Clipboard: The shortcut to delete clip is counterintuitive

[nihalxkumar]

It is a common convention in all clipboard managers to use the delete button.

Whatever the reason behind using Ctrl + X, there should be support for the delete button as well.

[aurelleb]

Ctrl + X is commonly used to 'cut' stuff. You can change this keybind in the keybind settings ("remove action" item)

[nihalxkumar]

Yes, Ctrl + X is a convention to cut stuff and the delete key is a convention to delete stuff. It is great that there is an option to change the keybind.

My point is that the current shortcut to delete clip i.e Ctrl + X is counterintuitive and we should have the sane convention i.e delete as a default 😅

If we align here, I would be happy to send a PR.

[aurelleb]

I don't think it is that counter intuitive since this is what Raycast uses for all remove actions. People coming from Raycast would expect it to be this way. Personally I never reach for my delete key so I guess I may not be the only one.

An action can also be bound to multiple shortcuts (only the first one is displayed). This could be a way to add 'delete' as a permanent alias but this would also make conflicts more likely so I'm not a big fan of that.

I think that if the removal of something is bound to "delete" in your workflow changing the remove action probably makes the most sense.

I guess I could add this to some FAQ section in the docs if that's a recurrent issue (in which case I may consider changing the default, but this has been the first complaint so far tbh)

[nihalxkumar]

I love the product and thank you for your contributions. This is just my small contribution in making it even better.

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I don't think it is that counter intuitive since this is what Raycast uses for all remove actions.

We don't have to follow everything that Raycast does. Vicinae has the potential to become bigger and better than Raycast.

in your workflow

I am talking conventions here.

Windows Clipboard, KDE Klipper and MacOS (third party) Paste have delete as the default

// Another MacOS popular third party clipboard manager- Maccy uses delete along with Ctrl + X

but this would also make conflicts more likely so I'm not a big fan of that.

I am leaving it upto you

This is just a small yet significant hit/miss situation