TypeIt is a small application for typing the clipboard using a hotkey. This can be useful for environments where CTRL-V is blocked.

Start TypeIt like any other application. At the bottom of the taskbar you will find a small icon where you can set whether ENTER should be pressed after pasting.

The clipboard is typed in with the hotkey CTRL-B. Press ESC while typing to abort.

TypeIt can also be triggered without the hotkey, which helps when the target window grabs the keyboard (virtual machines, remote consoles) or when the trigger comes from a macro pad:

TypeIt.exe --type-now                         Type the clipboard right away
TypeIt.exe --type-now --delay 5               Wait 5 seconds first, then type
TypeIt.exe --type-now --scancode              Send real key presses (VMs, games)
TypeIt.exe --type-now --delay 5 --no-popup    No countdown window
TypeIt.exe --help                             Show all options

If TypeIt is already running in the tray, --type-now hands the job to that instance and exits immediately. Otherwise it types once and quits without adding a tray icon.

--delay shows a countdown and gives you time to focus the target window, so you can trigger the typing while the host still owns the keyboard and click into the VM afterwards. ESC aborts during the countdown as well.

By default TypeIt sends Unicode packets, which is layout independent but only works for windows that go through the normal Windows text input path. Virtual machines, remote consoles and games read scan codes and ignore those packets entirely.

Enable Scancode input in the tray menu (or pass --scancode) to send real key presses instead. Both sides need the same keyboard layout, because the character a scan code produces is decided by the receiving system. Characters the host layout cannot produce fall back to Unicode.

TIelevated is licensed under GPL-3.0.