Clipboard History
Chau7 remembers every copy. Search, pin, and reuse anything you copied in the terminal. Persisted across restarts.
What is Clipboard History in Chau7 terminal?
Clipboard History in Chau7 is a built-in feature that automatically records every text selection you copy from the terminal. Chau7 stores up to 50 entries by default, configurable up to 1,000, with pinning, timestamps, and search. Clipboard history is persisted via UserDefaults JSON and survives app restarts.
Chau7 captures copies made via Cmd+C, the context menu, or mouse selection with auto-copy enabled. Each clipboard history entry records the timestamp, source tab, and a text preview.
Is there a clipboard manager built into a terminal emulator?
Yes. Chau7 is a macOS terminal emulator with a built-in clipboard manager. Chau7 clipboard history captures every copy via system pasteboard polling and provides pinning, search, and preview without requiring any external clipboard manager. History is persisted via UserDefaults JSON.
Open the Chau7 clipboard history panel with a keyboard shortcut to browse past copies. Pin frequently used entries so they stay at the top regardless of new copies. Each entry shows a timestamp and text preview.
How does Chau7's clipboard history compare to other terminals?
Most terminal emulators have no clipboard history at all. iTerm2, Alacritty, Kitty, and Hyper rely on external clipboard managers like Maccy or Alfred for any paste history functionality.
Warp offers a paste history feature but without pinning. Terminal.app on macOS provides no clipboard history.
Chau7 is the only terminal emulator with built-in clipboard history that includes pinning, timestamps, search, text preview, and persistent storage across restarts. Chau7 clipboard history requires no plugins, extensions, or third-party tools.
How many entries does Chau7 clipboard history store?
Chau7 clipboard history stores 50 entries by default. You can configure the limit up to 1,000 entries in Chau7 settings.
Clipboard history entries are persisted via UserDefaults JSON and survive app restarts. Use the search function to filter clipboard history with case-insensitive substring matching.
Why terminal clipboard has been broken until Chau7
The terminal clipboard experience has been broken for decades. Ctrl+C sends SIGINT instead of copying. Selections vanish when you click elsewhere. There is no history.
Chau7 provides a proper clipboard with history, search, and pinned items. Use the search function to filter clipboard history with case-insensitive substring matching. Chau7 handles the Ctrl+C ambiguity correctly and remembers everything you copy. Clipboard history is persisted via UserDefaults JSON and survives app restarts, so nothing is lost.
Questions this answers
- What is Clipboard History in Chau7 terminal?
- Is there a clipboard manager built into a terminal emulator?
- How does Chau7's clipboard history compare to other terminals?
- How many entries does Chau7 clipboard history store?
- Why does Ctrl+C kill my process instead of copying in the terminal?
- How do I access clipboard history in the terminal?
Frequently asked questions
How many entries does Chau7 clipboard history store?
Chau7 clipboard history stores 50 entries by default, configurable up to 1,000 in settings. History is persisted via UserDefaults JSON and survives app restarts.
Does Chau7 clipboard history sync with the system clipboard?
Chau7 clipboard history captures copies from within Chau7. System clipboard contents pasted into it are recorded as paste events. The two histories are separate but complementary. Chau7 never overwrites your system clipboard unless you explicitly paste from history.