Search

Find anything in your clipboard history instantly.

Blue Synergy searches across all your clips as you type — text content, titles, and tags. Matching words are highlighted in the results list and in the preview pane. When you select a clip during an active search, the editor scrolls to two lines above the first highlighted match automatically.

How to use it

  1. Press Ctrl+F to open the search bar (or click it directly).
  2. Type any word or phrase — results update with every keystroke.
  3. Press Esc to return to the clips list (your current selection is kept).
  4. Press Esc again (with the list focused) to clear the search and show all clips.

Switching to a different folder or group automatically clears the search.

Search syntax

You can go beyond plain text with a few special prefixes:

What you type What it finds
invoice Any clip containing “invoice”
^cd Clips that start with “cd “
*starts=cd Same as ^cd — alternative prefix-search syntax
^"cd " Exact prefix match including spaces
*type=TXT Text clips only
*type=IMG Image clips only
*edited=true Clips you’ve manually edited
^"cd " *type=TXT Combine filters freely

Tip: Use ^ or *starts= to find commands you’ve copied — e.g. ^git or *starts=git finds all clips starting with “git”.

Keyboard shortcuts

Key Action
Ctrl+F Open / focus search bar
Esc (search bar) Return focus to clips list
Esc (clips list, search active) Clear search

Tips & gotchas

  • Search matches the current content of a clip. If you edited a clip, the edited version is searched.
  • Special filter prefixes (*type=, ^, *starts=) are not highlighted — only plain text words get highlighted in the list and preview.
  • The editor scrolls to show the first highlighted match when you switch clips during an active search.
  • The Uses column (how often you’ve used a clip) is hidden by default. Right-click the table header to show it.

Configuration

Settings → Clips → Track Uses — when on, Blue Synergy counts how often you use each clip (based on switching away from the app after selecting one). Off by default.

See also