Foreign media 9to5 Google reports that one of the more useful features of Gboard for Windows 10 and Android is the ability to temporarily store and manage content you have recently copied to the clipboard. Now, Google wants to bring a similar clipboard manager to Chrome OS to support text, images, and more.
On Windows 10, you can use the Windows + V shortcut to bring up a list of recently copied content, which is especially handy if you accidentally copy something you want to keep in your clipboard. Android, like many other operating systems, only offers this feature through installed apps such as Gboard, and only this year gained support for saving recently copied images.
According to newly released code changes, with the corresponding flag in chrome://flags, Google is preparing a built-in clipboard manager for Chrome OS. Judging from the flag's description, it seems to be inspired by the Windows 10 clipboard manager, using a similar shortcut key combination.
It’s not surprising that the key combination uses Search + V, because the Chrome OS operating system often uses the Search key, such as the Home key for Search + Left key, and the Google Assistant key for Search + A key. In this case, the clipboard manager may select Search + V, similar to the Ctrl + V key combination on most computers.
Currently in early development, Chrome OS's clipboard manager will store the five items you've copied, with plans to support text, formatted text, images, web links in bookmark format, and something called "Web Smart Paste." content.
Digging into old code changes from the same developer, we think Chrome OS's clipboard manager has been given the fitting codename "tote." Based on the same code, we also believe that "tote" will have a dedicated button in ChromeOS's quick settings bar, in addition to being easily opened via Search + V.
All in all, assuming this new clipboard manager actually launches and isn't canceled, it'll be another big step toward helping Chrome OS stay on par with the likes of Windows, which Parallels plans to support.