How to Turn off PHPStorm's Clipboard History

Created on September 21, 2014 by Jeremiah John
Tags: PHPStorm, Clipboard
 

Edited 8-27-2018

I love PHPStorm. However, the clipboard history function mainly just gets in my way. After a long survey of various clipboard history applications on the Mac, I chose Clipboard History. And I'm quite happy with it.

Click Help -> Edit Custom Properties

Paste in this property:

ide.mac.useNativeClipboard=True

Next, you have to turn off the keyboard shortcut that brings up the history, which conflicted with the button mapping for Clipboard History, Ctrl + Shift + V.

Search for "clipboard" under PHPStorm -> Preferences, then click Keymap, and remap the "Paste from History" button to nothing.

About the Author

Hi. My name is Jeremiah John. I'm a sf/f writer and activist.

I just completed a dystopian science fiction novel. I run a website which I created that connects farms with churches, mosques, and synagogues to buy fresh vegetables directly and distribute them on a sliding scale to those in need.

In 2003, I spent six months in prison for civil disobedience while working to close the School of the Americas, converting to Christianity, as one does, while I was in the clink.