These items can then be accessed through Win+ V. The Clipboard History feature (October 2018 update) will save and list all items sent to the clipboard, including any snips. You can open the Snip & Sketch app directly in 'new' mode by right-clicking the app (on either the Start Menu App List, on the pinned tile, or on the Task Bar) and select 'Take a new snip' from the Jump List menu. So far, I haven't been able to find a way to emulate the simplicity of the old workflow - other than simply using the old snipping tool. Or you may want to both paste it and save it.

Is there a way to change the behavior such that Shift+ Win+ S will invoke snipping mode, and the editor will open automatically to allow annotation, cropping, and saving?Īlternatively, a way to open the app directly into 'new' mode, or to at the very least save a copy of the snip to some folder so it can be found later? Not every application allows pasting of images, sometimes you need to 'Open' them. The new tool does (sometimes) pop up a notification you can click to open the editor, but I have had instances where the notification did not appear, or got lost in a torrent of notifications. From there you can annotate and save the file, or copy it to the clipboard.

In the old tool, you could open it in snipping mode, and then it would open the editor directly once you snip the screen. The new version of the snipping tool in Windows 10 has some nice features, but one big difference between its behavior and that of the old snipping tool is that you can either use the Shift+ Win+ S command to go directly into snipping mode, which then places the image into the clipboard, or you can open the 'Snip & Sketch' from which you must click 'new' but the resulting snip will be open in the editor once taken.

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