Choose the right result behavior
Open an action's gear and inspect its Result choices. Supported built-ins and custom action types offer different combinations of review, display, replacement, copying, and external handoff. Review, copy, or replace allows a replacement step; Display result in popup is display-only. Replace selected text applies to editable selections; a non-editable selection falls back to a popup. Failed actions never replace your text.
Correct text and resize the window
Supported text results are editable before copying, replacing, saving to a note, or listening. Enable or disable editing in Settings → Result Popup. Drag a popup edge or corner to resize it. The size is retained during completion, retry, and recall; new results start at their natural size. Not every rich or image result is an editable text field.
Use the current result
Enable optional Add to note controls to append the result to your configured destination. Choose the destination app in Settings → Notes. Copying, note export, replacement, and supported speech use your edited text. Result Popup settings also control editing, the Translate and Add to note controls, font size, and closing behavior. Shimmer is enabled automatically and respects macOS Reduce Motion.
Look up a word without opening another app
Set Dictionary → Result to the in-app popup. It uses the dictionaries enabled on your Mac, presents structured meanings and examples, and offers a speaker beside the word plus full-entry playback below. Existing users keep their Dictionary-app setting until they change it.
Create structured result cards
Custom JavaScript actions can use the Rich Result Card preset for headings, lists, quotes, code, links, badges, and optional speech. ActionClip renders supported structured content natively; arbitrary HTML, CSS, and injected browser scripts are not executed.
Expand the result and its text area
Use the expand button in the popup header for more room. The text area expands with the window. Drag the header to move the popup. Add to note uses the destination selected in Settings → Notes. Loading feedback appears immediately, and longer replacements can be cancelled.
Sequence Paste uses separate cards and grows with the queue, up to 60% of the usable screen height.
Translate the result
In ActionClip 2.3.2 or later, enable Translate under Settings → Result Popup to show the Translate button. Click it to translate the current result, including your edits, using your existing Translate provider and target language.
Right-click Translate for more target languages. Choosing a language there applies to that translation without changing your saved default. Hover over the button to see its default target language.
Use the popup controls
The footer groups Copy and Replace, then Translate and Add to note. Refresh sits in the header beside resize and close. Hover over an icon for its label. Available controls appear while the action is loading and stay disabled until they can be used. Replace also requires a replaceable selection.
The source badge beside the title identifies the configured provider or local device; hover for its name. Add to note and Translate visibility follows your Result Popup settings on supported result types.
Review AI corrections
Any AI Prompt action can enable Show as corrections in its gear settings. Removed text has red strikethrough; added text has a green underline. Comparison mode is read-only. Copy and Replace transfer only the clean generated result.
Replace requires a completed, nonempty result and an editable original selection. Supported InDesign selections can use Replace too; read-only pages do not offer an editable destination. Regular result mode retains its editing controls.
Copy or replace a popup result with the keyboard
Open Settings → Result Popup and enable Copy and Replace shortcuts. Use ⇧⌘C to copy the result and ⇧⌘Return to replace the original selection. The buttons display the shortcuts when enabled.
These commands act on the visible popup; you do not need to select its answer text. Replace is available only when the original selection can be edited. In Translate & Reply, Copy transfers the translated reply. These shortcuts are separate from ⌘C for copying selected text and from shortcuts that run actions.
Ask about a result
Turn on Settings → Result Popup → Ask AI to show the conversation button on supported results. Click it to open Ask about this…, enter your question, and send. The input keeps focus after submission.
Collapse and reopen the conversation without losing its draft or earlier turns. Copy uses the currently displayed answer; Replace also needs an editable original selection. Chat and Translate & Reply popups stay open until you use the cross button, even when ordinary results are configured to close on outside clicks.
Questions, the source selection, the result and earlier turns are sent to the selected AI provider when you submit. Online requests require Allow online actions. Local providers keep inference on your Mac.