date synced clippings. This can be turned on from the Sync Clippings Settings dialog in extension preferences
• The user interface accent color in Clippings Manager, the New Clipping dialog and other dialog boxes and extension pages now uses the system accent color, matching the UI colors in the rest of Thunderbird
•  New in 7.2b2  The most recently pasted clipping can be pasted again from the keyboard paste dialog by pressing Enter
•  New in 7.2b2  Clippings Manager now remembers the last selection in the tree list when the Synced Clippings folder is reloaded

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 for Thunderbird 7.2 beta 2 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-tb-7.2b2.xpi, then right-click on it and select Save Link As, then choose a folder location on your system (for example, the Downloads folder). Then follow these step-by-step instructions from the Mozilla Support website to install Clippings in Thunderbird.

If you've installed the previous beta release, you'll be automatically updated to this release if automatic extension updates are turned on. 

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2 is compatible with Thunderbird 140 and newer.

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, 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.

Clippings 7.2 beta 2 released!

The second beta release of the next version of Clippings, the extension for Firefox from AE Creations that saves frequently-entered text for later pasting into web page forms, is now available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and are willing to tolerate a few bugs.

Read on to learn more about what's new in Clippings 7.2, and how to get it!

What's New

• Multiple clippings can be copied from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar. Select the clippings in the order you want them to appear by clicking while pressing the CTRL key (Command key on macOS) to select clippings one by one, or by clicking while pressing the SHIFT key to select a range, and then right-clicking and selecting Copy Clipping Text
• You can now set the color label of a clipping from Clippings Sidebar
• A label can be set for multiple clippings by CTRL- or SHIFT-clicking the clippings from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar, and then right-clicking and selecting a label from the context menu
• Clippings with a source web address now display a badge on the clipping icon
• New option for Sync Clippings users to automatically sync when opening Clippings Manager, Clippings Sidebar or the New Clipping dialog, ensuring that you're working with the most up-to-date synced clippings. This can be turned on from the Sync Clippings Settings dialog in extension preferences 
• On Firefox 157 and newer, the user interface accent color in Clippings Manager, the New Clipping dialog and other dialog boxes and extension pages is changed to purple, matching the Nova design. This can be turned off from extension preferences
•  New in 7.2b2  The most recently pasted clipping can be pasted again from the keyboard paste dialog by pressing Enter
•  New in 7.2b2  Clippings Manager now remembers the last selection in the tree list when the Synced Clippings folder is reloaded

Things You Should Know About

• The version number of this beta release will appear as 7.1.99.2 in Add-ons Manager. 
• Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.
• While Clippings works on the vast majority of web sites, some are now preventing pasting into text boxes. If pasting doesn't work, copy the clipping from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar by right-clicking on it and selecting Copy Clipping Text. You can then paste the clipping into the web page by selecting Paste from the browser context menu. 

How to Get It 

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

To install this beta release, head over to the Clippings 7.2 beta 2 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-7.2b2.xpi, then click on it and follow the prompts to add it to Firefox.

If you've installed the previous beta release, you'll be automatically updated to this release if automatic extension updates are turned on.

Clippings 7.2 is compatible with Firefox 140 and newer. 

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, 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.

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2 beta 1 released!

The first beta release of the next version of Clippings for Thunderbird, the extension from AE Creations that saves frequently-entered text for later pasting into email messages, is now available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and are willing to tolerate a few bugs.

Read on to learn more about what's new in Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2, and how to get it!

What's New

• The Clippings context menu is now available for the subject line in the compose window. A clipping can also be added to the message subject using the keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+S (Ctrl+Option+V on macOS).
• New preset placeholders for the recipient's first name in the To and Cc fields: $[TO_FIRST_NAME] and $[CC_FIRST_NAME]. To fill in these placeholders during pasting, Clippings will ask for permission to access your contacts when using these placeholders for the first time.
• New option for Sync Clippings users to automatically sync when opening Clippings Manager or the New Clipping dialog, ensuring that you're working with the most up-to-date synced clippings. This can be turned on from the Sync Clippings Settings dialog in extension preferences
• The user interface accent color in Clippings Manager, the New Clipping dialog and other dialog boxes and extension pages now uses the system accent color, matching the UI colors in the rest of Thunderbird  

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 for Thunderbird 7.2 beta 1 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-tb-7.2b1.xpi, then right-click on it and select Save Link As, then choose a folder location on your system (for example, the Downloads folder). Then follow these step-by-step instructions from the Mozilla Support website to install Clippings in Thunderbird.

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2 is compatible with Thunderbird 140 and newer.

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, 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.

Clippings 7.2 beta 1 released!

The first beta release of the next version of Clippings, the extension for Firefox from AE Creations that saves frequently-entered text for later pasting into web page forms, is now available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and are willing to tolerate a few bugs.

Read on to learn more about what's new in Clippings 7.2, and how to get it!

What's New

• Multiple clippings can be copied from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar. Select the clippings in the order you want them to appear by clicking while pressing the CTRL key (Command key on macOS) to select clippings one by one, or by clicking while pressing the SHIFT key to select a range, and then right-clicking and selecting Copy Clipping Text
• You can now set the color label of a clipping from Clippings Sidebar
• A label can be set for multiple clippings by CTRL- or SHIFT-clicking the clippings from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar, and then right-clicking and selecting a label from the context menu
• Clippings with a source web address now display a badge on the clipping icon
• New option for Sync Clippings users to automatically sync when opening Clippings Manager, Clippings Sidebar or the New Clipping dialog, ensuring that you're working with the most up-to-date synced clippings. This can be turned on from the Sync Clippings Settings dialog in extension preferences 
• On Firefox 157 and newer, the user interface accent color in Clippings Manager, the New Clipping dialog and other dialog boxes and extension pages is changed to purple, matching the Nova design. This can be turned off from extension preferences

Things You Should Know About

• The version number of this beta release will appear as 7.1.99.1 in Add-ons Manager. 
• Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.
• While Clippings works on the vast majority of web sites, some are now preventing pasting into text boxes. If pasting doesn't work, copy the clipping from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar by right-clicking on it and selecting Copy Clipping Text. You can then paste the clipping into the web page by selecting Paste from the browser context menu. 

Compatibility

Clippings 7.2 is compatible with Firefox 140 and newer.

Thunderbird users take note: Clippings for Thunderbird 7.2 is also coming soon! Check back soon for news on a beta release.

How to Get It 

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

To install this beta release, head over to the Clippings 7.2 beta 1 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-7.2b1.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, 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.

 

Updated 8 October 2026: Added new feature: automatic syncing when opening Clippings Manager or the New Clipping dialog.

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.1 beta 2 released!

This is the second beta release of the next version of Clippings for Thunderbird. It is being made available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and while this beta is the most stable yet, testers should expect to run into the inevitable bug.

Read on to learn more about what's new in Clippings for Thunderbird 7.1, and how to get it!

What's New

• New placeholders for the subject line, message sender and recipients: $[SUBJECT], $[FROM], $[FROM_NAME], $[FROM_EMAIL], $[TO], $[TO_NAME], $[TO_EMAIL], $[CC], $[CC_NAME] and $[CC_EMAIL]. Add them to your clippings in Clippings Manager by using the Placeholder Toolbar
• New option to paste an HTML-formatted clipping into an HTML message as plain text
• Brought back the option to show the Paste As dialog when pasting an HTML-formatted clipping, a feature that existed prior to Clippings 6.0
• The Paste Options dialog, which lets you choose between normal or quoted text whenever a clipping is pasted into the message composer, has been replaced with a new toggle option in the compose toolbar button context menu, titled "Paste As Quoted Text"
• Improvements to undo in Clippings Manager. Also, you can now reverse the last undo ("undo undo") by pressing Ctrl+Y on Windows, ⇧⌘Z on macOS, and Ctrl+Shift+Z on Linux. The F2 keyboard shortcut is still supported
• Eliminated the confirmation dialog that appeared when reloading the Synced Clippings folder in Clippings Manager
• Clippings will now display an error message if the Sync Clippings data size exceeds the limit of 1 megabyte
•  Fixed in 7.1b2  The Clippings Manager keyboard shortcut list is missing the new alternative shortcut key for Undo Undo 

Compatibility

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.1 is compatible with Thunderbird 140, currently available in the Beta Release channel. It is not compatible with Thunderbird 128.x.

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 for Thunderbird 7.1 beta 2 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-tb-7.1b2.xpi, then right-click on it and select Save Link As, then choose a folder location on your system (for example, the Downloads folder). Then follow these step-by-step instructions from the Mozilla Support website to install Clippings in Thunderbird.

If you've installed the previous beta release, you'll be automatically updated to this release if automatic extension updates are turned on.  

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, 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. 

Help Wanted!

Translators are needed to update the UI strings that have been added for this release. If you're fluent in English and another world language and would like to help, get started by joining the Crowdin project for Clippings!

This is a great opportunity to contribute to the development of Clippings and make it better for yourself and hundreds of thousands of users around the world. Contributors will have their efforts recognized and credited on this blog in the official release post, and listed in the credits page that will be linked in the About dialog.

Clippings 7.1 beta 2 released!

This is the second beta release of the next version of Clippings, the extension for Firefox from AE Creations that saves frequently-entered text for later pasting into web page forms. It's being made available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and while this beta is the most stable yet, testers should expect to run into the inevitable bug.

Read on to learn more about what's new in Clippings 7.1, and how to get it!

What's New

• New option to paste an HTML-formatted clipping into a rich text editor as plain text
• Brought back the option to show the Paste As dialog when pasting an HTML-formatted clipping, a feature that existed prior to Clippings 6.0
• The height of the preview pane in Clippings Sidebar can now be adjusted
• Improvements to undo in Clippings Manager. Also, you can now reverse the last undo ("undo undo") by pressing Ctrl+Y on Windows, ⇧⌘Z on macOS, and Ctrl+Shift+Z on Linux. The F2 keyboard shortcut is still supported
• Eliminated the confirmation dialog that appeared when reloading the Synced Clippings folder in Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar
• Clippings will now display an error message if the Sync Clippings data size exceeds the limit of 1 megabyte
•  Fixed in 7.1b2  Double-pasting of clipping if pressing the Enter key to choose the paste option in Paste As dialog (issue #547)
•  Fixed in 7.1b2  The height of the preview pane in Clippings Sidebar isn't adjusted if a message bar appears (issue #543) 

Things You Should Know About

• The version number of this beta release will appear as 7.0.99.2 in Add-ons Manager. 
• Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.
• While Clippings works on the vast majority of web sites, some are now preventing pasting into text boxes. If pasting doesn't work, copy the clipping from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar by right-clicking on it and selecting Copy Clipping Text. You can then paste the clipping into the web page by selecting Paste from the browser context menu. 

Compatibility

Clippings 7.1 is compatible with Firefox 140 and newer. Firefox 140 is currently available in the Beta Release channel and as Developer Edition.

How to Get It

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

To install this beta release, head over to the Clippings 7.1 beta 2 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-7.1b2.xpi, then click on it and follow the prompts to add it to Firefox.

If you've installed the previous beta release, you'll be automatically updated to this release if automatic extension updates are turned on.  

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, 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. 

Help Wanted!

Translators are needed to update the UI strings that have been added for this release. If you're fluent in English and another world language and would like to help, get started by joining the Crowdin project for Clippings!

This is a great opportunity to contribute to the development of Clippings and make it better for yourself and hundreds of thousands of users around the world. Contributors will have their efforts recognized and credited on this blog in the official release post, and listed in the credits page that will be linked in the About dialog.

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.1 beta 1 released!

This is the first beta release of the next version of Clippings for Thunderbird. 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 for Thunderbird 7.1, and how to get it!

What's New

• New placeholders for the subject line, message sender and recipients: $[SUBJECT], $[FROM], $[FROM_NAME], $[FROM_EMAIL], $[TO], $[TO_NAME], $[TO_EMAIL], $[CC], $[CC_NAME] and $[CC_EMAIL]. Add them to your clippings in Clippings Manager by using the Placeholder Toolbar
• New option to paste an HTML-formatted clipping into an HTML message as plain text
• Brought back the option to show the Paste As dialog when pasting an HTML-formatted clipping, a feature that existed prior to Clippings 6.0
• The Paste Options dialog, which lets you choose between normal or quoted text whenever a clipping is pasted into the message composer, has been replaced with a new toggle option in the compose toolbar button context menu, titled "Paste As Quoted Text"
• Improvements to undo in Clippings Manager. Also, you can now reverse the last undo ("undo undo") by pressing Ctrl+Y on Windows, ⇧⌘Z on macOS, and Ctrl+Shift+Z on Linux. The F2 keyboard shortcut is still supported
• Eliminated the confirmation dialog that appeared when reloading the Synced Clippings folder in Clippings Manager
• Clippings will now display an error message if the Sync Clippings data size exceeds the limit of 1 megabyte 

Compatibility

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.1 is compatible with Thunderbird 140, currently available in the Beta Release channel. It is not compatible with Thunderbird 128.x.

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 for Thunderbird 7.1 beta 1 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-tb-7.1b1.xpi, then right-click on it and select Save Link As, then choose a folder location on your system (for example, the Downloads folder). Then follow these step-by-step instructions from the Mozilla Support website to install Clippings in Thunderbird.

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Clippings should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, 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. 

Help Wanted!

Translators are needed to update the UI strings that have been added for this release. If you're fluent in English and another world language and would like to help, get started by joining the Crowdin project for Clippings!

This is a great opportunity to contribute to the development of Clippings and make it better for yourself and hundreds of thousands of users around the world. Contributors will have their efforts recognized and credited on this blog in the official release post, and listed in the credits page that will be linked in the About dialog.

Clippings 7.1 beta 1 released!

This is the first beta release of the next version of Clippings, the extension for Firefox from AE Creations that saves frequently-entered text for later pasting into web page forms. It's 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 7.1, and how to get it!

What's New

• New option to paste an HTML-formatted clipping into a rich text editor as plain text
• Brought back the option to show the Paste As dialog when pasting an HTML-formatted clipping, a feature that existed prior to Clippings 6.0
• The height of the preview pane in Clippings Sidebar can now be adjusted
• Improvements to undo in Clippings Manager. Also, you can now reverse the last undo ("undo undo") by pressing Ctrl+Y on Windows, ⇧⌘Z on macOS, and Ctrl+Shift+Z on Linux. The F2 keyboard shortcut is still supported
• Eliminated the confirmation dialog that appeared when reloading the Synced Clippings folder in Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar
• Clippings will now display an error message if the Sync Clippings data size exceeds the limit of 1 megabyte

Things You Should Know About

• The version number of this beta release will appear as 7.0.99.1 in Add-ons Manager. 
• Some features may not be available when Firefox is in Private Browsing mode, or if the browser privacy settings are too restrictive.
• While Clippings works on the vast majority of web sites, some are now preventing pasting into text boxes. If pasting doesn't work, copy the clipping from Clippings Manager or Clippings Sidebar by right-clicking on it and selecting Copy Clipping Text. You can then paste the clipping into the web page by selecting Paste from the browser context menu. 

Compatibility

Clippings 7.1 is compatible with Firefox 140 and newer. Firefox 140 is currently available in the Beta Release channel and as Developer Edition.

Thunderbird users take note: Clippings for Thunderbird 7.1 is also coming soon! Check back soon for news on a beta release.

How to Get It

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

To install this beta release, head over to the Clippings 7.1 beta 1 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-7.1b1.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, 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. 

Help Wanted!

Translators are needed to update the UI strings that have been added for this release. If you're fluent in English and another world language and would like to help, get started by joining the Crowdin project for Clippings!

This is a great opportunity to contribute to the development of Clippings and make it better for yourself and hundreds of thousands of users around the world. Contributors will have their efforts recognized and credited on this blog in the official release post, and listed in the credits page that will be linked in the About dialog.

Clippings 7.0.4 beta 1 released!

A beta release of an upcoming update for Clippings, the Firefox extension from AE Creations that lets you save frequently-entered text for later pasting into web page forms, is now available for testers and early adopters. Read on to learn more about what's new and how to get it!

What's New

• Bug fix: Pasting a clipping, using keyboard paste or from the context menu, sometimes doesn't work on the first try (issue #534)
• Bug fix: Error sometimes occurs in the New Clipping dialog when Sync Clippings is turned on (issue #535)

Things You Should Know About

• The version number of this beta release will appear as 7.0.3.99 in Add-ons Manager.

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 7.0.4 beta 1 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-7.0.4b1.xpi, then click on it and follow the prompts to add it to Firefox.

Clippings 7.0.4 requires Firefox 128 or newer.

Help and Support

Questions and comments about Read Next should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, 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.

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.0 beta 5 released!

This fifth beta release of Clippings for Thunderbird 7.0 is released to fix an upgrade bug that is occurring in version 7.0 beta 4. It is being made available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and while it's the most stable beta release yet, expect to run into the occasional bug.

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

What's New

• The Clippings toolbar button in the message compose window has moved from the status bar to the Composition Toolbar. The Clippings toolbar button no longer appears in the main Thunderbird window
• 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)].
  
• Sync Clippings enhancements: sync data is now compressed, allowing you to sync more of your clippings; also, improved handling of read-only sync files
• 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 has been removed, since the window is no longer always on top in recent versions of Thunderbird
  
• When new users install Clippings for Thunderbird, it will only ask for the extension permissions it needs for basic functionality, and will ask for additional permissions if turning on Sync Clippings or creating a new clipping from the clipboard for the first time. This is a change from previous versions, where Clippings for Thunderbird requested full, unrestricted access to Thunderbird and your system
• Many behind-the-scenes improvements to ensure compatibility with future versions of Thunderbird
•  Fixed in 7.0b5  Incorrect setting for enabling the keyboard shortcut to invoke keyboard paste mode after updating to version 7.0b4 (issue #189). This issue will correct itself when updating to this beta release unless the setting was changed
•  Fixed in 7.0b5  Pasting a clipping into the message composer stops working immediately after upgrade (issue #192)

Things You Should Know About

• Users of Clippings for Thunderbird version 5.7 or earlier should take note: Clippings will no longer automatically import your clippings data when upgrading from those old versions. Export your clippings now (select the "Clippings 6" data format) so that you can import them when you're ready to upgrade Clippings to version 7.0 or newer.
  
• Additional extension permissions are now required for some features. When turning on Sync Clippings or performing clipboard actions 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, the necessary permission for Sync Clippings will already be enabled.

Compatibility

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.0 is compatible with Thunderbird 128 and newer. It is not compatible with Thunderbird 115.x.

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 for Thunderbird 7.0 beta 5 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-tb-7.0b5.xpi, then right-click on it and select Save Link As, then choose a folder location on your system (for example, the Desktop). Then follow these step-by-step instructions from the Mozilla Support website to install Clippings in Thunderbird.

Current beta users will be automatically updated to the latest beta release if automatic extension updates are turned on in Add-ons Manager.

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.

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.0 beta 4 released!

This is the fourth beta release of the next version of Clippings for Thunderbird. It is being made available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and while it's the most stable beta release yet, expect to run into the occasional bug.

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

What's New

• The Clippings toolbar button in the message compose window has moved from the status bar to the Composition Toolbar. The Clippings toolbar button no longer appears in the main Thunderbird window
• 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)].
  
• Sync Clippings enhancements: sync data is now compressed, allowing you to sync more of your clippings; also, improved handling of read-only sync files
• 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 has been removed, since the window is no longer always on top in recent versions of Thunderbird
  
• When new users install Clippings for Thunderbird, it will only ask for the extension permissions it needs for basic functionality, and will ask for additional permissions if turning on Sync Clippings or creating a new clipping from the clipboard for the first time. This is a change from previous versions, where Clippings for Thunderbird requested full, unrestricted access to Thunderbird and your system
• Many behind-the-scenes improvements to ensure compatibility with future versions of Thunderbird
•  New in 7.0b4  New "Organize Clippings" menu item in the Tools menu of the main Thunderbird menu bar. If updating from a previous beta release, you can enable this in extension preferences
•  New in 7.0b4  The correct keyboard shortcut for invoking shortcut key mode is now displayed if it was changed in Manage Extension Shortcuts in Add-ons Manager (issue #189) 
•  Fixed in 7.0b4  Improved appearance of the label menu (issue #190)

 Things You Should Know About

• Users of Clippings for Thunderbird version 5.7 or earlier should take note: Clippings will no longer automatically import your clippings data when upgrading from those old versions. Export your clippings now (select the "Clippings 6" data format) so that you can import them when you're ready to upgrade Clippings to version 7.0 or newer.
  
• Additional extension permissions are now required for some features. When turning on Sync Clippings or performing clipboard actions 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, the necessary permission for Sync Clippings will already be enabled.

Compatibility

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.0 is compatible with Thunderbird 128 and newer. It is not compatible with Thunderbird 115.x.

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 for Thunderbird 7.0 beta 4 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-tb-7.0b4.xpi, then right-click on it and select Save Link As, then choose a folder location on your system (for example, the Desktop). Then follow these step-by-step instructions from the Mozilla Support website to install Clippings in Thunderbird.

Current beta users will be automatically updated to the latest beta release if automatic extension updates are turned on in Add-ons Manager.

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.

Clippings 7.0 beta 3 released!

This is the third beta release of the next version of Clippings. It is being made available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and while it is the most stable beta release yet, expected to run into the occasional bug.

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. Quickly turn it on or off from the 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
•  New in 7.0b3  New keyboard shortcut CTRL+C for copying clipping text in Clippings Manager and Clippings Sidebar if a clipping is selected
•  New in 7.0b3  Automatic positioning of windows and dialogs, and saving of the Clippings Manager window position and size, are now fully supported on macOS (issue #462)
•  Fixed in 7.0b3  Error when creating or editing a clipping or folder in the Synced Clippings folder (issue #481)
•  Fixed in 7.0b3  Separators incorrectly appearing in the auto-complete search results in the keyboard paste dialog (issue #477)
•  Fixed in 7.0b3  Should not be able to move items out of the Synced Clippings folder when the sync file is read-only (issue #478)

Things You Should Know About

• The version number of this beta release will appear as 6.99.3 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, 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 3 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-7.0b3.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.

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.0 beta 3 released!

This is the third beta release of the next version of Clippings for Thunderbird. It is being made available for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest, and while it's the most stable beta release yet, expect to run into the occasional bug.

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

What's New

• The Clippings toolbar button in the message compose window has moved from the status bar to the Composition Toolbar. The Clippings toolbar button no longer appears in the main Thunderbird window
• 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)].
  
• Sync Clippings enhancements: sync data is now compressed, allowing you to sync more of your clippings; also, improved handling of read-only sync files
• When new users install Clippings for Thunderbird, it will only ask for the extension permissions it needs for basic functionality, and will ask for additional permissions if turning on Sync Clippings or creating a new clipping from the clipboard for the first time. This is a change from previous versions, where Clippings for Thunderbird requested full, unrestricted access to Thunderbird and your system
• Many behind-the-scenes improvements to ensure compatibility with future versions of Thunderbird
•  New in 7.0b3  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 7.0b3  New keyboard shortcut SHIFT+F10 for opening the context menu in Clippings Manager
•  New in 7.0b3  Automatic positioning of windows and dialogs, and saving of the Clippings Manager window position and size, are now fully supported on macOS
  
•  Fixed in 7.0b3  Should not be able to move items out of read-only Synced Clippings folder (issue #185) 
•  Fixed in 7.0b3  Separators appearing in search results in the keyboard paste dialog (issue #184)
  

Things You Should Know About

• Users of Clippings for Thunderbird version 5.7 or earlier should take note: Clippings will no longer automatically import your clippings data when upgrading from those old versions. Export your clippings now (select the "Clippings 6" data format) so that you can import them when you're ready to upgrade Clippings to version 7.0 or newer.
  
• Additional extension permissions are now required for some features. When turning on Sync Clippings or performing clipboard actions 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 for Thunderbird 7.0 is compatible with Thunderbird 128 and newer. It is not compatible with Thunderbird 115.x.

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 for Thunderbird 7.0 beta 3 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-tb-7.0b3.xpi, then right-click on it and select Save Link As, then choose a folder location on your system (for example, the Desktop). Then follow these step-by-step instructions from the Mozilla Support website to install Clippings in Thunderbird.

Current beta users will be automatically updated to the latest beta release if automatic extension updates are turned on in Add-ons Manager.

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.

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.

Clippings for Thunderbird 7.0 beta 2 released!

This is the second beta release of the next version of Clippings for Thunderbird. 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 for Thunderbird 7.0, and how to get it!

What's New

• The Clippings toolbar button in the message compose window has moved from the status bar to the Composition Toolbar. The Clippings toolbar button no longer appears in the main Thunderbird window
• You can now add separators to organize your clippings in the Clippings menu. Separators can be added from Clippings Manager -- right-click on the list of clippings and select 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
• Sync Clippings enhancements: sync data is now compressed, allowing you to sync more of your clippings; also, improved handling of read-only sync files
• When new users install Clippings for Thunderbird, it will only ask for the extension permissions it needs for basic functionality, and will ask to grant additional permissions if turning on Sync Clippings or creating a new clipping from the clipboard for the first time. This is a change from previous versions, where Clippings for Thunderbird requested full, unrestricted access to Thunderbird and your system
• Many behind-the-scenes improvements to ensure compatibility with future versions of Thunderbird
•  New in 7.0b2  New placeholder for embedding a clipping in a clipping. Placeholder syntax: $[CLIPPING(Name of clipping)]
•  New in 7.0b2  On Linux, the option to minimize the Clippings Manager window when it's inactive has been removed, since the window is no longer always on top in recent versions of Thunderbird  

Things You Should Know About

• Users of Clippings for Thunderbird version 5.7 or earlier should take note: Clippings will no longer automatically import your legacy clippings data when upgrading from those old versions. Export your clippings now (select the "Clippings 6" data format) so that you can import them when you're ready to upgrade Clippings to version 7.0 or newer.
  
• Additional extension permissions are now required for some features. When turning on Sync Clippings or performing clipboard actions 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 for Thunderbird 7.0 is compatible with Thunderbird 128 and newer. It is not compatible with Thunderbird 115.x.

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 for Thunderbird 7.0 beta 2 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-tb-7.0b2.xpi, then right-click on it and select Save Link As, then choose a folder location on your system (for example, the Desktop). Then follow these step-by-step instructions from the Mozilla Support website to install Clippings in Thunderbird.

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.

Clippings 7.0 beta 1 released!

This is the first 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 by right-clicking on a clipping in Clippings Manager or in the new Clippings Sidebar
• Create a clipping from the contents of the clipboard in Clippings Manager (Tools → New From Clipboard). This enhancement 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 from Clippings Manager -- right-click on the list of clippings and select 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
• Many behind-the-scenes improvements to ensure compatibility with future versions of Firefox

Things You Should Know About

• The version number of this beta release will appear as 6.99.1 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 1 page on GitHub. Look for the link to clippings-7.0b1.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.

Sync Clippings Helper 2.0 beta 1 released!

A beta release of the next version of the Sync Clippings Helper application is now available for testers and early adopters trying out the new Sync Clippings features found in Clippings for Thunderbird 7.0 (and soon, Clippings 7.0 for Firefox). Read on to learn more about how to get it, things you should know about, and how to report a bug.

(If you've just stumbled upon this blog post and don't know what Sync Clippings is, you can learn more about this feature of the Clippings add-on for Firefox and Thunderbird on the AE Creations website.)

What's New

• Supports sync data compression, allowing you to sync more of your clippings. The option to compress sync data is turned on by default in Clippings preferences
• Proper handling of read-only sync files. Creating or modifying a clipping or folder in the Synced Clippings folder is not permitted if the sync file is read-only
  

 Things You Should Know About

• Sync Clippings Helper 2.0 is backwards compatible with older versions of Clippings. Or rather, it should be -- testers are welcome to verify this!
  
• The macOS installer package is not available for this beta release; it will be available at a later date. Until then, see the next section, "How to Get It," for instructions on installing this beta release on macOS
• If you're installing Sync Clippings Helper using the setup shell script, make sure that Python 3 and the Tkinter package (python3-tk) is installed on your system. The setup script will check for those dependencies and will inform you if they aren't found.

How to Get It

Sync Clippings Helper is available as a Windows setup program (requires Windows 7 or newer) and a shell script for Linux and macOS that can be run from the command line. Get them from the Sync Clippings Helper 2.0 beta 1 page on GitHub.

To install on macOS, run the Linux setup shell script, which works on both Intel and Apple Silicon systems.

If you're already running Sync Clippings Helper on Windows, you can install this beta release over your current version. On macOS and Linux, the setup script will automatically detect and prompt you to upgrade a previous version of Sync Clippings Helper.

Help and Support

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

If you find a bug with the Sync Clippings Helper app or its installers, you may file a bug report on GitHub. Please search the issues list first to confirm that your issue has not already been reported.