Hi, forgive me if this is something that might have been discussed already at some point.
For a long time, clipboards on computers were seen primarily on the users’ end as 1 string of text or maybe a file, used only through keyboard shortcuts. However, for years now, KDE, Windows, Android, and ChromeOS (I’m unsure of Apple systems) have had visually-accessible clipboards. These were typically integrated into or extended from virtual keyboards. In essence, clipboards have partially returned to what their predecessors used to be: convenient places to store miscellaneous information. This brings me to a pain point: I cannot directly add strings of text to the clipboard widget, yet I can edit them and favorite them as I please. This asymmetry between editing and creating is very annoying because I have to manually copy text from whatever random text box I can find to write within. The use case already exists, it’s just stymied. On Gboard on Android, I can manually add text. In addition, ChromeOS has a feature where you can directly pin files and photos to the taskbar in a dedicated drawer thingy (rather than just copying, which is outdated because I can only paste one thing at a time). KDE could implement both of those features into the clipboard with minimal effort (as far as I know as a non-coder) since images previews and text editing are already part of the clipboard view anyways. The folder view and media frame widgets are kind of dated and non-discoverable in this regard. The goal here is a catch-all option for quickly moving, sharing, and pasting text, images, and files. The potential for integration with KDE Connect is excellent too. I genuinely think this could be a major update for KDE but idk maybe I’m getting scope creep lol.
As far as novel ideas: it would be really cool to have some sort of sticky notes view integrated into the clipboard. KDE’s sticky notes are an extremely underutilized feature that I really love, since they’re baked into the desktop rather than a third party app with windows masquerading as pieces of paper. Having multiple sticky notes on a panel clogs it up, and it’s difficult and time consuming to add multiple sticky notes to the desktop given the animations into and back from edit mode. An “Add Sticky Note” option to the desktop right-click menu would open up an opportunity to let users decide whether middle click creates a sticky note from pasted content (something that should be configurable). Again, the use cases are stymied by friction. I can easily make a sticky note with old text but if I want a blank one it’s a super involved process.