Creating and managing snippets
Watch the videoText expansion
- Click + New in the toolbar.
- Give it a title (required) and a body (what gets pasted).
- Optionally add an abbreviation, tags, collections, a keyboard shortcut, and a description (notes for yourself; never pasted).
- Press Save once for a new snippet. From then on it saves itself as you type, and the shortcut field appears.
- Drag and drop a snippet onto a sidebar folder to move it, or right-click and use Move To.
Right-click actions
Copy body · Copy link (file path) · Duplicate · Show in Finder · Move to collection · Delete.
Documentation for TypeFire 5.1.0. Updated 2026-09-15.