Triggering PopClip with a keyboard shortcut

I have the weirdest behavior that I have had no luck troubleshooting. I cannot get the appear Popclip Applescript to run when I’m editing files in VisualCode. It used to, but has stopped. It works in other applications. I can get it to come up in other applications - have tried trigging with Alfred, Keyboard Maestro and BetterTouchTool. All having them run an AppleScript instructing pop clip to appear, triggered by a keyboard shortcut. This works in Drafts, on webpages, whatever, just not in Visual Studio Code. Interestingly, PopClip does appear in Visual Studio Code if I drag select text, just won’t trigger that Applescript. Might there be a setting I messed with?

Any other ideas?

Welcome!

Did you perhaps exclude VSC in PopClip?

Screen Shot 2021-10-12 at 5.13.11 PM

Also you might have the same shortcut key configured in Visual Studio Code to do something different.

No, but I didn’t know that the exclude apps existed, thanks for mentioning it! PopClip does work in VSC, but only when I select text with the mouse. What is failing is my attempt to trigger an Applescript via keystroke that works in all my other applications to make PopClip appear.

I have checked for conflicting keyboard shortcuts. I’m really at a loss!

I find Short Cut Detective and Cheat Sheet to be helpful in these situations.

https://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/labs/

https://www.mediaatelier.com/CheatSheet/

Your new avatar made me think it was someone with an Apple face mask.

Kind of looks like it!
I had a guy on Fiverr make a set of Memoji for me.

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