Clipboard Inserter

A simple addon that inserts clipboard contents into the page. Uses icon made by Google from www.flaticon.com licensed by CC 3.0 BY

What is Clipboard Inserter?

"Clipboard Inserter" is a user-friendly Chrome extension tailored to streamline your browsing experience. It monitors your system clipboard and auto-inserts its contents onto the active webpage when any changes occur, thus eliminating the need for manual pasting. Users can customize the parent element and tag name for the inserted contents. To access local files, users must adjust the extension's settings to allow file URL access.

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Extension stats

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.50 (12)

Version: 0.3.2 (Last updated: 2018-12-06)

Creation date: 2018-12-06

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
clipboardRead
storage
file://*/*

Size: 10.53K

Ranking

# 8970 ▼ 1

Other rankings

#23922 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 21 #20 in clipboard keyword 30

Other platforms

Clipboard Inserter (v0.3.3resigned1)

3.13

(16) 1,477+

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Extension summary

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This addon, when turned on in a tab monitors your system clipboard and inserts its contents into the page whenever they change. You can customize tag name of the wrapping element, and chose the parent for inserted elements using a css selector in app options.

In order for this extension to work on local files (the file:// protocol) you need to change the "Allow access to file URLs" setting in the extension details.

Uses icon made by Google from www.flaticon.com licensed by CC 3.0 BY

User reviews

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Pros

Works perfectly.
Does exactly what it's supposed to do.
Very useful after initial setup.

Cons

The extension won't work on local files, even after allowing it in the settings.
Need to set rules for allowed domains or toggle options with a shortcut key.

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