Floating toolbar for copy and paste?

loweskid

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28 Oct 2008 - 6:22 PM

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Anyone know of a simple floating toolbar that I can place anywhere on the screen? Mainly for Firefox but if it could be used in any other Windows program then so much the better. Specifically, I just want to be able to place copy and paste buttons next to any field, mainly for repetitive keywording tasks.

I've had a good google, lots of stuff with all sorts of elaborate options but I can't find anything simple.

loweskid

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28 Oct 2008 - 6:57 PM

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Yes, I use those but it means taking my hand off the mouse and over to the keyboard. I know that sounds pathetic but it gets a bit tedious when you're doing it a couple of hundred times when moving keywords on alamy's website.

Alamy have three keyword fields, 'comprehensive', 'main', and 'essential'. The standard ICTP keywords are imported into their 'comprehensive' field so then have to be moved to the others. What I would like is to have copy and paste buttons which I can place right next to the 'comprehensive' field, highlight the words I want to move, hit the 'copy' button, move the mouse cursor to the other field and hit the 'paste' button. All could be done with just a minimal flick of the mouse, which actually equates to a big saving in tedium when you're doing it several hundred times!

mad-dogs

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28 Oct 2008 - 7:34 PM

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Put the keywords in a text file, select the appropriate words and drag across into the 'field' boxes.

Can all be done with a mug of coffee in one hand and a single button Mac mouse.

I got tired of putting all the data in the ITPC via 'file info', only to find most of it stripped out when I came to finish off the process on Alamy.

lobsterboy (Site Moderator)

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28 Oct 2008 - 7:56 PM

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Quote: [Specifically, I just want to be able to place copy and paste buttons next to any field, mainly for repetitive keywording tasks.

can't you just use the right mouse button menu?

loweskid

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28 Oct 2008 - 8:28 PM

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Quote: can't you just use the right mouse button menu

Yes but it means moving my finger from the scroll wheel to the right button. I'm left handed so have my index finger over the scroll wheel and middle finger over the left button. Therefore I have to move my index finger to use the right button - I know that sounds pathetic but try doing it a couple of hundred times!

If I can have a couple of buttons right next to the left side of the field I can hold the left button down, move across the text from right to left to highlight it, continue in the same direction and click the 'copy' button, scroll down so that the next field is aligned to the buttons, click in the field and then click the 'paste' button. All done with the minimum of mouse clicks using just two fingers, one on the left button, one on the scroll wheel, and the odd flick of the wrist.