ClipboardFusion RSS: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324 ClipboardFusion RSS: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box Wed, 20 May 2026 21:59:16 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324 RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#14 Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:45:23 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#14 ClipboardFusion Oh nice, good catch! I can reproduce that here now as well and have added it to our list to fix up :) ]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#13 Thu, 11 Jan 2024 05:44:44 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#13 ClipboardFusion My advanced setting "Disable Clear Clipboard History Button" is set to "Clear Clipboard History button will always be disabled". This is the point of difference between the behavior you have reported and what I observe.

Yes, if I enable "Disable Clear Clipboard History Button" then Tab x 2 navigates between Search box and History list. Disabled button can't hold keyboard focus, right? ]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#12 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:24:02 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#12 ClipboardFusion That's strange, I can't reproduce that here. For me, if the focus is in the search box, Tab x2 takes me to the list, and then Tab x2 again takes me back to the search box. Basically we added the "Delete all items" button and "Settings" button to the tab order in one of the previous versions, so each time you press tab it should take you to the next one in this list:

  • Item list
  • Delete button
  • Search box
  • Settings button
]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#11 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:52:05 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#11 ClipboardFusion Thanks for advice, "Show History Menu with Query TextBox Focused." is a nice feature.
However, the Search box focus by using keyboard still needs to be fixed. For example, I have opened History Menu and focus is in the Search box (thanks, nice). Next, I pressed Tab to navigate to the main part of the app, i.e. History. At this point, there's no way to switch focus back to Search text box using keyboard. Doesn't matter how many times I press Tab, the Search box is unreachable. It is quite strange, because the UI looks relatively straightforward. What eats Tab presses away and prevents from putting focus in the Search box? ]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#10 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 21:04:00 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#10 ClipboardFusion Oh yep, sorry, I was mistaken because I was typing letters which automatically gives focus to the search box. Looks like it's actually Tab x4 to get to the search box. There's a hotkey on the Settings > HotKeys tab for "Show History Menu with Query TextBox Focused." You could remove the Ctrl + ` hotkey from the standard one and set it on that one. Would that work for you? ]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#9 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:41:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#9 ClipboardFusion No, hitting Tab twice doesn't work for me. Steps to reproduce:
1) Open ClipboardFusion history (I have Ctrl+` hot key for that)
2) Press Tab twice, as recommended
3) Press number "1" on the keyboard.

Exprected result: ClipboardFusion finds history entries with "1" in the text.
Actual result: it inserts into underlying window the content of top-most entry (which has index 1) and closes the window. ]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#8 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:21:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#8 ClipboardFusion If you hit Tab twice, does it work? Seems to work for me, it's just that the first tab press goes to the Settings button. ]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#7 Mon, 25 Dec 2023 11:34:15 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#7 ClipboardFusion This feature has regressed in recent versions. Pressing Tab when History Menu is open doesn't place cursor in the Search textbox. Please fix this bug ]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#6 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 05:35:04 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#6 ClipboardFusion Excellent, much more convenient now.
Thank you ]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#5 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:57:23 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#5 ClipboardFusion We've just released a new ClipboardFusion Beta(http://www.clipboardfusion.com/Download/Beta) and you should now be able to move between the list and search box using the Tab key.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#4 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:05:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#4 ClipboardFusion Ah yep, good point! I will add that to the list :) ]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#3 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 02:56:06 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#3 ClipboardFusion Yes, sure, it is working - as long as I start typing characters focus automatically goes to search box. However, as you can see in my screenshot, most of the entries in my history are either numbers or predominantly numbers. Most of the time I need to find some number in the history.

Currently, I have to start typing some unrelated characters with the sole purpose of moving focus to search box, backspace to remove it, and finally start typing the numbers I want to find. Wouldn't it be easier to have dedicated well known key to switch focus? Tab seems to be standard in most Windows applications.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#2 Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:42:26 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324#2 ClipboardFusion You should actually be able to just start typing when the Clipboard Manager has focus, and ClipboardFusion will automatically pass focus to the search box. If that's not working, please let us know :)

Thanks! ]]> Switching focus between History Menu's list and search text box https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324 Wed, 30 Aug 2017 04:49:40 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.clipboardfusion.com/Discussions/View/switching-focus-between-history-menus-list-and-search-text-box/?ID=8c2c1977-c3ce-4d6f-88af-99b137093324 ClipboardFusion How to switch focus between list and search text box using keyboard? ]]>