Feature Request: One Click Clip Opening

[CorvusUrro]

While I understand that you can open clips by Shift-Clicking (though I have not found this shortcut mentioned anywhere and I found it purely through trial and error based on the assumption that there would be a shortcut), I feel that there could be some way to streamline this experience more.

When looking at the examples/tutorials on the site I really enjoyed the idea posed with the email example, however I feel in practice this is not a very streamlined experience. Keeping all the emails in a separate clip allows them to be copied in one click.

However if you keep multiple in a clip it takes at least 2 clicks (using the previously mentioned shift click), and as many as 4 clicks (one to open the menu, one to open the clip, one top expand the clip, then finally being able to copy)

Given there are currently two quick ways to copy an entire clip, (double click and clicking the clipboard), I feel like adding some kind of feature to streamline this particular experience would be a boon. I do not know what the particular answer is, but some suggestions are

Telling the user of the Shift+Click shortcut
Adding a button next to the clipboard that opens the menu to full size
Replacing the double click shortcut with opening the clipboard (preferably as some kind of optional/autodetect thing e.i. if there's sub-clips double clicking opens instead of copies)

Perhaps the solution is just to use a sub-board for this, as opposed to a clip with sub-clips, but that would potentially impede other potentially useful uses of this feature (for example, just getting the whole list of emails, or having a clip of a name as [copy]Firstname[/copy] [copy]Lastname[/copy] allowing the relevant name to easily be grabbed)

[kurdin]

@CorvusUrro I understand your issue and confusion.

Clip Interaction Explanation

Thank you for your feedback, @CorvusUrro. I understand your issue and confusion. Let me clarify the clip interaction design and provide some additional context.

Key Interactions

1. Shift-Click: Opens a clip (view clip) and also opens review on history items.

   • This should be mentioned prominently for new users to discover quickly.

2. Double-click: Copies clip content to clipboard.

   • Main interaction for quick content access.

3. Alt/Ctrl + Double-click: Pastes content to another application.

4. Menu button > Open: Opens the clip.

5. Right-click > Open: Opens the clip via context menu.

Design Philosophy

The main idea was to minimize the need for frequent open/close clip actions. The current design provides multiple ways to interact with clips while maintaining a clean UI:

• Quick copy with double-click
• View content when needed (Shift-click or menu options)
• Direct paste to other applications (Alt/Ctrl + double-click)

UI Considerations

We've decided against adding an extra button in the clip title for open/close actions because:

1. It would increase the size of clips.
2. It might create more visual noise in the UI.

Potential Future Improvements

1. Consider adding a user preference/option to replace the copy icon with an open/close icon for users who prefer single-click interactions without pressing Shift.

2. Ensure that the Shift-click functionality is well-documented and easily discoverable for new users.

I would suggest getting used to the Shift-click action for opening clips. The double-click for copying content is a core functionality that we aim to maintain.

@CorvusUrro Let me know what you think and thank you again for useful report.

[CorvusUrro]

This all makes sense, I'd suggest updating the App Tour and replacing the "Long-press to rearrange items" with "Shift Click to open a clip"

Might I also suggest Shift+Double-Click to fully expand the clip. That seems like it'd be a useful feature