Quick Clipboard Editor Settings

In addition to using the Options dialog box, you can change the following options by editing the file QuickClipboardEditor.ini found in the Settings folder (Clipboard, Open Settings Folder).

[Launch]

QCETempFolder=%TEMP%

  • location of the temporary folder created for QCE execution

BackupFolder=

  • location of the backup of your settings file (by default, same as the working folder)

DisplayTrayTip=1

  • 1 to display a popup message on the task bar when QAP is launched (replace 1 with 0 if you don’t want it)

Check4Update=1

  • 1 to check for new version (replace 1 with 0 if you don’t want it)

DiagMode=0
DiagModeUndo=0

  • log debugging values in a diagnostic file (to be used with instructions from the developer)

LaunchAtStartup=1

  • launch QCE at Windows startup (default is 1 for Setup installation and 0 for portable installation)

AlternativeTrayIcon=

  • icon replacing the QCE default icon file on the taskbar

LanguageCode=EN

  • language code (only English is implemented)

[Hotkeys]

OpenEditorHotkeyMouse=^MButton
OpenEditorHotkeyKeyboard=^#v
PasteFromQCEHotkey=+^v
CopyOpenQCE=^#c

  • keyboard and mouse hotkeys used to show the Editor window, paste the content of the editor or copy the selected text
  • use the “Options” menu to edit these values

[History]

ClipboardHistory=1

  • Enable Clipboard history (replace 1 with 0 to disable the history)

HistoryDbMaximumSize=5

  • Maximum size in megs of the history database (default 1 meg)

HistorySyncDelay=500

  • Set the default minimum delay between Clipboard syncs to avoid undesired interactions with other applications changing the Clipboard content

[EditorWindow]

DisplayEditorAtStartup=1

  • display the Editor window at QCE startup (replace 1 with 0 if you don’t want it)

RememberEditorPosition=1

  • display the Editor window at that its position when exited QCE (replace 1 with 0 if you don’t want it)

OpenEditorOnActiveMonitor=1

  • if you have multiple monitors, display the Editor window on the active monitor (replace 1 with 0 if you don’t want it)

FixedFont=1

  • display the Editor’s edit box in a fixed font (use the checkbox in editor tool bar to change this value)

FontSize=12

  • size of Editor’s font (change this value in editor tool bar)

AlwaysOnTop=0

  • keep the Editor window always visible (use the checkbox in editor tool bar to change this value)

WordWrap=1

  • display long lines on a single line or on multiple lines (use the checkbox in editor tool bar to change this value)

UseTab=1

  • allows insertion of tabs in the Editor with the Tab key (replace 1 with 0 if you don’t want to use tab in the editor; in this case, use Ctrl + Tab to insert tabs)

DarkMode=1

  • Enable the dark mode when Windows is in dark mode (replace 1 with 0 to stay in light mode when Windows is in dark mode)

DarkBgColorEdit=2B2B2B
DarkBgColorReadOnly=606060
DarkBgColorGui=B0B0B0
DarkTextColorEdit=FFFFFF
DarkTextColorReadOnly=EEEEEE

  • Dark mode default colors that you can customize

[SavedCommands]

SavedCommandsLinesInList=10

  • Number of Saved commands in the Edit commands dropdown lists