Version History - Stone Clipboarder Tool

Latest

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 2026

Mar 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aug 10, 2025