SnipperAppSnipperApp 3

Menubar App

Quick snippet access from any application.

Menubar App

SnipperApp 3 includes a menubar companion that lives in your Mac's menu bar, giving you instant access to your snippets from any application without switching windows.

Opening the Menubar

Global Hotkey

Press Cmd+Shift+V (default) to toggle the menubar panel from anywhere on your Mac. This works regardless of which application is in the foreground.

You can customize this hotkey in Settings > Menubar.

Menu Bar Icon

Click the SnipperApp icon in the menu bar to open the panel. The icon is always visible when SnipperApp 3 is running.

Browsing Snippets

When the menubar panel opens, you see:

  1. Search bar at the top for quick filtering.
  2. Recent snippets -- Your most recently accessed or created snippets.
  3. Favorites -- Snippets marked as favorites are prominently displayed.
  4. Folder browser -- Navigate your folder hierarchy to find specific snippets.

Type in the search bar to instantly filter snippets by title, content, or tags.

Copying Snippets

The primary purpose of the menubar is to quickly copy snippet content to your clipboard for pasting into your current application.

Click Actions

The menubar supports configurable click actions, letting you customize what happens when you interact with a snippet:

ActionBehavior
ClickThe default action. Configurable in Settings (see below).
Option+ClickSecondary action. Configurable in Settings.
Cmd+ClickTertiary action. Configurable in Settings.

Configurable Actions

In Settings > Menubar, you can assign each click modifier to one of these actions:

  • Copy to clipboard -- Copies the snippet content to the clipboard and closes the menubar.
  • Copy and paste -- Copies the snippet and automatically pastes it into the frontmost application.
  • Open in editor -- Opens the snippet in the main SnipperApp window for editing.
  • Preview -- Displays the snippet content in the hover preview pane.

The default configuration is:

  • Click -- Copy to clipboard
  • Option+Click -- Copy and paste
  • Cmd+Click -- Open in editor

Hover Preview Pane

When you hover over a snippet in the menubar list, a preview pane appears showing:

  • The full snippet content with syntax highlighting.
  • The snippet's language, folder, and tags.
  • The creation and last-modified dates.

The preview pane lets you verify you are selecting the correct snippet before copying it. It appears after a brief hover delay and disappears when you move your mouse away.

Menubar Search

The search bar at the top of the menubar panel supports:

  • Title search -- Matches snippet titles.
  • Content search -- Matches text within snippet content.
  • Tag search -- Type a tag name to filter by tags.

Search results update in real time as you type, showing the most relevant matches first.

Settings

Customize the menubar behavior in Settings > Menubar:

  • Global hotkey -- Change the keyboard shortcut (default: Cmd+Shift+V).
  • Click actions -- Configure what click, option+click, and cmd+click do.
  • Number of recent snippets -- Control how many recent snippets appear.
  • Show at launch -- Whether to show the menubar icon when the app starts.

Tips

  • Use the global hotkey for the fastest workflow: Cmd+Shift+V to open, type a few characters to search, click to copy, then Cmd+V to paste into your target application.
  • Favorites rise to the top -- Mark your most-used snippets as favorites so they are always within easy reach in the menubar.
  • The menubar shows snippets from the currently active workspace. Switch workspaces in the main app to change what appears in the menubar.

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