Autohotkey - convert clipboard formatted text to plain text

Question

How to convert clipboard formatted text to plain text with Autohotkey on just a few programs only? Let say on google chrome?

OnClipboardChange:
if (A_EventInfo = "1") {
  Clipboard=%Clipboard%
}
return

This works perfect, but how to limit it to chrome only? If I wrap with #IfWinActive don't do any limitation, just works everywhere.

#IfWinActive ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1
  code goes here
#IfWinActive

stansult · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-18T04:40:44.580

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I tried to create small separate script, and this one works for me as you described (strips off the formatting when I copy something from the Chrome browser):

#SingleInstance
#Persistent

SetTitleMatchMode, 2

OnClipboardChange:
if (A_EventInfo = 1) and (WinActive("Chrome")) {
  Clipboard=%Clipboard%
}
return

You may of course use WinActive("ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1") instead of WinActive("Chrome") as you did in your example, that also works.

edited Mar 18 '16 at 04:40

answered Mar 17 '16 at 03:37

stansult

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If I try to use `WinActive("Chrome_WidgetWin_1")` not working, but works with `WinActive("Chrome")`. What means Chrome? Its not ahk_class name. Also `WinActive ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1` not working. Should I use something else instead of ahk_class name? – Tomas Mar 17 '16 at 09:23
WinActive checks the whole window title. When I check Chrome browser’s window title, here’s what I see: `Autohotkey - convert clipboard formatted text to plain text - Stack Overflow - Google Chrome ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1 ahk_exe chrome.exe` – stansult Mar 18 '16 at 04:26
So it means that you can use actual text title, or ahk_class, or ahk_exe, or all of them, or any part of any of them. Just don’t forget to set TitleMatch to 2 by `SetTitleMatchMode, 2` – stansult Mar 18 '16 at 04:33
I think “Chrome_WidgetWin_1” doesn’t work for you because if you are using ahk_class, you should specify it like this: `WinActive("ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1")`. So I was wrong when I wrote it like `WinActive("Chrome_WidgetWin_1")` − this way it probably only looks into the actual text title, and doesn’t check ahk_class. I edited my answer, thanks. – stansult Mar 18 '16 at 04:38
I personally don’t like to use classes with numbers (like “Chrome_WidgetWin_1”), because when I see them, I start thinking that there should be “Chrome_WidgetWin_2” somewhere, and so on… :) – stansult Mar 18 '16 at 04:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 17 '16 at 22:37

Complete code to remove formatting from text on chrome and firefox:

#SingleInstance
#Persistent

SetTitleMatchMode, 2

OnClipboardChange:
if (A_EventInfo = 1) and WinActive("ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1") or WinActive("ahk_class MozillaWindowClass") {
 Clipboard=%Clipboard%
}
return

Autohotkey - convert clipboard formatted text to plain text

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