Using the Stack

CHS now has a stack system that will let you easily copy multiple clips into a stack (queue), and then paste them back out individually (or as a block) in a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) order.

This can be very useful when you have to copy a series of items from one location to another.

How it works:

The CHS stack works by keeping track of a "stack marker" that you can assign at any time, either BEFORE you start copying a collection of new clips, or afterwards.

At any time you can "pop" the oldest item in the stack and advance the marker, or paste the entire contents of the stack in one operation.

New clips are automatically added to the stack -- you don't have to do anything special to add them -- the only thing you have to do is set the starting position of the stack marker.

To set (or clear) the starting stack marker position BEFORE you copy any clips, use the custom hotkey (see hotkey options) or bring up the quick paste or tray menu and choose to set the starting stack marker.

To set the starting stack marker position AFTER you have copied some clips, bring up the quick paste menu and hold shift while clicking on a specific clip, OR bring up the main clip grid and right click on an item to show the stack submenu, and then mark the clip as the start of the stack.

Then you can perform stack operations (pop or paste as block) using the hotkeys or the quick paste stack submenu.

In addition to pasting as a solid text block, you can paste items with simulated TAB keypresses between then, which is useful for form filling.