Advanced Paste

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Overview

Advanced Paste is a PowerToys module that provides enhanced clipboard pasting with formatting options and additional functionality.

Implementation Details

Source code

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Paste with AI Preview

The "Show preview" setting (ShowCustomPreview) controls whether AI-generated results are displayed in a preview window before pasting. The preview feature does not consume additional AI credits—the preview displays the same AI response that was already generated, cached locally from a single API call.

The implementation flow:

1. User initiates "Paste with AI" action
2. A single AI API call is made via ExecutePasteFormatAsync
3. The result is cached in GeneratedResponses
4. If preview is enabled, the cached result is displayed in the preview UI
5. User can paste the cached result without any additional API calls

See the ExecutePasteFormatAsync(PasteFormat, PasteActionSource) method in OptionsViewModel.cs for the implementation.

Debugging

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Settings

Setting	Description
ShowCustomPreview	When enabled, shows AI-generated results in a preview window before pasting. Does not affect AI credit consumption.

Future Improvements

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