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Did you know... How to cycle through the clipboard ring to paste different things? - #051

For me, this is yet another one of those, "why can't I ever remember this tip?!  It would save me so much time!  argh!"

You can cycle through the past 20 items you've either cut or copied onto the clipboard via Ctrl+Shift+V.  Pretty cool, huh?

I didn't know what to draw for "cycle through clipboard ring," so I looked around my office and saw a dog paw print, and though, hey, i can draw that left-handed with a mouse. 

pawprint

And the picture inspired me to share this joke:  "a 3-leg dog walks into a bar and says, 'i'm looking for the man who shot my paw.'"  sigh, what can you do. =)

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Posted: Monday, October 01, 2007 3:00 AM by saraford

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# October 1, 2007 6:03 AM

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# October 1, 2007 6:43 AM

saraford said:

Hey everyone,

I'm on vacation this week back home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, pretty much just hanging out on the beach the entire time.  Please expect delays in getting your comments approved. I've given up on email this week.

Thanks!

-sara

# October 1, 2007 8:59 AM

Ron said:

Sara,

Does this work in VS 2008 Beta2? Thanks.

# October 1, 2007 9:42 AM

Chinh Do said:

Thanks for the tip, Sara. At first I thought this was a generic Windows tip... I was wondering why it didn't work in Notepad. Then I realized it's a VS 2005 tip :-). Chinh

# October 1, 2007 9:44 AM

Jason Haley said:

# October 1, 2007 9:55 AM

saraford said:

Yes, it works in Beta 2.  All these tips work in both 2005 and 2008 (beta 2) unless otherwise noted.

# October 1, 2007 10:20 AM

Ron said:

Sara,

It works in VS 2008. Not sure what I did wrong earlier. I have a feature request. Would it be possible to make this work in the find window?

Thanks,

Ron

# October 1, 2007 10:45 AM

Roger Pence said:

The clipboard ring is indeed handy. But on VS2005 installion, the ClipBoard ring has disappeared from the toolbox. Where did it go!? If I try manually to add a tab named "Clipboard ring" VS tells me it's already there. It's very bashful if it is! Did that toolbox tab go away in VS2005?

Thank you

rp

# October 1, 2007 2:15 PM

Joakim Wahlström said:

Ctrl-shift-V didn't work for me either with VS2005, but i've found another way to reach it. CTRL-SHIFT-INS just click it repeatedly to cycle through the clipboard ring.

# October 6, 2007 6:12 AM

.NET Geek said:

For some time I have been subscribing to Sara Ford's blog where she shares useful tips for Visual

# October 9, 2007 5:55 AM

Visual Studio 2008 ワンポイント said:

これも、私が「なんで忘れていたんだろう」と思う機能です。この機能を使えば時間を大幅に節約できたのにと後悔します。 それまでに切り取りまたはコピーを行ってクリップボードに置いた 20 項目までを、 Ctrl

# June 16, 2008 1:18 AM

Секреты Visual Studio said:

Для меня это – еще один совет из тех, что "Ну почему я никак не могу его запомнить? Он мог бы сохранить

# October 22, 2008 2:35 AM

xjb said:

本篇包括tip51-tip60http://www.watch-life.net/visual-studio/visual-studio-2008-tip-day-6.html#051、循环使用剪...

# December 10, 2008 10:20 PM

Patrick Smacchia [MVP C#] said:

Here are a few non-trivial tips for .NET developers. The first ones are from the excellent blog of Sara

# March 9, 2009 6:37 AM

Community Blogs said:

Here are a few non-trivial tips for .NET developers. The first ones are from the excellent blog of Sara

# March 9, 2009 7:36 AM

Sara Ford's Weblog said:

Tip #0 Know your Keybindings! General Development Settings Searching Tips Tip #1 How to behold the power

# May 28, 2009 5:04 AM
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