Junk Yard shortcuts
Four keyboard shortcuts work from any app — open the Junk Yard (⌃⇧J), save the clipboard to it (⌃⇧C), start a new note (⌃⇧N) and move the edge curtain between the top and right (⌃⇧D). Change or switch them off in Settings → Shortcuts.
The Junk Yard has four keyboard shortcuts that work from any app, so you can reach your scraps without opening Storage Studio first. You can change each one, or switch it off, in Settings → Shortcuts.
The shortcuts
| Shortcut | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Open the Junk Yard | ⌃⇧J | Opens the full board in a window of its own |
| Save clipboard to Junk | ⌃⇧C | Saves whatever is on the clipboard now as a scrap |
| New note | ⌃⇧N | Opens the board with a new note ready to type |
| Toggle dock position (Top ↔ Right) | ⌃⇧D | Moves the edge curtain between the top and right edges, and briefly shows it in its new place |
(⌃ is Control, ⇧ is Shift.)
Flowchart outline: What happens when you press Save clipboard to Junk
- You press the shortcut
- leads to Junk Yard turned on?
- Junk Yard turned on?
- No: leads to Nothing happens
- Yes: leads to Capturing switch on?
- Capturing switch on?
- No: leads to Nothing happens
- Yes: leads to Is the clipboard a password or marked temporary?
- Is the clipboard a password or marked temporary?
- Yes: leads to Nothing happens
- No: leads to It lands on the board as a new scrap
Save clipboard to Junk is handy if you've turned Watch the clipboard off and only want to keep the odd thing: it still works then. It doesn't work while the Capturing switch in the board's header is off, and it never saves a password copied from a password manager. See Clipboard capture, pins and how long items last.
The edge curtain itself has no shortcut — you open it with the pointer. See Opening the Junk Yard from the screen edge.
Changing a shortcut
- Open Settings and choose the Shortcuts pane.
- In the Junk Yard group, find the action you want to change.
- Use its switch to turn it on or off, and pick a different combination from its menu.
Each combination can belong to only one action, so a combination already in use — including the Apps grid shortcut, ⌃Space by default — is hidden from the other menus. If a shortcut doesn't seem to work, macOS or another app may already be using that combination; pick a different one.
The Junk Yard pane in Settings also has a Shortcuts group with the first three actions. The dock-position shortcut is only in the Shortcuts pane.
The Hot Keys chip on the Home screen lists your current shortcuts and the curtain's gestures at a glance.
When the shortcuts work
The shortcuts work whenever the Junk Yard is turned on, in every performance mode. If you turn the Junk Yard off in Settings → Junk Yard, they do nothing until you turn it back on.
See also: Keyboard shortcuts · Changing keyboard shortcuts · The All Apps grid and its shortcut