Hello,
I would like to request a feature for Plasma that would significantly improve clipboard usability:
the ability to view and select from clipboard history directly within the right-click context menu (especially in text input areas).
For example, when right-clicking inside a text box (in KWrite, Konsole, or any Qt/KDE app), there is currently a context menu with items like Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Select All.
It would be very helpful if a submenu like “Clipboard History” could appear just below “Select All”, listing the last few copied items.
This feature exists in some desktop environments and third-party applications, and it would provide faster access to clipboard history without opening an external window or relying on keyboard shortcuts.
Even better would be an option to enable/disable this in Klipper settings for those who prefer a cleaner context menu.
I understand this would require integration between Klipper (or CopyQ) and the application context menu system, which is currently internal to each application.
But even a limited implementation for KDE/Qt-based apps would be a huge productivity boost.
Thank you for your consideration and for all your work on Plasma.
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Hi - just for reference, a request for this feature has been submitted through the KDE Bugtracking System: 427214 – Add ability to paste Klipper’s contents on selection
This looks like something that requires someone with the time, ability and interest to jump in and figure out how to implement, in a way that doesn’t create more problems than it solves, and can line up well with both the KDE code base and methods potentially many different applications would use to accept text input. Not impossible, just a pretty decent sized amount of work, I’m guessing 
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Dear friend,
Your responses to my points are truly an honor. Thank you so much.
The KDE team has already achieved what many would consider impossible. For them, this would be nothing more than “one small step further” I’m sure of it.
This seemingly minor feature can actually be seen as something vital and potentially widely used, one that will make life easier for everyone from everyday users to professionals, often saving them from having to deal with clipboard windows.
I trust the KDE developers…
Long live FREE SOFTWARE, long live LINUX, long live FREEDOM.
I hail from the Ubuntu tribe but I am browsing here as I contemplate some KDE initiatives. I use Krusader a lot. But to your task can I suggest CopyQ?
Dear friend, thank you for your reply. I have already started using CopyQ. But if Klipper had this feature, I would prefer it. By the way, a friendly advice for you: do not prefer Canonical. Watch Richard Stallman’s comments on this subject. You have options like Fedora and Arch Linux or many other distros of Debian. I also started with Kubuntu. But because of Canonical, I am currently using a different distro and I’m glad I switched.
I have used Canonical Ubuntu for many years and I do not look forward to learning CLI klingon language for each distro. Instead I declare my home base R&D interests in orchestrating a bevy of AI Agents to drive the engine rooms and UI of various distros. Unfortunately one has to consider that other remote users (mentoring chain) have their own choice. There was a Professor Dijkstra decades ago
Edsger W. Dijkstra - Wikipedia who advocated building layers on top of existing layers (distros today) and with cooperating AI Agents we are moving in that direction. Such is my playpen.
Here is one tip. Install Albert. Inspect the cq handler. You simply launch by [ctrl+space] and in the popup type cq space to see the options. You can amend that extension to suit your purposes.
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