click.to is application software that integrates with the operating system clipboard to enhance copy and paste operations. It analyzes data stored on the clipboard and offers the user a choice of appropriate paste-destination programs or web pages from a context menu. click.to is a product of Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH, headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Operation
Underpinning click.to is the copy and paste principle; files, or the content of a document from an application in the cache, can be later reused from the clipboard in the same or another application. After installation, click.to runs automatically in the background. Once data is saved to the clipboard, the application identifies possible re-use options for the saved information and provides the user with these in a context menu, via the mouse cursor. click.to automatically and independently perform the usual steps between the application being used at that moment and the target one, including opening programs or web pages, performing searches, or entering login information.
Actions
Each individual user can decide which features they want to use and which features to add to click.to. There are currently 23 actions included in the standard freeware package.
Extensions
Users and developers may customize functions and add search queries either through an embedded form or by the use of the click.to API.
System requirements
The following operating systems support click.to:
Apple:Competitors
click.to is similar functionality of "accelerators" that can be installed as a browser extension for Internet Explorer. These also provide a context menu with speed-dial functions but run only within the browser (whereas click.to is fully integrated into the computer's operating system).