Copying multiple filenames to clipboard?

With "TextEdit.app", also note that it is possible in "Rich Text" mode to use "Edit" > "Paste and Match Style" (or its accompanying keyboard combination) to paste file selections as file names.

However, note that this does not work correctly in "Mail.app" despite the presence of the same menu item.

if you simply select several files in finder and do command+c and then paste it into a plain text document (or in an excel file for that matter) it will paste the file names.

Good to know, but a couple of minutes too late! I was just working with a file where I wanted the path to several items, but also wanted to bold some headings, and was also adding URLs, so had two versions of the document open: one in plain and one in RTF. Accidently discovered that not only will RTF handle images, but it will even embed a movie. And dragging the URL from the browser results in a clickable link with the page title rather than the actual URL itself.
Francine


Francine
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I'm attempting to copy a list of image names and paste them into a text file, but the "paste" command pastes the images themselves, not just the filenames.

This used to be SOP, but something seems to have changed with Leopard. Or am I missing a setting somewhere to just copy the filename, and not the icon or image?

Are you using TextEdit? If so, it has two possible formats: Rich Text and Plain Text. Since it will actually handle images in Rich Text, if your page is set to that format you get the behavior you describe. However, if you switch to Plain Text in the Format menu, it will simply show the file list of images. If you want the list in a page that otherwise needs to be in Rich Text you could just create a new Plain Text doc, paste your text in there, then drag 'n drop the text list from the one doc to the other. Another cool thing: if you need the complete path to the items just select them then drag 'n drop from the Finder window into the Plain Text formatted window and instead of just the name of the files you get the complete path to the file.
Francine


Francine
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Ah, missed that part of the previous post. Thanks! Works a treat.