Version History - Stone Clipboarder Tool

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Version 1.8.0

Sep 2026

🛠️ FIXED: Search in the Quick Picker and the main window now covers your whole history, not just the most recent items.
🛠️ FIXED: The Quick Picker's All tab keeps loading past the first 150 items.
🛠️ FIXED: Copying something new no longer collapses a scrolled main window list back to the top.
🛠️ FIXED: Copying something that's already further down your history moves it to the top instead of saving it twice.
🛠️ FIXED: Hotkeys recorded with Return, Tab, arrows, F-keys or punctuation were saved but never worked. They work now, and ⇧⌘ system shortcuts are refused while recording.
🛠️ FIXED: A file copied back from your history can be pasted in Finder later, not only within five seconds.
🛠️ FIXED: Pins restored at launch show their pin badge again and close when their item is deleted; the Active Pins list in Settings updates right away.
🛠️ FIXED: Unlocked pins can be moved again by dragging their header. Image pins fit and center in the window as you resize it, and zoom with a trackpad pinch or ⌘-scroll.
🐛 FIXED: "Open" on a non-image file in the Quick Picker opens the file, not a picture of its icon.
🐛 FIXED: Pasting several items at once no longer saves the combined text as a new history item.
🛠️ FIXED: Type-out paste into remote desktops, virtual machines and terminals dropped Shift and Option — "FGH" arrived as "fgh" and "!@#" as "123". Modifiers are now pressed as real keys and held long enough for the remote side to see them.
🛠️ FIXED: With a non-Latin keyboard layout active (Ukrainian, Russian, …), type-out paste sent every Latin letter as "a" to apps that read key codes. Latin text now uses the keys of your ASCII layout.
🐛 FIXED: Type-out paste no longer sends "*" and "+" from the numeric keypad, which the remote side could misread depending on its NumLock state.
🛠️ FIXED: With "Show Main Window" off, the app could still appear in the Dock after a restart when it launched at login.
🛡️ IMPROVED: Pasting with a hotkey without Accessibility permission now explains what's missing instead of silently doing nothing.
✨ IMPROVED: Copied images are stored the way the source app provided them (often PNG) instead of as uncompressed TIFF, so screenshots take several times less space.
🧹 IMPROVED: Copying a very large file no longer freezes the app; files over 100 MB are skipped without being read.
🧹 IMPROVED: The Quick Picker opens faster with a large history, the menu bar draws its rows without decoding full images, and memory cleanup frees memory instead of deleting stored thumbnails.
🛡️ IMPROVED: Quick Look preview copies are deleted after 10 minutes and when the app quits, instead of staying up to an hour.

Version 1.7.3

Jul 2026

🛠️ FIXED: Type-out paste (⌘⇧Return) typed every character as "A" in apps that read key codes — terminals, virtual machines, remote desktops. Characters are now sent using the real key for your active keyboard layout.
🐛 FIXED: Type-out paste no longer picks up the ⌘⇧ still held from the trigger shortcut, which typed the first few characters in uppercase.

Version 1.7.1

Jul 2026

✨ NEW: New "Quick Picker" settings tab — Quick Look preview options plus the new type-out paste controls live here.
⌨️ IMPROVED: Type-out paste speed is now adjustable (Settings › Quick Picker) — raise the per-character delay for text fields that drop characters when typing too fast.
⌨️ IMPROVED: Stop an in-progress type-out anytime — press Escape or reopen the Quick Picker.

Version 1.7.0

Jul 2026

✨ NEW: Type-out paste in the Quick Picker — press ⌘⇧Return to type the selected text out character by character instead of pasting, so it lands in fields that block ⌘V (secure fields, some remote desktops and terminals).
🛠️ FIXED: "Show Main Window" disabled now correctly persists across cold launches — after a reboot or login-item relaunch the app no longer reappears in the Dock and Cmd+Tab when that setting is off.
🧹 IMPROVED: Updated Sparkle auto-updater to 2.9.3.

Version 1.6.0

May 2026

🪟 NEW: Pin clipboard items as floating windows — press ⌥P in the Quick Picker (or right-click → Pin to Screen) to keep text, images, or files on top of every Space. Pins are resizable, movable, dimmable, lockable, click-through, and collapsible, and reopen after relaunch.
🔍 NEW: Zoomable image pins — pinch to zoom (centered on the cursor), drag to pan, double-click to reset; pin windows are sized to the image's aspect ratio so the image fills the window.
✨ NEW: Multi-select in the Quick Picker — extend a selection with Shift+↑/↓ and paste several items at once.
👁️ NEW: Multi-item OCR — press ⌥⏎ on a multi-selection to extract and combine text from images and text items.
⌨️ IMPROVED: Opening the Quick Picker keeps the Settings window and your pins visible; the pin shortcuts (⌃⌥P pin most recent, ⌃⌥⇧P dismiss all) are configurable in the Hotkeys tab.
🛠️ FIXED: The Quick Picker search field no longer loses focus while typing.
🛡️ FIXED: Settings can no longer leave the app inaccessible — the menu bar and main window can't both be turned off.
🧹 IMPROVED: Updated Sparkle to 2.9.2.

Version 1.5.5

May 2026

🪟 NEW: Quick Picker tabs — filter by All / Favorites / Text / Images / Files; cycle tabs with Tab / Shift+Tab without losing search focus
✨ NEW: Toggle favorite on the selected Quick Picker row with Option+Space; image rows show an OCR hint badge when OCR is enabled in Settings
🛡️ NEW: Optional confirm-quit — hold ⌘Q for 1 second (or double-tap ⌘Q) to quit, with on-screen HUD; protects against accidental quits and is toggleable in Settings
🎨 IMPROVED: Settings rebuilt as a sidebar NavigationSplitView; larger 720×540 minimum window size for both Settings and the main window
🛠️ FIXED: SwiftData "backing data detached" crashes during auto-cleanup — favorites are now excluded from cleanup counts, the selected item is cleared before deletion, and context deletes are deferred with proper save/rollback
🛠️ FIXED: Quick Look previews are now written to Application Support/StoneClipboarderTool/Previews so external apps can open them; stale preview sessions older than one hour are cleaned up on launch

Version 1.5.4

Apr 2026

🛠️ FIXED: Apple Quick Look now stays selected in regular and "Fill"/maximized windows — fullscreen detection no longer falsely matches non-fullscreen full-size windows and only falls back to the Custom Preview when the focused app is in a true "Entire Screen" Space
⌨️ IMPROVED: Arrow navigation while Apple Quick Look is open — the search field keeps focus and ↑/↓ now reliably moves the highlight in Quick Picker, reloading the QL preview with the new item even when QL grabs key window status

Version 1.5.3

Apr 2026

🪟 NEW: Quick Picker now renders over other apps' fullscreen Spaces — open it without leaving the app you're in
🖼️ NEW: Menu bar popover now appears alongside other apps' fullscreen apps too
🔍 NEW: Smart preview fallback — when you trigger preview while in another app's fullscreen Space, the custom preview is used automatically (Apple Quick Look is system-managed and can't render in another app's fullscreen)
⌨️ IMPROVED: Search field cursor now lands in the Quick Picker on open and is restored after closing the preview
🛠️ FIXED: Quick Picker no longer pulls you out of another app's fullscreen Space when triggered
🛠️ FIXED: QuickLook stability — temp files are cleaned up with a delay so "Open with…" actions have time to read them
🛠️ IMPROVED: Window resignation handling — Quick Picker now closes cleanly when an external app activates (e.g. via "Open with…")
🧹 IMPROVED: Code quality refactor based on SonarCloud scanner issues

Version 1.5.2

Mar 2026

🛡️ NEW: Accessibility settings tab — view permission status and open System Settings directly
🚀 NEW: Launch at Login toggle using SMAppService with first-launch prompt
🎨 NEW: Dynamic tab icon — checkmark.shield when accessibility is granted, xmark.shield when not

Version 1.5.1

Mar 2026

🎨 IMPROVED: Quick Picker item row layout with better visual hierarchy
⌨️ NEW: Footer bar with keyboard shortcut hints (ESC, Enter, Preview, OCR)
📊 NEW: Footer shows item counts — on disk, in memory, and favorites
🔍 IMPROVED: Search with debounce and expanded search across item content and previews
📄 IMPROVED: Pagination — loads 30 items initially, loads more on scroll

Version 1.5.0

Mar 2026

🧹 IMPROVED: Unified clipboard alerts into a shared ClipboardAlerts component
🛡️ IMPROVED: Stabilized deletion logic — items are properly removed from both UI and database
⚙️ IMPROVED: Settings update and cleanup

Version 1.4.2

Mar 2026

🐛 FIXED: Deleted items still visible after deletion (#6)
🛡️ FIXED: Prevented crashes on delete operations

Version 1.4.1

Mar 2026

🐛 FIXED: GUI layout issue (#5)

Version 1.4.0

Feb 2026

🛡️ NEW: Separated database storage — clipboard history and settings use independent databases for better reliability
🛡️ NEW: Crash protection — automatic recovery from database corruption
🛡️ IMPROVED: All database operations safely roll back on errors
📝 NEW: Optional error logging setting for debugging
✨ NEW: Native macOS Quick Look — press Space or Arrow Right to preview clipboard items
⚙️ NEW: Configurable preview trigger key and mode (Native, Custom, Disabled) in Settings
⌨️ IMPROVED: Smart spacebar — only previews when search is empty or ends with a space
➡️ IMPROVED: Smart arrow navigation — right arrow previews only at end of search text
⚡️ IMPROVED: Performance for large text previews
👁️ NEW: Option+Enter on image in QuickPicker extracts text via OCR
⚙️ NEW: Toggle for OCR feature in Settings
🖱️ NEW: Context menu in QuickPicker — right-click to Open in Preview or TextEdit
⚠️ NOTE: Excluded apps and hotkey configurations reset due to database restructuring

Version 1.3.2

Dec 2025

✨ IMPROVED: Quick Picker now asks Accessibility for pasting simulation
✨ IMPROVED: Quick Picker now isolates itself by hiding all other windows when launched
🎯 IMPROVED: Quick Picker search field now automatically focuses for immediate typing
🐛 Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 1.3.1

Dec 23, 2025

✨ IMPROVED: Quick Picker now isolates itself by hiding all other windows when launched
🎯 IMPROVED: Quick Picker search field now automatically focuses for immediate typing
🐛 Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 1.3.0

Dec 05, 2025

🔎 NEW: Advanced Search - Search through your clipboard history with a modern search bar featuring macOS 15+ liquid glass effect
🚫 NEW: Excluded Apps - Choose which apps to exclude from clipboard monitoring in Settings for enhanced privacy
⏸️ NEW: Pause Monitoring - Temporarily pause clipboard tracking with a customizable timer
⭐ FIXED: Enhanced Favorites - Fixed loading of all favorites even when they're at the bottom of the list
🎨 IMPROVED: Menu bar now displays pause timer with better visual feedback
🐛 Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 1.2.0

Nov 13, 2025

⚡ NEW: Better initialization on login for improved stability
🎨 NEW: Updated Liquid Glass app icons - Native Icon Composer design with modern aesthetic
⭐ FIXED: Favorites persistence - Favorite items are now protected from auto-deletion
📋 NEW: Clipboard Capture Modes - Choose to capture only text, only images, or both (useful for Microsoft Word text-only paste)
🔗 NEW: Combined clipboard items - Save text and image as a single item (BETA)
🔍 NEW: OCR Text Recognition - Extract text from images using Apple Vision framework
🐛 Bug fixes and performance improvements

Version 1.1.0

Aug 26, 2025

🔥 NEW: Global Hotkeys System - System-wide keyboard shortcuts for instant clipboard access
⚡️ NEW: Quick Picker Window - Spotlight-like floating panel (Ctrl+Option+Space)
🎮 NEW: Direct Paste to Active Apps - Hotkeys automatically paste to current application
🪟 NEW: Favorites - Save often-used items for quick access
🎯 NEW: Quick Access Shortcuts - Ctrl+Option+1-0 for last items, Ctrl+Shift+1-0 for favorites
🏷️ Enhanced UI: Visual type indicators and improved file previews
⚙️ Extended Settings: Hotkey configuration and advanced preferences
📊 Better Data Models: Enhanced clipboard item management with favorites support
📊 Memory usage optimization

Version 1.0.0

Aug 10, 2025

🎉 Initial release of StoneClipboarderTool
📊 Full clipboard history tracking with Swift Data
🖥️ Menu bar integration for quick access
🔄 Automatic updates using Sparkle framework
🔒 Privacy-focused - all data stays on your device
✨ Modern SwiftUI interface