coreyhayward / powertoys-run-inputtyper

PowerToys Run plugin for typing the input text as if it was sent from a keyboard.

PowerToys Run: Input Typer plugin

Simple PowerToys Run plugin for easily typing input as if from a keyboard. Ideal for remote environments and other scenarios where pasting isn't possible.

Requirements

• PowerToys minimum version 0.76.0

Installation

• Download the latest release by selecting the architecture that matches your machine: x64 (more common) or ARM64
• Close PowerToys
• Extract the archive to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Plugins
• Open PowerToys

Usage

• Select/Place cursor where text should be typed
• Open PowerToys Run
• Input: "@@ <text>" or "@@" for clipboard
• Select the result (ENTER)
• <text> is typed into the selected location

powertoys-run-inputtyper's Issues

Configuration question

How do you configure this plugin with pre-defined text?

The ARM64 libs

Hi @CoreyHayward

I'm researching how to add support for ARM64 when developing a PowerToys Run plugin.

How did you get the DLLs in the ARM64 folder?

Did you build them yourself or do you have an ARM64 installation of PowerToys?

Examples for a community plugin checklist

Hi @CoreyHayward

This repo is a great blueprint on how to build community plugins.

I created a proposal for a community plugin checklist in the awesome-powertoys-run-plugins repo:

• hlaueriksson/awesome-powertoys-run-plugins#17

The checklist has examples of this repo. Is that OK with you?

The website in plugin.json

I think that the website in plugin.json should point to this repo (https://github.com/CoreyHayward/PowerToys-Run-InputTyper)

PowerToys-Run-InputTyper/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.InputTyper/plugin.json

Line 9 in 2c41f87

"Website": "https://github.com/CoreyHayward",

I don't know where the website is used in PowerToys, but I think is a nice touch point to the source code.

Visual Studio requirement

Is Visual Studio really a requirement for running the plugin?

PowerToys-Run-InputTyper/README.md

Line 9 in 2c41f87

- Visual Studio 2022