def create_widgets(self): # Top frame top_frame = tk.Frame(self.root) top_frame.pack(fill=tk.X, padx=5, pady=5) tk.Label(top_frame, text="Clipboard History", font=("Arial", 14, "bold")).pack(side=tk.LEFT) tk.Button(top_frame, text="Clear History", command=self.clear_history).pack(side=tk.RIGHT, padx=2) tk.Button(top_frame, text="Paste to Clipboard", command=self.paste_selected).pack(side=tk.RIGHT, padx=2) # Search bar self.search_var = tk.StringVar() self.search_var.trace("w", lambda *a: self.update_history_display()) search_entry = tk.Entry(self.root, textvariable=self.search_var, placeholder="Search...") search_entry.pack(fill=tk.X, padx=5, pady=2) # Listbox with scrollbar frame = tk.Frame(self.root) frame.pack(fill=tk.BOTH, expand=True, padx=5, pady=5) scrollbar = tk.Scrollbar(frame) scrollbar.pack(side=tk.RIGHT, fill=tk.Y) self.listbox = tk.Listbox(frame, yscrollcommand=scrollbar.set, font=("Consolas", 10)) self.listbox.pack(side=tk.LEFT, fill=tk.BOTH, expand=True) self.listbox.bind("<Double-Button-1>", lambda e: self.paste_selected()) self.listbox.bind("<Button-3>", self.show_context_menu) # right-click scrollbar.config(command=self.listbox.yview) # Status bar self.status_var = tk.StringVar() self.status_var.set("Monitoring clipboard...") status_bar = tk.Label(self.root, textvariable=self.status_var, bd=1, relief=tk.SUNKEN, anchor=tk.W) status_bar.pack(side=tk.BOTTOM, fill=tk.X)
I can't directly develop or install software on your Windows machine, but I can give you for a custom Windows clipboard history manager (with GUI) that extends the built-in clipboard. windows clipboard history
def on_close(self): self.running = False self.save_history() self.root.destroy() if == " main ": root = tk.Tk() # Add placeholder text workaround class EntryWithPlaceholder(tk.Entry): def init (self, master=None, placeholder="", **kwargs): super(). init (master, **kwargs) self.placeholder = placeholder self.bind("<FocusIn>", self.on_focus_in) self.bind("<FocusOut>", self.on_focus_out) self.on_focus_out() def on_focus_in(self, e): if self.get() == self.placeholder: self.delete(0, tk.END) self.config(fg="black") def on_focus_out(self, e): if not self.get(): self.insert(0, self.placeholder) self.config(fg="grey") tk.Entry = EntryWithPlaceholder def create_widgets(self): # Top frame top_frame = tk
def monitor_clipboard(self): while self.running: try: current = pyperclip.paste() if current != self.last_text and current.strip() != "": self.last_text = current # Avoid duplicates of same consecutive text if not self.history or self.history[0]["text"] != current: self.history.insert(0, "text": current, "timestamp": datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") ) # Trim history while len(self.history) > MAX_HISTORY: removed = self.history.pop() self.pinned.discard((removed["text"], removed["timestamp"])) self.save_history() # Update GUI in main thread self.root.after(0, self.update_history_display) except Exception as e: print("Monitor error:", e) time.sleep(0.5) text="Paste to Clipboard"
def get_filtered_history(self): search_term = self.search_var.get().lower() filtered = [item for item in self.history if search_term in item["text"].lower()] # Sort: pinned first, then by timestamp desc filtered.sort(key=lambda x: (x["text"], x["timestamp"]) not in self.pinned) return filtered
def update_history_display(self): self.listbox.delete(0, tk.END) filtered = self.get_filtered_history() for item in filtered: text = item["text"].replace("\n", " ").replace("\r", "") if len(text) > 80: text = text[:77] + "..." # Pin indicator prefix = "📌 " if (item["text"], item["timestamp"]) in self.pinned else " " display = f"prefixtext" self.listbox.insert(tk.END, display) self.status_var.set(f"History: len(filtered) items (max MAX_HISTORY)")