Clippings Changelog

What's new in Clippings 6.5.4

Apr 16, 2024
  • Bug fix: Error when redoing new clipping creation by drag 'n drop into Clippings Manager

New in Clippings 6.5.3 (Mar 18, 2024)

  • Bug fix: Unexpected change in appearance of checkboxes and drop-down menu buttons in Firefox 124
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.5.2.2 (Feb 26, 2024)

  • Bug fix: Clippings no longer works on Twitter (also known as X)

New in Clippings 6.5.2.1 (Jan 26, 2024)

  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.5.1 (Sep 7, 2023)

  • Updated Dutch localization
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.5 (Jul 14, 2023)

  • What's New in Clippings 6.5:
  • Symbols and emojis are now supported in placeholder default values
  • Formatted date/time placeholder values show up correctly in languages other than English
  • Placeholder prompt dialogs now display the name of the selected clipping, so that you know you've selected the right one
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.4.5 (Mar 18, 2023)

  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.4.4.1 (Jan 12, 2023)

  • Updated a third-party software library

New in Clippings 6.4.4 (Jan 9, 2023)

  • Updated Spanish localization. Thanks to Crowdin contributors Adrian Henestrosa Ontiveros, Gotzon, Rafael Aiquel, and Raúl Cantora for updating the Spanish localization of Clippings!
  • Bug fix: Critical error instead of warning appears when trying to turn on Sync Clippings without first installing Sync Clippings Helper

New in Clippings 6.4.3.1 (Nov 21, 2022)

  • Fixed an issue with the German localization of the Sync Clippings help dialog.

New in Clippings 6.4.3 (Nov 15, 2022)

  • Bug fix: Restoring from backup file fails with invalid import file
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.4.2 (Sep 19, 2022)

  • Bug fix: Clipping is double-pasted in YouTube Live comments
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.4.1 (Jul 26, 2022)

  • Updated Dutch localization
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.4 (Jun 28, 2022)

  • What's New in Clippings 6.4:
  • Improvements to keyboard navigation in windows and dialogs
  • It's no longer necessary to restart Firefox after changing the "Run in Private Windows" setting for Clippings
  • Improved reliability of undoing and redoing actions on a synced clipping or folder after reloading the Synced Clippings folder in Clippings Manager
  • Added ability to import data from Text Snippets (Chrome extension)
  • Minor visual refresh for buttons and dialogs

New in Clippings 6.3.6 (Jun 28, 2022)

  • What's New in Clippings 6.4:
  • Improvements to keyboard navigation in windows and dialogs
  • It's no longer necessary to restart Firefox after changing the "Run in Private Windows" setting for Clippings
  • Improved reliability of undoing and redoing actions on a synced clipping or folder after reloading the Synced Clippings folder in Clippings Manager
  • Added ability to import data from Text Snippets (Chrome extension)
  • Minor visual refresh for buttons and dialogs

New in Clippings 6.3.6 (May 31, 2022)

  • Bug fix: In Clippings Manager, edits to a clipping or folder that was copied to the Synced Clippings folder aren't being saved

New in Clippings 6.3.5 (May 3, 2022)

  • Updated the Moment.js library, which is used to process formatted date/time placeholders

New in Clippings 6.3.4 (Mar 7, 2022)

  • What's New in Clippings 6.3.4:
  • Now available in Chinese (Simplified)
  • Minor cosmetic fixes for macOS
  • Bug fix: In the New Clipping dialog, menu buttons are jumbled on some non-English locales on Firefox 98

New in Clippings 6.3.3 (Jan 19, 2022)

  • Updated Ukrainian translation
  • Bug fix: On Windows and Linux, the Synced Clippings folder menu icon is hard to see in Dark Mode

New in Clippings 6.3.2 (Oct 5, 2021)

  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.3.1 (Sep 7, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Clippings stops working after changing the "Run in Private Windows" setting. If the Clippings toolbar button is clicked after changing this setting, a message box will appear, instructing you to restart Firefox.
  • Improvements to German localization
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.3 (Aug 3, 2021)

  • Improvements to Clippings Manager. On Windows, Clippings Manager now remembers its window size and position
  • Improvements to support for multiple displays on Windows. Clippings popup windows and dialogs will now be positioned within the browser window from which they were opened, instead of always centered on the primary display. This feature is experimental on macOS and Linux, where it is turned off by default
  • New option to skip backup reminders if there were no changes to your clippings since the last backup
  • In Clippings Manager, the Details Pane can be shown or hidden by pressing CTRL+D (Command+D on macOS)

New in Clippings 6.2.10 (Jun 2, 2021)

  • Bug fix: On Firefox 89, the search by name textbox in the keyboard paste dialog isn't focused when switching from shortcut key mode

New in Clippings 6.2.9 (May 10, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Missing message box icon in Firefox 88
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.2.8 (Apr 23, 2021)

  • Minor fixes and improvements.

New in Clippings 6.2.7 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • What's New:
  • Now available in Ukrainian
  • Bug fix: In New Clipping dialog, can't insert line break in clipping content by pressing ENTER
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.2.6.1 (Mar 8, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Clipping double-pasted into rich text editors on some websites such as Kolab Now and Zimbra

New in Clippings 6.2.6 (Feb 23, 2021)

  • What's New:
  • Clippings now works in custom web components with input fields in the shadow DOM
  • Improvements to reliability of clipping creation and pasting in HTML editors
  • Bug fix: In Clippings Manager, the Reload button on the Synced Clippings folder shifts slightly when the mouse cursor is on the folder label

New in Clippings 6.2.5.2 (Jan 28, 2021)

  • What's fixed in 6.2.5.2:
  • Bug fix: Settings not loading on startup after update to version 6.2.5
  • What's new in 6.2.5:
  • Now available in Dutch
  • Fixed the appearance of the clippings tree and checkboxes in Clippings Manager, New Clipping dialog and extension preferences page when color overrides is turned on in Firefox
  • Bug fix: In Clippings Manager, copied clippings or folders may appear out of sequence in the destination folder

New in Clippings 6.2.5 (Jan 25, 2021)

  • What's New:
  • Now available in Dutch
  • Fixed the appearance of the clippings tree and checkboxes in Clippings Manager, New Clipping dialog and extension preferences page when color overrides is turned on in Firefox
  • Bug fix: In Clippings Manager, copied clippings or folders may appear out of sequence in the destination folder

New in Clippings 6.2.4 (Dec 15, 2020)

  • Improvements to Spanish localization
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.2.3 (Oct 21, 2020)

  • Now available in Spanish
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.2.2 (Jun 26, 2020)

  • Improvements to Dark Mode appearance of Clippings Manager
  • Bug fix: Text in focused drop-down menus is hard to see in Dark Mode
  • Bug fix: Unsupported file formats are not rejected when selected for import or restore from backup
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.2.1 (Mar 18, 2020)

  • Bug fix: Clippings does not trigger input event when pasting, which sometimes prevents pasting from working on some forums
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 6.2 (Dec 18, 2019)

  • Clippings now supports Dark Mode system themes on macOS and Windows. The dark-colored theme is automatically applied to Clippings windows and dialogs (for example, Clippings Manager and the extension preferences page) when Dark Mode is activated on your system.
  • You can now choose how you want the date or time to be formatted for the $[DATE] and $[TIME] placeholders; for example, the date with the day of the week included, or the time given in the 24-hour clock. To add a formatted date or time placeholder to your clipping, open Clippings Manager, turn on the Placeholder Toolbar (Tools → Show/Hide menu), then from the toolbar, click Presets and select Formatted Date/Time
  • For Sync Clippings users, there's a new option to only show synced clippings and folders on the Clippings menu. To activate it, go to the extension preferences, then under Sync Clippings, click Settings.
  • Brought back the ability to redo an action in Clippings Manager. To redo an action (undo an undo), press F2.
  • New option to add the date to the backup file name
  • Many other fixes and improvements

New in Clippings 4.1 (Mar 19, 2014)

  • Integration with the new Firefox Australis user interface, currently in alpha testing
  • The auto-incrementing placeholder reset menu now appears in the Clippings submenu of the browser textbox or message compose context menu, instead of the context menu on the Clippings icon
  • Bug fix: Clippings Manager - On Mac OS X, the Find Bar filter options are not toggling correctly (issue #1)
  • Bug fix: Placeholder prompt does not appear if the placeholder name contains special characters (issue #2)
  • Cosmetic improvements to the Clippings Manager user interface, especially on Mac OS X (issue #1, issue #8)
  • Removed the option to export to Clippings 1.x format (issue #3)
  • New extension icon for the Add-ons Manager listing

New in Clippings 4.0.1 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Disappearing clippings after upgrade to version 4.0

New in Clippings 4.0 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Customizable data source location. You can now change the location of the data source using the new, redesigned extension preferences dialog.
  • Data source backup and restore from Clippings Manager
  • Search for clippings in Clippings Manager using the new Find Bar
  • Auto-incrementing placeholders. These are special placeholders that you will be prompted for once to enter a starting numeric value; every time the clipping containing this placeholder is pasted, the placeholder will be automatically substituted with a value that is incremented from the last paste. Auto-incrementing placeholder names are in the format #[variable_name].
  • Tab-modal placeholder prompt dialog for Firefox. With this enhancement, it is possible to interact with other browser tabs in the same window while prompted for a clipping placeholder value
  • Auto spell checking of clipping text (in New Clipping dialog and Clippings Manager)
  • New extension option to enable or disable the shortcut key prefix, CTRL+ALT+V (or Command+Option+V on Mac OS X)
  • Shortcut key help. Press the usual shortcut key prefix, CTRL+ALT+V (or Command+Option+V on Mac OS X), then press F1 to get a list of shortcut keys and the clipping they are assigned to. This list can be printed, or saved to an HTML file.
  • On Firefox, add the Clippings toolbar button to the Add-on Bar, if it is not there already

New in Clippings 3.0.2 (Nov 3, 2008)

  • Bug fix: Clippings context menu not displaying clippings when Menu Editor installed
  • Display an error message if clippings paste fails