Copy without Comments etc.; please make it easier

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I sort of understand why basic copy Ctrl-C might work the way it does, but it’s annoying that there is no practical way to copy without Comments etc. other than by menu or Alt-E, Y, W, which is a lot of hand or finger-work.

I looked to add a keyboard shortcut but it’s not a command to which a shortcut can be assigned.

Rationale: reduce effort required to copy and paste of text into other software for proofing – during proofing, the copy command needs to be invoked a lot and its inaccessibility creates interface friction (friction creates heat, heat creates fire and fire leads to flames :wink: )

Suggestions:

  • [Preferred] Allow keyboard shortcut e.g. Ctrl-Shift-C (paralleling Ctrl-Shift-V which is without formatting)
  • [Acceptable] Make the default Ctrl-C copy according to whether or not markup is shown or hidden: if the markup that indicates commented etc. text is visible, copy text and comment; otherwise copy text only
  • [Better Than Nothing] Only make the default Ctrl-C copy the comment as well as the commented text if comments and footnotes are shown in the inspector

I did a forum search and noted that this topic has been raised before over the years. Is it something that could be addressed now?

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Not all menu commands at this point can be assigned a shortcut. It’s true.
Amber mentioned a while back (if I remember properly) that it is planned that eventually they all will.
Meanwhile, if the Alt+ sequence isn’t convenient, you might want to have a look at the possibilities AutoHotKey offers. That’s what a lot of the advanced users opt for.

In short, you’d use a script that when hitting your shortcut of choice, it’d seamlessly trigger the Alt+ menu navigation for you.

That works (aside very few exceptions) for everything that can’t currently be assigned a shortcut.
It also allows to program macros. Sequences of actions.
So, if there is any action sequence that you repeatedly do and that involves a couple of shortcuts or menu commands, you can turn it into a single keystroke.

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Thx. I’ve finally installed AutoHotkey but I don’t have time yet to set it up… maybe at the weekend.

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has there been any progress with this, two years later? I agree with the OP that copying including comments and notes by default is inconvenient, all the more since there seems no way to create a shortcut for a copy/paste without them