#2926 NORM Trial-3: Paste and remove: Popping clippings from clipboard stack when pasted

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#2926: Paste and remove: Popping clippings from clipboard stack when pasted
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 Reporter:  Eben         |       Owner:  tomeu  
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Trial-3
Component:  sugar        |     Version:         
 Keywords:               |    Verified:  0      
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 After discussing the behavior of the clipboard with Pentagram, we thought
 that it might actually be wise to invert the shortcuts for the "paste" and
 "paste and remove" actions.  Let me first define these so we're clear on
 the meaning:

 Anytime a copy action is performed, via drag'n'drop, button, or keyboard
 shortcut, a new clipping will appear in the clipboard.  This clipping will
 be at the top of the stack, and automatically selected as the "target" for
 a subsequent paste.  Paste targets may also be manually chosen by clicking
 on the object in the clipbord.

 The '''"paste"''' operation will paste the clipping currently selected as
 the target.  Following the operation, the clipping will remain in the
 clipboard and will also remain as the target.  In other words, the action
 does not change the state of the clipboard.

 The '''"paste and remove"''' operation will paste the clipping currently
 selected as the target, and will also "pop" the clipping from the stack,
 shifting the target to the previously copied item in the stack.

 The clipboard is great for performing multiple copies in succession, since
 they all remain there for future paste operations.  It occurred to us that
 the "paste and remove" operation might actually be the better default
 paste action, since it makes better use of the multi-item clipboard.  I
 can then go into Browse, copy 3 images and a couple passages of text, and
 then go into a Write document where I paste these 5 clippings one after
 the other by pressing CTRL-V 5 times.

 We'd previously spec'd this to be the "alternate" paste behavior (the one
 assigned to ALT-V).  It really comes down to the more common use case:
 will kids want to copy n items and paste n items, or will they want to
 copy 1 item and paste it n times?  Does anyone have thoughts on this?

 Oh, and I suppose we should let this ticket also serve as an
 implementation ticket for the alternate "paste and remove" action, which
 should also appear within the secondary rollover for items in the
 clipboard.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2926>
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