Total Commander

Suggestion: possibility to paste an image in the clipboard directly into active pane's folder as a new file of corresponding MIME image/* type.
* some simple autonaming with full date/time
* not sure if better to be done as in-program functionality or extension maybe

Thanks.

You can use PasteIntoFile it will add a R-Click entry in your context menu.
You can also use online service like https://ctrl.vi/
If you have new snipping tools from w11, you can set it to autosave and then when you capture all is saved in a dedicated folder you can add in TC directory List.

Maybe this helps: https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=456002&hilit=clipboard#p456002
You just need nirsoft's nircmd.exe.

marcin.kowalski wrote: 2025-05-21, 10:48 UTC Suggestion: possibility to paste an image in the clipboard directly into active pane's folder as a new file of corresponding MIME image/* type.
* some simple autonaming with full date/time

This would be a great feature. I often need it and the usual solutions are quite cumbersome.

Strangely, there is no overwhelming demand for directly pasting text into files - users launch appropriate applications and then paste.
Why this should be very different for other kinds of clipboard contents?

browny wrote: 2025-05-22, 10:46 UTC Strangely, there is no overwhelming demand for directly pasting text into files - users launch appropriate applications and then paste.
Why this should be very different for other kinds of clipboard contents?

The graphical applications I use can do this, of course. But creating the file is quite tedious. The applications are quite complex and you need to do several steps to create the file. Directly creating a file (ideally a png) would make my job a lot easier.

Directly creating a text file from the clipboard would be useful too, by the way.

2jbcb
nice suggestions! I vote for them all!

Support++

Easy! See the 1st answer by nsp:
Paste Into File
https://github.com/eltos/PasteIntoFile
Features:
- Explorer context menu entries "Paste into file", "Paste into this file (Append/Replace)" and "Copy file contents"
- Hotkey Win+Alt+V to paste and Win+Alt+C to copy file contents
- Autosave mode: rename directly inside file explorer without a dialog
- Batch mode: monitor clipboard and save contents as you copy them
- Clipboard patching: use regular paste options and CTRL+V (experimental)
- Supports many formats: PNG, JPEG, GIF, SVG, TXT, HTML, CSV, URL, PDF, RTF, DIF, SLK, EMF, TIF, ZIP, file drop list, ...

I'm not looking for a workaround and I don't want to install another application in Windows. I want to extend the functionality of Total Commander and take advantage of its benefits.

jbcb wrote: 2025-05-27, 08:12 UTC I want to extend the functionality of Total Commander

TC never was a clipboard manager, and maybe it should not become one.
Implementing this function as a plugin essentially would be very close to using one of the suggested third party application.

browny wrote: 2025-05-27, 23:35 UTC TC never was a clipboard manager, and maybe it should not become one.

Total Commander has many features that work with Clipboard that are somehow related to its primary function as a file manager. Creating a file from the contents of Clipboard I think fits fully into this framework.

+1
Very useful once you start using it.
Note: Directory Opus and XYPlorer do this.
Paste (Ctrl+V) or left-Click menu (Paste special) create new image or new text file (It depends on the contents of the clipboard)
and more: drag and drop some text from any other application also create a text file.