Press Ctrl+Shift+V (Cmd+Shift+V on macOS) to paste only the text, with no fonts or colors. Smart quotes are straightened and runs of spaces collapse to one. Plain Ctrl+V or Cmd+V still pastes as usual.
Needs Rebind 3.8.0 or newer on Windows or macOS. It requests clipboard access.
Settings
- Key and Held with the key: the shortcut. Defaults V with Ctrl+Shift on Windows and Cmd/Win+Shift on macOS.
- Straighten smart quotes: turns “ ” ‘ ’ into " and '.
- Collapse extra spaces: turns runs of spaces and tabs into one space and drops spaces at line ends.
Key changes apply while the package runs on Rebind 3.9 or newer. On older versions, restart the package.
Limits
- When the clipboard has no text, a notice appears in Rebind. To see notices on the desktop, turn on Desktop notifications in Rebind's settings.
- The cleaned text replaces what was on the clipboard, so the formatted copy is gone afterwards.
- Apps that already use Ctrl+Shift+V (some terminals, Chrome's own plain paste) get this package's paste instead while it runs.
- Live use remains unverified on Windows and macOS.
Stop
Stop the package from the editor toolbar, or press Left Ctrl + Left Alt + K (Left Control + Left Option + K on macOS) to stop all scripts.