Clippings

» save frequently-entered text for pasting later

Saves and manages frequently-entered text for later pasting into web page forms in Firefox or email messages in Thunderbird.
Pasting a clipping is accomplished with just two mouse clicks, eliminating the hassle of retyping or repetitive copying and pasting.

Version 6.5.3 (1.0 MiB; compatible with Firefox 102 and newer)
Also available from Firefox Add-ons.

Looking for Clippings for Thunderbird? Go to the Install page for download links.

Features

Easy ways to create a clipping

  • From selected text in a form field or web page body in Firefox, or from selected text in an email message in Thunderbird
  • By dragging and dropping text into the Clippings toolbar button in Thunderbird
  • Save the web page address (URL) with the new clipping

Quickly paste a clipping

  • Easy access to your clippings from the Clippings context menu in a web page form field (Firefox) or email message editor (Thunderbird)
  • Assign shortcut keys to clippings for quicker pasting. Just press ALT+SHIFT+Y (Command+Shift+Y in Firefox on macOS), then the shortcut key [1]
  • Locate the clipping you want to paste by typing its name and selecting it from an autocomplete menu

Manage your clippings

  • Organize your collection of clippings into folders using Clippings Manager
  • Make your important clippings stand out with color labels
  • Backup your clippings for safekeeping
  • Import and export your clippings in a variety of file formats

More useful features

  • Individual clippings can be pasted as formatted text if they contain HTML tags
  • Define placeholders inside a clipping that you will be prompted to fill in when you paste the clipping. Built-in placeholders for the date, time, clipping name, user agent, etc. are also available
  • Sync your clippings between Firefox and Thunderbird, or other instances of those applications [2]

Supported Languages

English (United States), Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Ukrainian

Do you want Clippings in your language?
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Made with for Firefox and Thunderbird.

Clippings is available under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), version 2.0.
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Notes

  1. Clippings for Thunderbird users: The keyboard paste shortcut on macOS is Command+Option+V.
  2. Sync Clippings requires installation of the Sync Clippings Helper application.