ClipTyper

> The last mile for text that cannot be pasted.
> ClipTyper types clipboard text — passwords, commands, scripts, and config blocks — into Remote Desktops, server KVMs, and locked-down fields, character by character via Windows SendInput.

Why ClipTyper?

When clipboard paste (Ctrl+V) is blocked or unavailable, manual retyping is slow, painful, and prone to typos. ClipTyper bridges this gap without requiring network access, server-side agents, or administrator rights.

Common scenarios where ClipTyper helps:

🖥️ Remote Desktop & VDI: Fullscreen RDP, Citrix Workspace, or VMware Horizon where clipboard redirection is disabled by GPO.
🖲️ Out-of-Band Management & KVM: HP iLO, Dell iDRAC, Supermicro IPMI, and Raritan KVM-over-IP HTML5 consoles with no clipboard channel.
☁️ Cloud & Hypervisor Consoles: AWS EC2 Serial Console, Azure Serial Console, Proxmox noVNC/SPICE, and VMware ESXi / vSphere web consoles.
🤝 Remote Support & Screen Sharing: Microsoft Teams screen control sharing or Zoom remote sessions where the viewer's clipboard is not bridged.
🔒 Security & Banking Portals: Web forms and password fields that intentionally disable paste events (onpaste="return false;").

🎯 Target Compatibility Matrix

Tested configurations and recommended settings for common remote and restricted environments:

Target Environment	Why Paste Fails	Recommended Settings	Practical Tip
Remote Desktop (RDP / mstsc) — Windowed	Clipboard redirection disabled by GPO	Delay: `25 ms`Mode: `Unicode`Trigger: `Ctrl + Shift + T`	Default configuration works out of the box.
Remote Desktop (RDP / mstsc) — Fullscreen	Global hotkeys forwarded to remote OS	Delay: `25 ms`Mode: `Unicode`Trigger: Floating Overlay	Use screen-edge Overlay button (or toggle visibility with `Ctrl + Shift + H`).
Citrix Workspace / VMware Horizon	Policy cuts clipboard bridging	Delay: `35–50 ms`Mode: `Unicode` or `VK Mode`	Increase delay if high network latency causes dropped characters.
HP iLO / Dell iDRAC (HTML5)	Canvas console accepts raw keystrokes only	Delay: `40–60 ms`Mode: `VK Compatibility Mode`	VK mode translates to physical keycodes required by canvas emulators.
Proxmox noVNC / ESXi Web Console	Web terminal has no clipboard pipe	Delay: `30–45 ms`Mode: `Unicode`Newline: `Enter`	Plain Unicode typing passes cleanly to browser websocket terminal.
AWS EC2 / Azure Serial Console	Raw TTY/COM serial stream	Delay: `30 ms`Plain-Text: `Enabled`	Plain-text enforcement avoids terminal escape sequence corruption.
MS Teams Screen Control / Zoom	Viewer clipboard not bridged across WebRTC	Delay: `30–50 ms`Mode: `VK Compatibility Mode`Newline: `Shift + Enter` (chat)	VK mode bypasses WebRTC synthetic keystroke capture limitations.
Paste-Blocked Password Fields	JavaScript intercepts paste events	Delay: `15–25 ms`Mode: `Credential Auto-Type`	Auto-detects Tab/Newline delimiters; optional auto-clear clipboard.

> 💡 Tested another environment? Submit a Target Compatibility Report to help expand this matrix!

⬇️ Download & Installation

Windows Package Manager (WinGet)

You can install ClipTyper directly from your terminal:

winget install unpaved028.ClipTyper

Manual Download

Variant	Description	.NET Runtime Required?	Download
Installer (Recommended)	Standard non-admin Setup.exe – automatically creates Start Menu shortcuts and handles Autostart	❌ No	ClipTyper-Setup.exe
Portable	Single `.exe` self-contained with .NET Runtime – runs instantly anywhere	❌ No	ClipTyper-Portable.exe
Slim	Single `.exe` (~1.5 MB), requires installed .NET 8 Runtime	✅ Install Runtime	ClipTyper-Slim.exe

> 💡 Not sure which version to choose? Grab the Installer — it sets up everything automatically without requiring any Administrator privileges.

Features

🎯 Paste anywhere — works in RDP sessions, KVM consoles, web terminals, and password fields that block clipboard paste
🔑 Credential Auto-Type — two-stage typing for username and password with delimiter detection (Tab / Newline / Custom) and transition keys
↩️ Flexible Newline Handling — customizable behavior for newlines (Enter, Shift + Enter for chat apps, replace with space, or ignore)
📄 Plain-Text Mode — prefer Unicode plain-text clipboard format over RTF/HTML formatting
🎲 Humanized Typing Jitter — optional random typing variance (1–50ms, default ±5ms) to simulate natural keystrokes
📦 Fully portable — single .exe, no installation needed
🔒 No admin rights — runs entirely in user-space
⌨️ Hardware-level input — uses SendInput with Unicode characters or optional VK keycode mapping
🛡️ Typing safety & robustness — Escape emergency abort, focus-loss protection, single-instance guard, max text length confirmation dialog, and input sanitization (BOM, null-bytes, zero-width spaces filter)
⚡ Teams & Remote Desktop compatibility — optional VK compatibility mode translating characters to real virtual keycodes for MS Teams control share, Citrix, and RDP
🛡️ UIPI elevation warning — clear alert dialog when attempting to type into administrator-elevated target windows
🕐 Configurable timing — adjustable keystroke delay (5–100ms) ensures no characters are dropped
🖥️ Silent background app — runs as a system tray icon with single-instance guard
🖱️ Floating overlay button — optional on-screen button with multi-monitor support, edge snapping, live-preview scaling (25% - 200%), pulsing typing animation, completion checkmark, and customizable visibility toggle hotkey
⚙️ Customizable hotkeys — change the trigger hotkey and the overlay visibility toggle hotkey to any combinations you prefer
🔄 Automated update check — checks for new releases on startup (24h throttled) with native tray notifications, visual update badges on tray icon and overlay, and release notes display in the About dialog

Usage

Basic (Hotkey)

Start ClipTyper.exe — it appears in the system tray (notification area)
Copy any text to your clipboard (Ctrl+C)
Click into the target window where you want to type
Press Ctrl + Shift + T — ClipTyper types the clipboard content character by character

> Tip: Press Escape at any time during typing to abort instantly!

Overlay Button (for RDP / Fullscreen Sessions)

When using fullscreen Remote Desktop, global hotkeys like Ctrl+Shift+T are forwarded to the remote session. The overlay button solves this:

Enable the overlay: Right-click tray icon → Settings → check "Show Overlay Button" → Save. (You can also toggle its visibility at any time using the Ctrl+Shift+H hotkey).
A small, semi-transparent ClipTyper icon appears at the edge of your screen
Hover over it — it slides out from the edge
Left-click it — ClipTyper automatically restores focus to your previous window and types the clipboard content
Right-click it to hide, select the active monitor, or select a scale preset (50%/100%/200%)

The overlay can be dragged anywhere on screen. When dragged near a screen edge (Left, Right, Top, Bottom) on any monitor, it snaps and peeks out cleanly.

Settings

Right-click the tray icon → Settings to configure:

Setting	Description	Default
Trigger Hotkey	The keyboard shortcut to trigger typing. Validates if the hotkey is in use.	`Ctrl + Shift + T`
Keystroke Delay	Delay between each simulated keystroke (5–100ms). Increase for slow/remote targets.	25ms
Newline Handling	How newlines are sent: `Enter`, `Shift + Enter` (Chats), `Space`, or `Ignore`.	`Enter (Default)`
Enforce Plain-Text	Prefers Unicode plain-text clipboard format over RTF/HTML formatting.	Disabled
Typing Jitter	Adds random variance (1–50ms, default ±5ms) to simulate natural typing.	Disabled
Credential Auto-Type	Two-stage login: Auto-detects delimiters (Tab/Newline/Custom) to type user and password.	Disabled
Custom Transition Key	Key sent between username and password in Custom mode (`Tab` or `Enter`).	`Tab`
Stage Pause	Delay (50–2000ms) between username and password during credential auto-typing.	200ms
Auto-Clear Clipboard	Automatically erases clipboard contents a few seconds after typing credentials.	Disabled
Clean Text	Removes invisible control chars, BOM, null-bytes, zero-width spaces before typing.	Enabled
Confirm Before Long Text	Shows duration estimate confirmation dialog before typing long clipboard text.	Enabled (> 5,000 chars)
VK Compatibility Mode	Translates characters to physical virtual keycodes for MS Teams control share / RDP.	Disabled
Play Sound Signal	Plays a system sound signal upon typing completion.	Disabled
Diagnostic Logging	Logs non-sensitive diagnostic events to local `clip-typer.log`.	Enabled
Show Overlay Button	Enable/disable the floating overlay button.	Disabled
Scale	Scale percentage slider (25%–200%) with real-time preview.	100%
Monitor	Select which display monitor to position the overlay on.	Primary Monitor
Overlay Toggle Hotkey	Keyboard shortcut to show/hide the floating overlay button (can be disabled).	`Ctrl + Shift + H`
Reset Position	Reset the overlay to the default position (right edge, center).	—
Run at Startup	(Installed version only) Run ClipTyper automatically on Windows boot.	Enabled
Automatically check for updates	Check GitHub automatically on launch for new releases (max 1x per 24h).	Enabled

How It Works

Clipboard text → SendInput (Unicode keystrokes) → Target application

High-frequency simulation loop translating string content into hardware input events via SendInput.
Safe threading: typing is executed on a dedicated background worker, keeping the UI responsive.
Single-instance concurrency guard ensures overlapping typing triggers are safely ignored.
No administrator privileges required for installation or autostart (uses HKCU).

Building from Source

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/unpaved028/ClipTyper.git
cd ClipTyper

# Build and run tests
dotnet test ClipTyper.sln -c Release

# 1. Portable (self-contained, compressed, with portable.marker)
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true /p:PublishSingleFile=true /p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o ./publish-portable
New-Item -Path ./publish-portable/portable.marker -ItemType File

# 2. Slim (framework-dependent, with portable.marker)
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained false /p:PublishSingleFile=true -o ./publish-slim
New-Item -Path ./publish-slim/portable.marker -ItemType File

# 3. WinGet (installed mode, no marker, settings in AppData)
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true /p:PublishSingleFile=true /p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o ./publish-winget

# 4. Compile Installer (requires Inno Setup installed)
iscc /DMyAppVersion=1.6.1 setup.iss

Requires .NET 8 SDK for building.

Changelog

v1.6.1

🛑 Stop Typing Anytime: Cancel active typing instantly from the system tray menu, the floating overlay menu, or by clicking the active overlay.
🎯 Target Compatibility Matrix: Comprehensive guide and presets for RDP, Citrix, VMware Horizon, iLO/iDRAC, and web serial consoles.
🛡️ Threat Model & Security Policy: Documented security boundaries, UIPI protection, and zero-telemetry privacy commitment in SECURITY.md.
📁 Smart Read-Only Fallback: Automatically detects write-protected media (USB/network shares) in portable mode and safely redirects settings to LocalAppData.
🔒 Diagnostic Logging Control: Easily enable or disable diagnostic logging (clip-typer.log) directly in Settings.
🔔 Actionable Alerts: Clear notification balloons for startup hotkey conflicts, read-only locations, or empty clipboards.
🎯 Custom Delimiter Transition Key: Choose whether ClipTyper presses Tab or Enter after your custom credential delimiter.
🔐 Release Integrity: Automated SHA256SUMS.txt cryptographic checksums attached to every release.
⚙️ Under-the-Hood Hardening: Cleaned thread synchronization, isolated hermetic test suite (24/24 passing), and zero compiler warnings under latest code analysis.

v1.6.0

🔑 Credential Auto-Type: Automatic two-stage typing for username and password. Detects Tab, Newline, or custom delimiters in copied text, types the username, presses Tab/Enter, pauses briefly, and safely types the password.
🔒 Credential Security: Passwords are never logged. Typing stops immediately if the target window loses focus before typing the password. Optional automatic clipboard clearing after login.
↩️ Configurable Newlines: Choose how line breaks are processed (Enter, Shift + Enter for MS Teams & chat apps, replace with space, or ignore).
📄 Plain-Text Mode: Strips Rich Text and HTML formatting from copied text before typing.
🎲 Humanized Typing Jitter: Adds subtle random variance to typing intervals to simulate natural keyboard input.
🛡️ Core Refactoring & Stability: Isolated background TypingService preventing parallel typing collision, thread-safe UI prompts, and memory leak fixes.

v1.5.1

🛠️ Installer App Shutdown Fix: Fixed issue where the Inno Setup installer hung at "Closing Applications..." when ClipTyper was running. Added graceful Windows message shutdown handling (WM_CLOSE, WM_QUERYENDSESSION, WM_ENDSESSION), Inno Setup AppMutex registration, and a process termination failsafe during installation.

v1.5.0

🛡️ Emergency Abort & Focus Safety: Immediate cancellation of typing when pressing Escape or when focus switches to another window.
🔒 Single-Instance Guard: Mutex-based check prevents launching multiple ClipTyper instances simultaneously.
⚡ Teams & Remote Desktop Compatibility: New optional VK compatibility mode for Microsoft Teams control share, RDP, and VMs.
📝 Input Sanitization: Automatic cleaning of clipboard text before typing (filters BOM, null-bytes, and invisible control characters).
⚠️ Long Text Protection: Configurable confirmation dialog before typing very long texts with estimated duration.
🛡️ Admin Rights Detection (UIPI): Clear alert dialog when target window is running with Administrator privileges.
📊 Visual Progress & Logging: Progress animation on overlay and tray icon, plus structured rotating file logging (clip-typer.log).

v1.4.0

New Inno Setup Installer: Introduced a user-space non-admin installer (ClipTyper-Setup.exe) that automatically configures Start Menu shortcuts and Autostart registry settings during installation, and launches the app automatically.
Overlay Scaling: Replaced size presets with a continuous Scale percentage slider (25% - 200%) in the settings form, including a real-time live preview.
Multi-Monitor Positioning: Added support for choosing which display monitor the overlay button resides on, and ensured relative coordinates are preserved on monitor switch.
All-Edge Peeking & Snapping: The overlay button can now snap and peek vertically (top/bottom) and horizontally (left/right) on any display.
Adjacent Monitor Bleeding Fix: Implemented boundary region clipping to prevent the floating icon from bleeding onto adjacent screens when parked.
Visibility Toggle Shortcut: Added a global hotkey (default Ctrl + Shift + H, fully customizable) to easily toggle the overlay button on/off.

v1.2.0

Added manual "Check for Updates" feature in the About dialog linking to Github Release API.
Implemented settings validation to prevent binding system-reserved or blocked hotkeys.

License

MIT

ClipTyper

Why ClipTyper?

Common scenarios where ClipTyper helps:

🖥️ Remote Desktop & VDI: Fullscreen RDP, Citrix Workspace, or VMware Horizon where clipboard redirection is disabled by GPO.
🖲️ Out-of-Band Management & KVM: HP iLO, Dell iDRAC, Supermicro IPMI, and Raritan KVM-over-IP HTML5 consoles with no clipboard channel.
☁️ Cloud & Hypervisor Consoles: AWS EC2 Serial Console, Azure Serial Console, Proxmox noVNC/SPICE, and VMware ESXi / vSphere web consoles.
🤝 Remote Support & Screen Sharing: Microsoft Teams screen control sharing or Zoom remote sessions where the viewer's clipboard is not bridged.
🔒 Security & Banking Portals: Web forms and password fields that intentionally disable paste events (onpaste="return false;").

🎯 Target Compatibility Matrix

Tested configurations and recommended settings for common remote and restricted environments:

Target Environment	Why Paste Fails	Recommended Settings	Practical Tip
Remote Desktop (RDP / mstsc) — Windowed	Clipboard redirection disabled by GPO	Delay: `25 ms`Mode: `Unicode`Trigger: `Ctrl + Shift + T`	Default configuration works out of the box.
Remote Desktop (RDP / mstsc) — Fullscreen	Global hotkeys forwarded to remote OS	Delay: `25 ms`Mode: `Unicode`Trigger: Floating Overlay	Use screen-edge Overlay button (or toggle visibility with `Ctrl + Shift + H`).
Citrix Workspace / VMware Horizon	Policy cuts clipboard bridging	Delay: `35–50 ms`Mode: `Unicode` or `VK Mode`	Increase delay if high network latency causes dropped characters.
HP iLO / Dell iDRAC (HTML5)	Canvas console accepts raw keystrokes only	Delay: `40–60 ms`Mode: `VK Compatibility Mode`	VK mode translates to physical keycodes required by canvas emulators.
Proxmox noVNC / ESXi Web Console	Web terminal has no clipboard pipe	Delay: `30–45 ms`Mode: `Unicode`Newline: `Enter`	Plain Unicode typing passes cleanly to browser websocket terminal.
AWS EC2 / Azure Serial Console	Raw TTY/COM serial stream	Delay: `30 ms`Plain-Text: `Enabled`	Plain-text enforcement avoids terminal escape sequence corruption.
MS Teams Screen Control / Zoom	Viewer clipboard not bridged across WebRTC	Delay: `30–50 ms`Mode: `VK Compatibility Mode`Newline: `Shift + Enter` (chat)	VK mode bypasses WebRTC synthetic keystroke capture limitations.
Paste-Blocked Password Fields	JavaScript intercepts paste events	Delay: `15–25 ms`Mode: `Credential Auto-Type`	Auto-detects Tab/Newline delimiters; optional auto-clear clipboard.

> 💡 Tested another environment? Submit a Target Compatibility Report to help expand this matrix!

⬇️ Download & Installation

Windows Package Manager (WinGet)

You can install ClipTyper directly from your terminal:

winget install unpaved028.ClipTyper

Manual Download

Variant	Description	.NET Runtime Required?	Download
Installer (Recommended)	Standard non-admin Setup.exe – automatically creates Start Menu shortcuts and handles Autostart	❌ No	ClipTyper-Setup.exe
Portable	Single `.exe` self-contained with .NET Runtime – runs instantly anywhere	❌ No	ClipTyper-Portable.exe
Slim	Single `.exe` (~1.5 MB), requires installed .NET 8 Runtime	✅ Install Runtime	ClipTyper-Slim.exe

> 💡 Not sure which version to choose? Grab the Installer — it sets up everything automatically without requiring any Administrator privileges.

Features

🎯 Paste anywhere — works in RDP sessions, KVM consoles, web terminals, and password fields that block clipboard paste
🔑 Credential Auto-Type — two-stage typing for username and password with delimiter detection (Tab / Newline / Custom) and transition keys
↩️ Flexible Newline Handling — customizable behavior for newlines (Enter, Shift + Enter for chat apps, replace with space, or ignore)
📄 Plain-Text Mode — prefer Unicode plain-text clipboard format over RTF/HTML formatting
🎲 Humanized Typing Jitter — optional random typing variance (1–50ms, default ±5ms) to simulate natural keystrokes
📦 Fully portable — single .exe, no installation needed
🔒 No admin rights — runs entirely in user-space
⌨️ Hardware-level input — uses SendInput with Unicode characters or optional VK keycode mapping
🛡️ Typing safety & robustness — Escape emergency abort, focus-loss protection, single-instance guard, max text length confirmation dialog, and input sanitization (BOM, null-bytes, zero-width spaces filter)
⚡ Teams & Remote Desktop compatibility — optional VK compatibility mode translating characters to real virtual keycodes for MS Teams control share, Citrix, and RDP
🛡️ UIPI elevation warning — clear alert dialog when attempting to type into administrator-elevated target windows
🕐 Configurable timing — adjustable keystroke delay (5–100ms) ensures no characters are dropped
🖥️ Silent background app — runs as a system tray icon with single-instance guard
🖱️ Floating overlay button — optional on-screen button with multi-monitor support, edge snapping, live-preview scaling (25% - 200%), pulsing typing animation, completion checkmark, and customizable visibility toggle hotkey
⚙️ Customizable hotkeys — change the trigger hotkey and the overlay visibility toggle hotkey to any combinations you prefer
🔄 Automated update check — checks for new releases on startup (24h throttled) with native tray notifications, visual update badges on tray icon and overlay, and release notes display in the About dialog

Usage

Basic (Hotkey)

Start ClipTyper.exe — it appears in the system tray (notification area)
Copy any text to your clipboard (Ctrl+C)
Click into the target window where you want to type
Press Ctrl + Shift + T — ClipTyper types the clipboard content character by character

> Tip: Press Escape at any time during typing to abort instantly!

Overlay Button (for RDP / Fullscreen Sessions)

When using fullscreen Remote Desktop, global hotkeys like Ctrl+Shift+T are forwarded to the remote session. The overlay button solves this:

Enable the overlay: Right-click tray icon → Settings → check "Show Overlay Button" → Save. (You can also toggle its visibility at any time using the Ctrl+Shift+H hotkey).
A small, semi-transparent ClipTyper icon appears at the edge of your screen
Hover over it — it slides out from the edge
Left-click it — ClipTyper automatically restores focus to your previous window and types the clipboard content
Right-click it to hide, select the active monitor, or select a scale preset (50%/100%/200%)

The overlay can be dragged anywhere on screen. When dragged near a screen edge (Left, Right, Top, Bottom) on any monitor, it snaps and peeks out cleanly.

Settings

Right-click the tray icon → Settings to configure:

Setting	Description	Default
Trigger Hotkey	The keyboard shortcut to trigger typing. Validates if the hotkey is in use.	`Ctrl + Shift + T`
Keystroke Delay	Delay between each simulated keystroke (5–100ms). Increase for slow/remote targets.	25ms
Newline Handling	How newlines are sent: `Enter`, `Shift + Enter` (Chats), `Space`, or `Ignore`.	`Enter (Default)`
Enforce Plain-Text	Prefers Unicode plain-text clipboard format over RTF/HTML formatting.	Disabled
Typing Jitter	Adds random variance (1–50ms, default ±5ms) to simulate natural typing.	Disabled
Credential Auto-Type	Two-stage login: Auto-detects delimiters (Tab/Newline/Custom) to type user and password.	Disabled
Custom Transition Key	Key sent between username and password in Custom mode (`Tab` or `Enter`).	`Tab`
Stage Pause	Delay (50–2000ms) between username and password during credential auto-typing.	200ms
Auto-Clear Clipboard	Automatically erases clipboard contents a few seconds after typing credentials.	Disabled
Clean Text	Removes invisible control chars, BOM, null-bytes, zero-width spaces before typing.	Enabled
Confirm Before Long Text	Shows duration estimate confirmation dialog before typing long clipboard text.	Enabled (> 5,000 chars)
VK Compatibility Mode	Translates characters to physical virtual keycodes for MS Teams control share / RDP.	Disabled
Play Sound Signal	Plays a system sound signal upon typing completion.	Disabled
Diagnostic Logging	Logs non-sensitive diagnostic events to local `clip-typer.log`.	Enabled
Show Overlay Button	Enable/disable the floating overlay button.	Disabled
Scale	Scale percentage slider (25%–200%) with real-time preview.	100%
Monitor	Select which display monitor to position the overlay on.	Primary Monitor
Overlay Toggle Hotkey	Keyboard shortcut to show/hide the floating overlay button (can be disabled).	`Ctrl + Shift + H`
Reset Position	Reset the overlay to the default position (right edge, center).	—
Run at Startup	(Installed version only) Run ClipTyper automatically on Windows boot.	Enabled
Automatically check for updates	Check GitHub automatically on launch for new releases (max 1x per 24h).	Enabled

How It Works

Clipboard text → SendInput (Unicode keystrokes) → Target application

High-frequency simulation loop translating string content into hardware input events via SendInput.
Safe threading: typing is executed on a dedicated background worker, keeping the UI responsive.
Single-instance concurrency guard ensures overlapping typing triggers are safely ignored.
No administrator privileges required for installation or autostart (uses HKCU).

Building from Source

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/unpaved028/ClipTyper.git
cd ClipTyper

# Build and run tests
dotnet test ClipTyper.sln -c Release

# 1. Portable (self-contained, compressed, with portable.marker)
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true /p:PublishSingleFile=true /p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o ./publish-portable
New-Item -Path ./publish-portable/portable.marker -ItemType File

# 2. Slim (framework-dependent, with portable.marker)
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained false /p:PublishSingleFile=true -o ./publish-slim
New-Item -Path ./publish-slim/portable.marker -ItemType File

# 3. WinGet (installed mode, no marker, settings in AppData)
dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true /p:PublishSingleFile=true /p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o ./publish-winget

# 4. Compile Installer (requires Inno Setup installed)
iscc /DMyAppVersion=1.6.1 setup.iss

Requires .NET 8 SDK for building.

Changelog

v1.6.1

🛑 Stop Typing Anytime: Cancel active typing instantly from the system tray menu, the floating overlay menu, or by clicking the active overlay.
🎯 Target Compatibility Matrix: Comprehensive guide and presets for RDP, Citrix, VMware Horizon, iLO/iDRAC, and web serial consoles.
🛡️ Threat Model & Security Policy: Documented security boundaries, UIPI protection, and zero-telemetry privacy commitment in SECURITY.md.
📁 Smart Read-Only Fallback: Automatically detects write-protected media (USB/network shares) in portable mode and safely redirects settings to LocalAppData.
🔒 Diagnostic Logging Control: Easily enable or disable diagnostic logging (clip-typer.log) directly in Settings.
🔔 Actionable Alerts: Clear notification balloons for startup hotkey conflicts, read-only locations, or empty clipboards.
🎯 Custom Delimiter Transition Key: Choose whether ClipTyper presses Tab or Enter after your custom credential delimiter.
🔐 Release Integrity: Automated SHA256SUMS.txt cryptographic checksums attached to every release.
⚙️ Under-the-Hood Hardening: Cleaned thread synchronization, isolated hermetic test suite (24/24 passing), and zero compiler warnings under latest code analysis.

v1.6.0

🔑 Credential Auto-Type: Automatic two-stage typing for username and password. Detects Tab, Newline, or custom delimiters in copied text, types the username, presses Tab/Enter, pauses briefly, and safely types the password.
🔒 Credential Security: Passwords are never logged. Typing stops immediately if the target window loses focus before typing the password. Optional automatic clipboard clearing after login.
↩️ Configurable Newlines: Choose how line breaks are processed (Enter, Shift + Enter for MS Teams & chat apps, replace with space, or ignore).
📄 Plain-Text Mode: Strips Rich Text and HTML formatting from copied text before typing.
🎲 Humanized Typing Jitter: Adds subtle random variance to typing intervals to simulate natural keyboard input.
🛡️ Core Refactoring & Stability: Isolated background TypingService preventing parallel typing collision, thread-safe UI prompts, and memory leak fixes.

v1.5.1

🛠️ Installer App Shutdown Fix: Fixed issue where the Inno Setup installer hung at "Closing Applications..." when ClipTyper was running. Added graceful Windows message shutdown handling (WM_CLOSE, WM_QUERYENDSESSION, WM_ENDSESSION), Inno Setup AppMutex registration, and a process termination failsafe during installation.

v1.5.0

🛡️ Emergency Abort & Focus Safety: Immediate cancellation of typing when pressing Escape or when focus switches to another window.
🔒 Single-Instance Guard: Mutex-based check prevents launching multiple ClipTyper instances simultaneously.
⚡ Teams & Remote Desktop Compatibility: New optional VK compatibility mode for Microsoft Teams control share, RDP, and VMs.
📝 Input Sanitization: Automatic cleaning of clipboard text before typing (filters BOM, null-bytes, and invisible control characters).
⚠️ Long Text Protection: Configurable confirmation dialog before typing very long texts with estimated duration.
🛡️ Admin Rights Detection (UIPI): Clear alert dialog when target window is running with Administrator privileges.
📊 Visual Progress & Logging: Progress animation on overlay and tray icon, plus structured rotating file logging (clip-typer.log).

v1.4.0

New Inno Setup Installer: Introduced a user-space non-admin installer (ClipTyper-Setup.exe) that automatically configures Start Menu shortcuts and Autostart registry settings during installation, and launches the app automatically.
Overlay Scaling: Replaced size presets with a continuous Scale percentage slider (25% - 200%) in the settings form, including a real-time live preview.
Multi-Monitor Positioning: Added support for choosing which display monitor the overlay button resides on, and ensured relative coordinates are preserved on monitor switch.
All-Edge Peeking & Snapping: The overlay button can now snap and peek vertically (top/bottom) and horizontally (left/right) on any display.
Adjacent Monitor Bleeding Fix: Implemented boundary region clipping to prevent the floating icon from bleeding onto adjacent screens when parked.
Visibility Toggle Shortcut: Added a global hotkey (default Ctrl + Shift + H, fully customizable) to easily toggle the overlay button on/off.

v1.2.0

Added manual "Check for Updates" feature in the About dialog linking to Github Release API.
Implemented settings validation to prevent binding system-reserved or blocked hotkeys.

License

MIT

ClipTyper unpaved028

README

ClipTyper

Why ClipTyper?

🎯 Target Compatibility Matrix

⬇️ Download & Installation

Windows Package Manager (WinGet)

Manual Download

Features

Usage

Basic (Hotkey)

Overlay Button (for RDP / Fullscreen Sessions)

Settings

How It Works

Building from Source

Changelog

v1.6.1

v1.6.0

v1.5.1

v1.5.0

v1.4.0

v1.2.0

License

ClipTyper unpaved028

README

ClipTyper

Why ClipTyper?

🎯 Target Compatibility Matrix

⬇️ Download & Installation

Windows Package Manager (WinGet)

Manual Download

Features

Usage

Basic (Hotkey)

Overlay Button (for RDP / Fullscreen Sessions)

Settings

How It Works

Building from Source

Changelog

v1.6.1

v1.6.0

v1.5.1

v1.5.0

v1.4.0

v1.2.0

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