Snippets

Save the phrases you send an agent over and over, then insert one with a tap instead of typing it again.

Snippets keep the phrases you send an agent over and over one tap away. Tapping a Snippet inserts its text where you are typing. It never sends on its own: you still press Enter or tap Send.

Insert a Snippet

• Tap Tools Keyboard on the Toolbar, switch to the Snippets pane, and tap one.
• Add Snippets to the Toolbar in Settings › Toolbar, so each is a button under the terminal.

In Direct Input the text goes straight into the terminal. It never presses Enter. Snippets in the More menu opens your Snippets list for adding and editing; it doesn’t insert.

Make a Snippet

1. Open the Snippets list: choose Snippets from More, or tap Manage Snippets in the tools keyboard’s Snippets pane.
2. Tap New Snippet.
3. Under Text, type what you want to say.
4. Under Title, give it a short name if you like. Leave it empty and the Snippet’s own text is its name.
5. Tap Save.

A Snippet can hold up to 4,000 characters. Waycar refuses text with control characters a terminal would read as keys, so a Snippet can’t press keys you didn’t mean to.

Edit, reorder, or delete a Snippet

In the Snippets list, tap a Snippet to open Edit Snippet, change it, then tap Save. Swipe left on a Snippet to delete it. Use Search Snippets to find one in a long list.

To reorder, tap Edit and drag the handles. Reordering is offered only while the search field is empty.

Good to know

• Snippets sync between your devices with iCloud Sync.
• For a button that sends keys or presses Enter after its text, build a Custom Key in the Toolbar settings instead. See The Toolbar.

Troubleshooting

• Snippets Unavailable: the saved Snippets couldn’t be read, for example after a newer Waycar on another device synced them. Waycar leaves them untouched, so nothing is lost, but it can’t save changes. Update Waycar on this device.