Is there a clear formatting function in MacOS similar to CTRL+Space on Windows? It's annoying that copying text from a webpage also copies the style. I am looking for a quick way to remove that from a text after pasting it. CTRL+Space works on Windows in many applications like OneNote, MS Word, but unfortunately the same hotkeys are not working on MacOS, even in OneNote.
MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023)
No, there is no standardized clear formatting function in macOS for stripping HTML/CSS3 styling from a web content copied to the clipboard. Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and The Brave browser to name a few will copy different data types to the clipboard for even the same content.
On macOS, each application is programmed by their developer to accept certain content types from the clipboard in a paste operation. Due to that variation and the purpose of the application, this content type is not universal and your pasted results may not be what is preferred.
I just right-clicked on one of Rudegar's links and chose Copy Link. In Apple's Pages v13.2 or Word 16.78, that hyperlink simply pastes as plain text. But here are the choices found on the clipboard from that copy operation in Safari 17.1:
On macOS Sonoma 14.1, Pages v13.2 and Word 16.78 both accept the public.url data type from the clipboard and it appears as plain text with a standard paste. But if I paste into Apple's Notes or TextEdit applications, the link is posted as an active blue HTML link because those applications are HTML aware. In Apple's Notes, if I wanted to paste as just plain text, then I could either select the Edit menu : Paste and Match Style, or its ⌥⇧⌘V keyboard shortcut.
I hear you about complicated keyboard shortcuts…
No, there is no standardized clear formatting function in macOS for stripping HTML/CSS3 styling from a web content copied to the clipboard. Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and The Brave browser to name a few will copy different data types to the clipboard for even the same content.
On macOS, each application is programmed by their developer to accept certain content types from the clipboard in a paste operation. Due to that variation and the purpose of the application, this content type is not universal and your pasted results may not be what is preferred.
I just right-clicked on one of Rudegar's links and chose Copy Link. In Apple's Pages v13.2 or Word 16.78, that hyperlink simply pastes as plain text. But here are the choices found on the clipboard from that copy operation in Safari 17.1:
On macOS Sonoma 14.1, Pages v13.2 and Word 16.78 both accept the public.url data type from the clipboard and it appears as plain text with a standard paste. But if I paste into Apple's Notes or TextEdit applications, the link is posted as an active blue HTML link because those applications are HTML aware. In Apple's Notes, if I wanted to paste as just plain text, then I could either select the Edit menu : Paste and Match Style, or its ⌥⇧⌘V keyboard shortcut.
I hear you about complicated keyboard shortcuts…
Command option V or command shift option V will paste and clear the style. I’m not at a Mac to check which one it is but I think it’s one of those two combinations.
I usually just past it to a text field or program that I know does not support the formatting and then copy paste it from there
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CMD+Option+Shift+C and CMD+Option+Shift+C are EXTREMELY inconvenient. Cannot be considered a solution to this. Besides, then the user has to have the end-state aready in mind during the copy process. Also not great.
You don't have to hold all of those keys when copying. Just when Pasting and wanting to clear the formatting.
Doesn't the app you are using have some sort of clear formatting command?
Is it really more difficult to hold two extra keys down when pasting than just pasting, selecting what you pasted, and selecting another typing another command?
klauslogarithmus wrote:
Please, read the discussion before answering.
I did. That’s why I provided the answer you were looking for, but you don’t like.
But based on your previous answer, it appears you didn’t read the discussion before responding.
Please, read the discussion before answering.
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