HovText  .:: a simple Windows .NET open source clipboard manager that can remove text formatting

HovText is a simple free open source Windows .NET Framework clipboard manager, which will remove any formatting from the copied text and save it for later retrieval via hotkeys. It stores both the unformatted cleartext and the original formatting along with images.

Features Screenshots Documentation Contact Fun facts About News Download Roadmap FEATURES HovText is a clipboard manager that can remove any text formatting from the copied text, e.g. font face, size, color or other styles. Any text in the clipboard will be pasted as cleartext. It can store and retrieve previous copied texts and images and it is possible to restore the original formatting. List of features available in HovText: Remembers all copied texts and images that can be easily restored via a clipboard manager Removes all formatting from the clipboard Keeps the most used clipboard entries at top Favorite entries can be marked for quicker retrival Can restore original text formatting Can act as a text-only clipboard manager, but can also handle images Possibility to remove leading/trailing whitespaces and empty new-lines Full unicode support Automatic check for new versions Flexible layout settings with e.g. list-view, positioning, screen and styling Configurable global hotkeys for all actions Built-in cleanup possibility as-if application has never been run on system No installation required - portable executeable Requires Windows 10 (or newer) and .NET Framework 4.8 (or newer) No transfer of copied data anywhere - no cloud, no local saving to harddisk, no clipboard sharing No registration or advertising - no nags Freeware and open source available on GitHub Let us show an example, where we have this formatted text from a browser, that we need to copy: [ Formatted text to be copied ] "genius - genius (fx a mathematical genius; it requires neither genius nor second sight to prophesy the effects of this policy on the future output of scientists and engineers); a person of superior intellectual faculties." When you copy this above text, with the colors, bold and italic, then HovText will paste this as cleartext-only: [ Pasted result with HovText running - formatting has been removed ] "genius - genius (fx a mathematical genius; it requires neither genius nor second sight to prophesy the effects of this policy on the future output of scientists and engineers); a person of superior intellectual faculties." Try to do this example in e.g. Word, then you will quickly see the difference with or without HovText enabled :-) Below shows how it could look like, when you browse through a list of previous copied texts (or images). It only show the first X lines of text (can be setup): You can view the Screenshots to see how the application looks like and which functionalities it has.