How to set Win+V shortcut for Clipboard History in Ubuntu Linux ?

I liked the new-ish Windows 10 and 11 style of clipboard management. It has a shortcut to copy (CTRL+C) and to paste (CTRL+V), but they added another incredible one, which is Windows Key + V. This shortcut will show a list of the last 10 copied items (or so ..).

There are many clipboard managers for Linux operating systems but they does not have that seamless elegant user experience. So, I’ll try to re-create a similar workflow for my convenience.

Installing a clipboard manager 🔗

I installed Diodon clipboard manager using these commands on my Ubuntu Linux laptop.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:diodon-team/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y diodon

After that I will use a custom shortcut to trigger the paste menu to show up.

Custom shortcut to show clipboard history 🔗

I am using Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS which comes with GNOME desktop environment, so I can customize keyboard shortcuts using the settings app.

Open settings app, then select keyboard from the side panel, then click on view and customize shortcuts at the end of the page.

Keyboard shortcuts will show up. Click on custom shortcuts at the end of the page/screen/window.

Custom Shortcuts window will appear. Click on the button that has a plus sign.

Write a name as you like.

Write this specific path for the Diodon executable /usr/bin/diodon which I got from Diodon program in its tab HotKeys.

Click on the button next to shortcut and click the shortcut which is Windows key and V (also known generally as Super key + V).

After doing all of that, click on the orange button that says Replace.

Customizing Diodon clipboard manager 🔗

I enable these settings in the preferences of Diodon app.

• use clipboard (CTRL+C)
• add images to clipboard history
• keep clipboard content
• synchronize clipboards
• automatically paste selected item

And I increase the number of recent items to 30 which makes Diodon save the latest 30 copied items.

Super+V experience with Diodon 🔗

Here is the dropdown menu that shows up when I click the shortcut Super + V in any input field.

The menu has two main sections:

• a list of the last 30 copied items.
• clear (to clear all saved clipboard history)
• preferences (to open preferences of Diodon app)
• quit (to close this dropdown menu)

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