Organization System

Organize clips into folders, smart filters, and paste sequences.

The left sidebar has three ways to organize clips: Folders (physical containers), Virtual Folders (saved searches), and Groups (ordered sequences for paste automation). All three support drag and drop.

How to use it

Folders

  1. In the sidebar under Folders, click +.
  2. Type a folder name.
  3. Drag clips into the folder (hold Shift to copy instead of move).
  4. Right-click a folder to rename, delete, create a subfolder, or set properties.

Folder properties:

  • Accept Clips — marks this folder as the auto-capture target (green dot in sidebar)
  • Read-only — prevents dropping clips in (lock icon)
  • Exclude Retention — clips here are never auto-deleted by retention rules (shield icon)

Virtual Folders (saved searches)

  1. Click the crystal-ball icon in the Folders header.
  2. Enter a query (same syntax as the search bar, e.g., *type=TXT *pinned=true).
  3. Click the virtual folder to see all matching clips — updated live on every click.

Groups (Paste Sequences)

Groups let you paste a set of clips into another application one by one, in order.

  1. Click the package icon in the Folders header.
  2. Name the group.
  3. Drag clips into the group (always creates copies).
  4. Reorder clips inside the group by dragging.
  5. Right-click the group → Paste All to paste all clips sequentially into the active app.

Group properties:

  • After Paste Separator — what’s inserted between clips (None, Newline, Tab, Custom)
  • Pre Paste Transform — transform each clip before pasting (Trim, Remove Newlines, Single Line, or a Regex find/replace)

Drag & Drop rules

From To Result
Clip Folder Move (Shift = Copy)
Clip “All Clips” Remove from folder
Clip Group Always a copy
Folder — Reorder folders

Tips & gotchas

  • Folders support 1 level of nesting (one subfolder depth — no sub-subfolders).
  • Group clips are copies — editing the original doesn’t update the group copy.
  • Virtual folders re-evaluate their query each time you click them (not cached).
  • Read-only folders block drops from both the UI and the backend.

Configuration

Setting Default Description
Show folder clip count On Show number of clips per folder
Show virtual folder clip count On Show count for virtual folders
Show group clip count On Show count per group

See also

  • Search — query syntax for virtual folder filters