Edit Versioning

Blue Synergy saves the original content of a clip the first time you edit it, so you can always compare or revert.

When you trim whitespace, fix formatting, or adjust a clip’s content, the original is preserved automatically. You can see what changed and revert with one click.

How to use it

Editing is automatic — just edit a clip in the preview panel. The original is captured silently on your first change.

Spotting edited clips:

  • The TXT/CODE badge in the clip list turns orange for edited clips.

  • The preview status bar shows an edited badge.

  • Enable the optional pencil column via right-click on any column header.

Compare to original:

  • Click the swap-arrows button in the preview toolbar.

  • Or right-click an edited clip → Diff to Original.

  • Or press Ctrl+D with an edited clip selected.

Revert to original:

  • Click the curved-arrow (revert) button in the preview toolbar.

  • Or right-click → Revert to Original.

Filter for edited clips:

  • In the search bar: *edited=true (edited only) or *edited=false (unedited only).

Keyboard shortcuts

Key Action
Ctrl+D Open / close diff to original

Tips & gotchas

  • The original is captured on the first edit only. Further edits update the content but keep the original fixed.
  • Reverting is permanent — there is no undo for a revert. The original is cleared.
  • Image clips cannot be edited, so edit versioning doesn’t apply to them.
  • Toggle the orange edited badge on/off under View → Show Edited Badge.
  • CRLF → LF on first edit: Text copied from Windows apps is stored with Windows line endings. The first time the editor auto-saves, it normalizes these to LF. The diff to original will then show every line as changed — even if you only touched one word. Enable Ignore Whitespace in the diff options (hamburger icon) to filter this out and see only your real changes.

Configuration

Setting Description
clips.showEditedBadge Toggle orange badge for edited clips (View menu or localStorage)

See also

  • clips-clip-diff-viewer — compare any two clips, not just original vs. edited
  • clips-diff-inline-edit — edit directly inside the diff view