Snippets with BTT

Configuration Help & General Discussion
1

Hi I am trying to use BTT as a text-expander and just purchased the lifetime plan, but I don't see snippets or text-expander anywhere in the manual documentation. How do I do this?

2

I tried to use the trial beforehand to see if I could do this, but the app advertises this function, however there is nothing in the help menu of the app itself about snippets or text-expansion, or importing snippets from other apps. If it cannot do this, can I get a refund? Apparently I used the trial function a long time ago and therefore I was not able to trial the text-expansion function, which seems to be a bit more effort than I expected for the cost.

3

Hi @dancho,

You can implement text-expander functionality using the "**Key Sequences / Typed Words" Triggers. Here's a link to the relevant docs: Key Sequence Triggers ยท GitBook

4

Hello @fortred2 , the problem is I have 100's of snippets, and I need to import them, but I cannot as it seems the "text expander" capabilities of BTT are rather something the user has to program individually, and cannot import as a csv. I cannot afford the time to type these in individually, may I request a refund please, glad to give up the license.

5

I was previously using TypeIt4Me, but the app was glitching and pasting previous clipboard items rather than the desired snippet, so I am trying alternatives. Sadly I don't think BTT has import snippets function? May I request a refund please, it doesn't function as a "text expander" quite as expected, but rather requires a time-expensive investment to recreate the previously used set of "snippets"

6

I'll trigger a refund soon. Just be aware that refunding lifetime licenses results in a permanent ban of the machines that activated the license, they won't be able to run BTT in the future anymore.

7

Thank you that is the ideal solution at the moment. If the app is updated in the future with proper snippet function of a text expander, I will be glad to purchase with a different device. That is unfortunate that BTT has a perma-ban function in this case, as I could not even trial it due to experimenting with the app many years ago without a use case at that time, but it is what it is I understand. Thank you.