Polyboard is an app that allows you to store upto 10 things in the clipboard simultaneously! As an avid coder, I've always wished for the ability to store multiple items inside the clipboard at once for efficiency and accessibility, so I tasked myself with the job of creating said program. By the time I was half way through, I discovered that Windows already had such a function build into its OS (press win + v), but I had made too much progress so I decided to continue anyway, and now I'm here.
My program is more streamlined for the average user, due to 2 main features that I've added:
- Firstly, I've enabled keyboard hotkeys, which I've explained how to use below.
- And secondly, a notification will popup whenever you move something to the clipboard, so that you don't have to open any app to see what you've copied
NOTE: Currently only works with text. Image compatibility coming soon!
How to Use It
Step 1:
Extract the zip file
Step 2:
Run the 'Polyboard.exe' file
Step 3:
Open the system tray, right click the clipboard icon and choose 'Start Application'
Step 4:
Copy up to 10 text items using the 'Ctrl+c' keyboard shortcut
Step 5:
Move any of the 10 items you copied to the active clipboard using the keyboard shortcut 'Ctrl+shift+int', where int is any integer from 0-9
Step 6:
Paste the selected item as many times as you like using 'Ctrl+v'
Some code
def on_press(key): vk = get_vk(key) #gets virtual key (http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TkCmd/keysyms.htm) pressed_vks.add(vk) for combination in combination_to_function: if is_combination_pressed(combination): #checks if specific key combination is pressed combination_to_function[combination]() def on_release(key): vk = get_vk(key) pressed_vks.remove(vk) #removes combination from set of currently pressed keys with Listener(on_press=on_press, on_release=on_release) as listener: listener.join()
app = QApplication([])
app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(False)
icon = QIcon("final.png")
tray = QSystemTrayIcon() #creates a system tray object
tray.setIcon(icon)
tray.setVisible(True)
menu = QMenu() #adding menu options to the system tray object
option1 = QAction("Start application")
menu.addAction(option1)
option1.triggered.connect(start) #runs 'start' function when option is selected
quit = QAction("Quit application")
menu.addAction(quit)
quit.triggered.connect(app.quit) #closes app when option is selected
tray.setContextMenu(menu)
app.exec_() #running the GUI loop
