Chapter 3. Configuring Klipper

When text or an area of the screen is highlighted with the mouse or keyboard, this is the selection. It can be pasted using the middle mouse button.

If the selection is explicitly copied using a Copy or Cut action, it is saved to the clipboard. It can be pasted using a Paste action.

When turned on this option keeps the selection and the clipboard the same, so that any selection is immediately available to paste by any means. If it is turned off, the selection may still be saved in the clipboard history (subject to the options below), but it can only be pasted using the middle mouse button.

Toggles clipboard history.

Sets the number of items that are stored in the clipboard history.

When an area of the screen is selected with mouse or keyboard, this is called the “selection”. This option determines whether text selections are saved in the clipboard history. It is possible to choose between Always save in history and Only when explicitly copied. The Always save in history option is not available if selection/clipboard synchronisation is turned off ‐ in this case the selection is never automatically saved in the clipboard history. See the section called “Clipboard/Selection Behavior”.

This option determines whether non-text selections (such as images) are saved in the clipboard history. It is possible to choose between Always save in history, Only when explicitly copied, and Never save in history. The Always save in history option is not available if selection/clipboard synchronisation is turned off ‐ in this case the selection is never automatically saved in the clipboard history. See the section called “Clipboard/Selection Behavior”.