Smart Clipper

About

🧠 Smart Clipper — Save Notes, enable right click, Highlights & Web Research Instantly

Capture important text from any website in seconds and turn your browser into a powerful research and note-taking workspace.

Smart Clipper helps you save highlights, organize notes, annotate research, and quickly revisit important information from across the web. Whether you're researching, studying, writing, or collecting ideas, Smart Clipper keeps everything searchable and accessible in one place.

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 Save Anything in One Click

Highlight text on any webpage and instantly save it using:

* Right-click → **Save to Smart Clipper**
* Keyboard shortcut: **Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + S**
* Quick-save bubble beside selected text

🚨 Important Setup (Required for Full Functionality)

After installing the extension, ensure it has full access permissions:

Right-click the Smart Clipper extension icon in your browser toolbar
Select Manage Extension
Go to Permissions → Site access
Enable “Allow access to file URLs”

This ensures Smart Clipper can properly capture and highlight content across all supported pages, including local and file-based documents.

Every saved clip includes:

🆔 Unique clip ID
⏱ Timestamp
🌐 Full source URL
🏷 Clean source name
🎨 Highlight color
#️⃣ Optional tags
📝 Personal annotations

Your notes are stored locally and persist across browser restarts, computer restarts, and extension updates.

🚀 Powerful Features

📌 Instant Text Capture

Save selected text from any webpage with a single click. Works smoothly across most websites, including pages that restrict copying or selection.

🔓 Restore Copy & Right-Click

Re-enable native browser interactions on restricted sites:

Text selection
Copy functionality
Right-click menus

Enabled by default and fully configurable.

🧭 Smart Source Detection

Automatically converts domains into clean readable sources:

* en.wikipedia.org → Wikipedia
* bbc.co.uk → BBC
* fallback: root domain

🔎 Organize with Search, Filters & Sorting

 Live search 🔍
 Source filters 🌐
 Tag filters 🏷
 Color filters 🎨
 Sort: newest / oldest / source

Optimized for large note collections.

🎯 Highlight & Revisit

Reopen saved clips and jump directly to the exact saved text using native browser deep linking.

Optional automatic re-highlighting when revisiting pages.

🎨 Color-Coded Highlights

Organize visually with highlight colors:

* Yellow
* Green
* Pink
* Blue

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🧩 Productivity Tools

📝 Personal Annotations

Attach private notes to any clip without modifying original text.

📋 Bulk Actions

Efficient management of large collections:

* Copy selected
* Copy all
* Delete selected / all
* Undo delete (temporary safety window)

📤 Export & Import

Backup and restore data:

* TXT export
* JSON export/import
* Duplicate-safe imports

🪟 Advanced Features

🧷 Side Panel Mode

Use Smart Clipper in browser side panel for split-view research and note management.

⚡ Quick-Save Bubble

Instant save button appears next to selected text for faster clipping.

🎭 Themes

Light ☀️
Dark 🌙
Auto (system-based)

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🏗 Built for Performance

Designed for speed and scale:

* Debounced search
* Lazy rendering
* Incremental updates
* Efficient storage writes

Handles thousands of notes without slowdown.

🌍 Why Smart Clipper?

A streamlined way to capture knowledge from anywhere on the web—fast, organized, and always accessible.