Pop plugin · Files & System

Clean Keyboard

Lock the keyboard for a minute so you can wipe it without typing anything; brightness and volume keys are blocked too. Click End Cleaning with the mouse to stop any time.

Works with Always available, nothing to selectFree

How to use it

Select something, hold the right mouse button, swipe. The animation plays the steps one after another; click a step to see it again.

  1. No need to select anythingIt works wherever you are.
  2. Hold the right mouse buttonAbout a quarter of a second. A short click still opens the usual menu.
  3. Swipe to “Clean Keyboard” and let goIt sits on the ring where you put it, and it’s always in All Actions.
  4. The keyboard locks for a minute
  5. Wipe away: keys do nothingBrightness and volume keys too.
  6. Click End Cleaning when you’re doneOr it unlocks by itself after a minute.

What it does

Locks the keyboard for a minute so you can wipe it without typing anything into the app you were using.

Brightness, volume and the other function keys are blocked too.

The screen shows how long is left; click End Cleaning with the mouse to stop any time.

When it ends, the app you were using comes back to the front.

Install it

Plugins aren’t part of the Pop download. Install this one when you need it.

1From Settings

In Pop’s Settings › Actions, find “Clean Keyboard” under Plugins at the top and click Install. It downloads from Pop’s GitHub release in a few seconds and works right away, without a restart.

2Or from the ring

Open All Actions on the ring and search for “Clean Keyboard”. Plugins that aren’t installed are listed after your actions: click it to install, and it runs right away if it can handle what you selected.

3Then use it your way

Put it on the ring in Settings › Ring, give it a shortcut, or run it from Shortcuts and scripts with its link:

pop://run?plugin=cleanKeyboard

Uninstall it from the same list when you no longer need it: the plugin and its settings are deleted. After Pop updates, installed plugins are updated with it, and with iCloud sync on, what you install syncs to your other Macs.