I have a short list (fewer than a dozen) of strings that I paste all the time.
I am seeking a macOS utility that will provide a keyboard shortcut that will allow me to paste the one I want. (There was a great utility about five or six years ago that would allow me to type Cmd V 1 to paste the first string, Cmd V 2 to paste the second, etc. It stopped working in an OS upgrade, and I have been suffering since.)
Does BTT have a facility I would want? Many thanks.
You could use a custom menu. A shortcut opens the menu, then you press the number and finally Space or Enter. Here is an example, which can of course be “embellished” with pictures, icons ...
If you know all your strings by heart, you can also simply paste them with a shortcut, without a menu.
The easiest would be to use the new "Choose From List" action. However this requires BTT v4.776 as it was just finished. That version is currently uploading and will be available in 10 minutes.
For only a few strings you can set that up manually in the UI. If you have many strings you could also load them from some config file.
Here is an example with two snippets, it uses opt+cmd+v to show. Then you can press 1,2... (as long as your item name contains that number) and hit enter.
The custom menu approach @Frank1 mentioned will also work, you can use the same config as given in the example preset to use that - just change the action to "Show Custom Context Menu (New)".
Thanks for the speedy response. And for the news "hot off the press"!
For clarity, what's the minimum number of keystrokes I could expect to type to paste in either of the top two items of my list above (f and my email signature).
(Update: I tweaked up the statement of my question above...)
I do plan to add a "select by position" to the "Choose From List" action with one of the next alphas - then it would just be two key presses for the first 9 items