Hello, I am trying to replace my standard cmd+v paste so that it uses clipboard manager, that way it obeys the settings I use within clipboard manager. Most importantly, I want cmd+v to obey clipboard manager's "default paste option" setting, which I have set to "Plaintext". This feature is smart enough that it will paste any text as plaintext, but things which are not text (such as files) will just be pasted normally.
However, when trying to map this to a keyboard shortcut it ignores this setting. I am using the "Paste specific items from Clipboard Manager (customizable)" action, with "Paste items at positions"=1.
Here's my issue:
When I leave "Choose one of the standard paste actions:" empty it ignores my default setting from clipboard manager and pastes text with the source formatting.
When I set "Choose one of the standard paste actions:"="Paste as Plain Text" it pastes text as plain text, but anything else (like a file) it will make the standard MacOS error sound and refuse to paste.
Can anyone help me out? Am I supposed to be using a different action, or activating the clipboard manager settings in a different way so that they are truly universal?
Screenshot of setting within clipboard manager: (this works when I paste an item by double-clicking it in clipboard manager)
Wow, thank you for your help this was unbelievably fast! Unfortunately I installed v5.466 and the behavior seems to work the same as it did previously. Tellingly, it still says "Default / With Format" in the description of the trigger (screenshot below), implying that the trigger isn't recognizing that the default has changed.
I also included in the below screenshot the "About BetterTouchTool" window, which shows I'm now on version 5.466
Is it possible I installed it wrong? I previously had BTT installed via brew, so I uninstalled my old version with brew uninstall --cask bettertouchtool, then followed the instructions here to delete the files in ~/Library/ to make sure it was a clean uninstall. Finally I downloaded the btt5.466-2025061015.zip file from https://folivora.ai/releases/ and dragged the BetterTouchTool.app into my /Applications/ folder.
Is it possible I'm setting the "Paste as Plain Text" default setting in the wrong place? I set this setting by assigning the "Show/Hide Clipboard / Pasteboard History" action to a keyboard shortcut, triggering that shortcut, pressing the gear button that appears at the top center of the Clipboard Manger window that shows up, and then setting the "Default paste option" setting that appears there.
When I set it to Plain Text, it successfully pastes that text as plaintext. But if I copy something else, it behaves strangely. When copying and pasting a file, for example, it will give me the standard MacOS failure beep and won't paste anything if I am pasting from Finder to Finder. If I am pasting from Finder to a text window of some kind, it will paste the path to the file I had copied.
I'm hoping there's someway to have a keyboard shortcut that mirrors the standard functionality of the Clipboard Manager, wherein something that is not text is pasted as normal and something that is text can be pasted as plaintext. Thank you again for your help!
