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[Feature Request] Add option to paste text unformatted (adopt target format)

Open hyuri opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

In Fade In Pro, web browsers and office suites, we have the option to paste text as unformatted using Ctrl + Shift + V. By that I mean the incoming formatting is ignored and the target formatting is adopted.

It would be handy if Starc had this. So when we press Ctrl + Shift + V, it treats the text as plain-text, ignoring any contained formatting, and adopts the target formatting instead. Including adopting any element highlighting.

hyuri avatar Jul 19 '23 04:07 hyuri

What is the case when you want to insert text unformatted? You want to avoid automatic format detection or something else?

dimkanovikov avatar Jul 19 '23 06:07 dimkanovikov

No, I should clarify: When pressing Ctrl + Shift + V, the idea would be that Starc treats the copied text as plain-text (ignores the copied formatting) and converts it to the format the cursor is on. Instead of pasting it as the formatting it was copied.

So let's say I copy a piece of text from an action line and paste it to a dialogue block, right now it will paste as action line. With Ctrl + Shift + V, I want the pasted text to be converted to dialogue.

That's how it works in other apps that have this feature. The text pasted with Ctrl + Shift + V adopts the new formatting instead of using its own embedded style.

Note: Description updated to clarify.

hyuri avatar Jul 19 '23 14:07 hyuri

Description updated to note Fade In Pro has this feature.

hyuri avatar Jul 20 '23 16:07 hyuri