Common issues
Copy fails
If Tab Copy fails to copy tabs, open the console and try to copy again. Then screenshot or copy any errors logged to the console and paste them into an email to support@tabcopy.com.
Tab Copy icon does not appear on the toolbar of Incognito windows
If the Tab Copy icon does not appear on the toolbar of Incognito windows, ensure that Allow in Incognito is toggled on in Extension settings
Copy does not include Incognito tabs
If you'd like Tab Copy to include Incognito tabs, toggle on Allow in Incognito in Extension settings
Tab-delimited values aren't separated into cells when pasting into a spreadsheet
When using the TAB token [t] with a custom format, you may expect this token to break field values into cells when pasting into a spreadsheet. While this is supported, it requires some familiarity with format variants and how they're applied.
Tab Copy copies custom formats to the clipboard in 2 variants: plaintext and rich-text. Applications like spreadsheets typically apply the rich-text variant during paste when available. However, if you want tab-delimited values to be placed into cells accordingly, you must apply the plaintext variant.
In Tab Copy v3, only the plaintext variant was written to the clipboard for custom formats
Many apps support the Shift + Ctrl + v keyboard shortcut (or Shift + Cmd + v on a Mac) as an alternative to Ctrl + v that pastes as plaintext. If the spreadsheet app you're using doesn't support this shortcut, there may be another shortcut available to speed up pasting as plaintext. In Excel on Windows for example, you can use Ctrl + Alt + v to open the Paste Special dialog, then press T to select Text (or Values in some versions) and hit Enter.