Having to press Enter twice for paste to work

[SirDufus]

I'm working away, press shortcut key to open Ditto window, use the down arrow key to find item I need from list, press enter. Almost always, it activates the search bar at bottom instead, but if I press Enter key again, will paste the information. Most of the time, have to press Enter key twice.

Sometimes, I only have to press Enter key once to get paste to work and ideally, I want to only have to press Enter key once every time. I've tried to figure out a pattern or to tweak settings, but nothing I do helps.

Any suggestions on what I need to change in settings or is that just how it works perhaps? Thanks!

[SirDufus]

Any ideas on this? Maybe I didn't explain myself correctly as English is my second language?

[sabrogden]

Try this

• Enable outputting debug to OutputDebugString, options - general - advanced - "Write debug to OutputDebugString" = True
• Download DebugView https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/debugview
• Open Ditto and hit enter, see what is output in DebugView
• Post the contents back and we'll see what is in there

[SirDufus]

Thanks for following up, appreciate any help you can offer so I only have to press enter once to paste.

Here is the log as requested, also, changed name of site for privacy reasons but everything else is exactly the same:

[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.108 - MainFrm.cpp 303] On Show Ditto HotKey, showing window
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.108 - ExternalWindowTracker.cpp 100] TargetActiveWindow Active: SiteNameRemoved - Google Chrome (328540), Focus: SiteNameRemoved - Google Chrome (328540), FromHook 1, IdleTime: 0.000000
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.108 - QuickPaste.cpp 80] Start of ShowQPasteWnd, AtPrevPos: 0, FromKeyboard: 1, RefillList: 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.112 - QPasteWnd.cpp 746] CQPasteWnd::OnActivate, nState: 1, Other: 0, Minimized: 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.112 - QPasteWnd.cpp 922] Start - ShowQPasteWindow - Fill List: 1, array count: 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.112 - Theme.cpp 79] Loading theme based on windows setting of dark mode for apps
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.116 - QPasteWnd.cpp 1374] Start Fill List -
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.116 - EventThread.cpp 210] Start of CEventThread::RunThread() - OnEvent 3 - Name CQPasteWndThread
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.116 - QPasteWndThread.cpp 36] Start of OnEvent, eventId: Load clips
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.116 - QPasteWndThread.cpp 123] Load Items start = 0, count = 16, list size: 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.116 - QPasteWnd.cpp 1581] Start Fill List - Count SQL: SELECT COUNT( Main.lID) FROM Main where ((Main.bIsGroup = 1 AND Main.lParentID = -1) OR (Main.bIsGroup = 0 AND Main.lParentID = -1)), Query SQL: SELECT Main.lID, Main.mText, Main.lParentID, Main.lDontAutoDelete, Main.lShortCut, Main.bIsGroup, Main.QuickPasteText, Main.clipOrder, Main.clipGroupOrder, Main.stickyClipOrder, Main.stickyClipGroupOrder, Main.lDate, Main.lastPasteDate FROM Main where ((Main.bIsGroup = 1 AND Main.lParentID = -1) OR (Main.bIsGroup = 0 AND Main.lParentID = -1)) order by Main.stickyClipOrder DESC, Main.bIsGroup ASC, Main.clipOrder DESC
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.116 - QPasteWnd.cpp 958] END - ShowQPasteWindow - Fill List: 1, array count: 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.117 - QPasteWndThread.cpp 85] Set list count = 500, time = 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.117 - QPasteWnd.cpp 2882] SetKeyModiferState 1
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.117 - QuickPaste.cpp 288] END of ShowQPasteWnd, AtPrevPos: 0, FromKeyboard: 1, RefillList: 0, Position, 0 0 1843 846
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.117 - QPasteWndThread.cpp 229] Load items End count = 16, Total Time = 16, LoadItems: 16, Count: 0, Accel: 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.117 - QPasteWndThread.cpp 58] End of OnEvent, eventId: Load clips, Time: 16(ms)
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.117 - EventThread.cpp 212] End of CEventThread::RunThread() - OnEvent 3 - Name: 1388130072
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.228 - MainFrm.cpp 743] Timer KEY_STATE_MODIFIERS count NOT hit(20), count (2) time (125)
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:43.228 - QPasteWnd.cpp 2882] SetKeyModiferState 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:44.790 - ExternalWindowTracker.cpp 25] Not Idle for long enough, IdleTime: 0.031000, MinIdle 0.100000
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:46.464 - QPasteWnd.cpp 6171] TIMER_DO_SEARCH timer
[11176]
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:46.466 - QPasteWnd.cpp 1374] Start Fill List -
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:46.468 - EventThread.cpp 210] Start of CEventThread::RunThread() - OnEvent 3 - Name CQPasteWndThread
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:46.468 - QPasteWndThread.cpp 36] Start of OnEvent, eventId: Load clips
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:46.468 - QPasteWndThread.cpp 123] Load Items start = 0, count = 16, list size: 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:46.468 - QPasteWnd.cpp 1581] Start Fill List - Count SQL: SELECT COUNT( Main.lID) FROM Main INNER JOIN Data on Data.lParentID = Main.lID where ((Data.strClipBoardFormat = 'CF_UNICODETEXT' AND Data.ooData LIKE '%%%%' ESCAPE '')), Query SQL: SELECT Main.lID, Main.mText, Main.lParentID, Main.lDontAutoDelete, Main.lShortCut, Main.bIsGroup, Main.QuickPasteText, Main.clipOrder, Main.clipGroupOrder, Main.stickyClipOrder, Main.stickyClipGroupOrder, Main.lDate, Main.lastPasteDate FROM Main INNER JOIN Data on Data.lParentID = Main.lID where ((Data.strClipBoardFormat = 'CF_UNICODETEXT' AND Data.ooData LIKE '%%%%' ESCAPE '')) order by Main.stickyClipOrder DESC, Main.bIsGroup ASC, Main.clipOrder DESC
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:46.471 - QPasteWndThread.cpp 85] Set list count = 500, time = 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:46.471 - QPasteWndThread.cpp 229] Load items End count = 0, Total Time = 0, LoadItems: 0, Count: 0, Accel: 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:46.471 - QPasteWndThread.cpp 58] End of OnEvent, eventId: Load clips, Time: 0(ms)
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:46.471 - EventThread.cpp 212] End of CEventThread::RunThread() - OnEvent 3 - Name: 1388130072
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:46.791 - ExternalWindowTracker.cpp 78] Ditto has focus - Active: SiteNameRemoved - Google Chrome (328540), Focus: SiteNameRemoved - Google Chrome (328540), FromHook 1
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:54.793 - ExternalWindowTracker.cpp 25] Not Idle for long enough, IdleTime: 0.031000, MinIdle 0.100000
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:56.846 - QPasteWnd.cpp 746] CQPasteWnd::OnActivate, nState: 0, Other: 0, Minimized: 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:56.846 - QPasteWnd.cpp 817] Start of HideQPasteWindow
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:33:56.949 - QPasteWnd.cpp 901] End of HideQPasteWindow, ItemCount: 0
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:34:30.732 - EventThread.cpp 210] Start of CEventThread::RunThread() - OnEvent 4 - Name CMainFrmThread
[11176] [2025/1/24 06:34:30.732 - EventThread.cpp 212] End of CEventThread::RunThread() - OnEvent 4 - Name: 1388254616