Added pasting and sending features

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/App.xaml

@@ -3,18 +3,25 @@
              xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
              xmlns:tb="clr-namespace:H.NotifyIcon;assembly=H.NotifyIcon.Wpf">
     <Application.Resources>
-        <tb:TaskbarIcon x:Key="TrayIcon"
+        <ResourceDictionary>
-                         IconSource="/Assets/tray-icon.ico"
+            <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
-                         ToolTipText="Ebbe's Meme Clipboard"
+                <ResourceDictionary Source="Styles/DarkMenuStyles.xaml"/>
-                         MenuActivation="RightClick">
+            </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
-            <tb:TaskbarIcon.ContextMenu>
+
-                <ContextMenu>
+            <tb:TaskbarIcon x:Key="TrayIcon"
-                    <MenuItem Header="Open Picker" Click="TrayOpenPicker_Click"/>
+                             IconSource="/Assets/tray-icon.ico"
-                    <MenuItem Header="Add Memes..." Click="TrayAddMemes_Click"/>
+                             ToolTipText="Ebbe's Meme Clipboard"
-                    <Separator/>
+                             Visibility="Visible"
-                    <MenuItem Header="Exit" Click="TrayExit_Click"/>
+                             MenuActivation="RightClick">
-                </ContextMenu>
+                <tb:TaskbarIcon.ContextMenu>
-            </tb:TaskbarIcon.ContextMenu>
+                    <ContextMenu>
-        </tb:TaskbarIcon>
+                        <MenuItem Header="Open" Click="TrayOpenPicker_Click"/>
+                        <MenuItem Header="Settings" Click="TraySettings_Click"/>
+                        <Separator/>
+                        <MenuItem Header="Exit" Click="TrayExit_Click"/>
+                    </ContextMenu>
+                </tb:TaskbarIcon.ContextMenu>
+            </tb:TaskbarIcon>
+        </ResourceDictionary>
     </Application.Resources>
 </Application>

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/App.xaml.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System.Windows;
-using System.Windows.Input;
 using EbbesMemeClipboard.Services;
 using EbbesMemeClipboard.ViewModels;
 using EbbesMemeClipboard.Views;
@@ -10,13 +9,11 @@ namespace EbbesMemeClipboard;
 
 public partial class App : Application
 {
-    private static readonly ModifierKeys DefaultHotkeyModifiers = ModifierKeys.Control | ModifierKeys.Alt;
-    private const Key DefaultHotkeyKey = Key.M;
-
     private IServiceProvider _services = null!;
     private IGlobalHotkeyService _hotkeyService = null!;
+    private ISettingsService _settingsService = null!;
     private PickerWindow _pickerWindow = null!;
-    private PickerViewModel _pickerViewModel = null!;
+    private SettingsWindow _settingsWindow = null!;
     private TaskbarIcon? _trayIcon;
 
     protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
@@ -28,26 +25,45 @@ public partial class App : Application
         services.AddSingleton<ILocalMemeLibraryService, LocalMemeLibraryService>();
         services.AddSingleton<IClipboardService, ClipboardService>();
         services.AddSingleton<IGlobalHotkeyService, GlobalHotkeyService>();
+        services.AddSingleton<ISettingsService, SettingsService>();
+        services.AddSingleton<IAutoPasteService, AutoPasteService>();
         services.AddSingleton<PickerViewModel>();
         services.AddSingleton<PickerWindow>();
+        services.AddSingleton<SettingsViewModel>();
+        services.AddSingleton<SettingsWindow>();
         _services = services.BuildServiceProvider();
 
-        _pickerViewModel = _services.GetRequiredService<PickerViewModel>();
+        _settingsService = _services.GetRequiredService<ISettingsService>();
         _pickerWindow = _services.GetRequiredService<PickerWindow>();
+        _settingsWindow = _services.GetRequiredService<SettingsWindow>();
+
+        // Shell_NotifyIcon registration silently no-ops if no window in the process has a real
+        // Win32 handle yet, which is otherwise the case here until the picker is first shown -
+        // force the (still invisible) picker window's handle to exist before creating the tray
+        // icon. Found by comparing tray state via UI Automation with/without this line; there's
+        // no exception either way; the icon just never reaches the shell without it.
+        new System.Windows.Interop.WindowInteropHelper(_pickerWindow).EnsureHandle();
 
         _trayIcon = (TaskbarIcon)Resources["TrayIcon"];
+        // TaskbarIcon normally creates its Win32 icon in response to its own Loaded event, which
+        // only fires for elements that are part of a visual tree. Declared here as an
+        // Application.Resources entry (so it lives for the whole app, with no host window
+        // needed), it never gets a Loaded event, so the icon has to be created explicitly.
+        _trayIcon.ForceCreate(enablesEfficiencyMode: false);
         _trayIcon.TrayLeftMouseUp += (_, _) => _pickerWindow.ToggleVisibility();
 
         _hotkeyService = _services.GetRequiredService<IGlobalHotkeyService>();
-        if (_hotkeyService.Register(DefaultHotkeyModifiers, DefaultHotkeyKey))
+        var hotkey = _settingsService.Current;
+        if (_hotkeyService.Register(hotkey.HotkeyModifiers, hotkey.HotkeyKey))
         {
             _hotkeyService.HotkeyPressed += (_, _) => Dispatcher.Invoke(() => _pickerWindow.ToggleVisibility());
         }
         else
         {
             MessageBox.Show(
-                "Couldn't register the global hotkey (Ctrl+Alt+M) - it may already be in use by another application. " +
+                $"Couldn't register the global hotkey ({HotkeyFormatter.Format(hotkey.HotkeyModifiers, hotkey.HotkeyKey)}) - " +
-                "You can still open the picker from the tray icon.",
+                "it may already be in use by another application. You can still open the picker from the tray icon, " +
+                "or pick a different shortcut in Settings.",
                 "Ebbe's Meme Clipboard",
                 MessageBoxButton.OK,
                 MessageBoxImage.Warning);
@@ -56,10 +72,10 @@ public partial class App : Application
 
     private void TrayOpenPicker_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) => _pickerWindow.ShowNearCursor();
 
-    private async void TrayAddMemes_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    private void TraySettings_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
     {
-        _pickerWindow.ShowNearCursor();
+        _settingsWindow.Show();
-        await _pickerViewModel.ImportFilesCommand.ExecuteAsync(null);
+        _settingsWindow.Activate();
     }
 
     private void TrayExit_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) => Shutdown();

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Models/AppSettings.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System.Windows.Input;
+
+namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Models;
+
+public sealed class AppSettings
+{
+    public InsertMode InsertMode { get; set; } = InsertMode.PasteIntoActiveWindow;
+    public ModifierKeys HotkeyModifiers { get; set; } = ModifierKeys.Control | ModifierKeys.Alt;
+    public Key HotkeyKey { get; set; } = Key.M;
+}

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Models/InsertMode.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Models;
+
+public enum InsertMode
+{
+    /// <summary>Just copy the meme to the clipboard; the user pastes it manually.</summary>
+    CopyOnly,
+
+    /// <summary>Copy to the clipboard, then paste it into whatever app was focused before the picker opened.</summary>
+    PasteIntoActiveWindow,
+
+    /// <summary>Same as PasteIntoActiveWindow, then also press Enter to submit/send it.</summary>
+    PasteAndSend,
+}

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Native/InputSimulation.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Native;
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct KEYBDINPUT
+{
+    internal ushort wVk;
+    internal ushort wScan;
+    internal uint dwFlags;
+    internal uint time;
+    internal IntPtr dwExtraInfo;
+}
+
+// The real Win32 INPUT union also has MOUSEINPUT/HARDWAREINPUT members, which are what actually
+// determine its size (32 bytes on x64). SendInput validates cbSize against that real size, so the
+// union must be padded to 32 bytes even though only the keyboard member is used here - a smaller
+// struct silently fails every call with ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit, Size = 32)]
+internal struct InputUnion
+{
+    [FieldOffset(0)] internal KEYBDINPUT ki;
+}
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct INPUT
+{
+    internal uint type;
+    internal InputUnion U;
+}
+
+internal static class InputSimulation
+{
+    internal const ushort VK_CONTROL = 0x11;
+    internal const ushort VK_MENU = 0x12;
+    internal const ushort VK_RETURN = 0x0D;
+    internal const ushort VK_V = 0x56;
+
+    private const uint InputKeyboard = 1;
+    private const uint KeyEventFKeyUp = 0x0002;
+
+    internal static void SendKeyTap(ushort vk) => Send(Down(vk), Up(vk));
+
+    internal static void SendKeyCombo(ushort vk1, ushort vk2) => Send(Down(vk1), Down(vk2), Up(vk2), Up(vk1));
+
+    private static void Send(params INPUT[] inputs) =>
+        NativeMethods.SendInput((uint)inputs.Length, inputs, Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(INPUT)));
+
+    private static INPUT Down(ushort vk) => KeyInput(vk, up: false);
+
+    private static INPUT Up(ushort vk) => KeyInput(vk, up: true);
+
+    private static INPUT KeyInput(ushort vk, bool up)
+    {
+        var ki = new KEYBDINPUT
+        {
+            wVk = vk,
+            wScan = 0,
+            dwFlags = up ? KeyEventFKeyUp : 0,
+            time = 0,
+            dwExtraInfo = IntPtr.Zero,
+        };
+        return new INPUT { type = InputKeyboard, U = new InputUnion { ki = ki } };
+    }
+}

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Native/MonitorInterop.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Native;
+
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+internal struct POINT
+{
+    internal int X;
+    internal int Y;
+}
+
+internal enum MONITOR_DPI_TYPE
+{
+    MDT_EFFECTIVE_DPI = 0,
+}
+
+internal static class MonitorInterop
+{
+    private const uint MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST = 2;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resolves the DPI scale (1.0 = 96 DPI / 100%) of whichever monitor a physical-pixel point
+    /// falls on. Needed because a window's own DPI context only reflects the monitor it's
+    /// currently rendered on - on a mixed-DPI multi-monitor setup, positioning a not-yet-shown
+    /// window using that stale/wrong scale factor can place it partially or fully off-screen.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static double GetDpiScaleForPoint(System.Drawing.Point point)
+    {
+        var pt = new POINT { X = point.X, Y = point.Y };
+        var hMonitor = NativeMethods.MonitorFromPoint(pt, MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST);
+        if (hMonitor != IntPtr.Zero &&
+            NativeMethods.GetDpiForMonitor(hMonitor, MONITOR_DPI_TYPE.MDT_EFFECTIVE_DPI, out uint dpiX, out _) == 0)
+        {
+            return dpiX / 96.0;
+        }
+
+        return 1.0;
+    }
+}

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Native/NativeMethods.cs

@@ -9,4 +9,28 @@ internal static class NativeMethods
 
     [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
     internal static extern bool UnregisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id);
+
+    [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    internal static extern uint SendInput(uint nInputs, INPUT[] pInputs, int cbSize);
+
+    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+    internal static extern IntPtr GetForegroundWindow();
+
+    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+    internal static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
+
+    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+    internal static extern bool AttachThreadInput(uint idAttach, uint idAttachTo, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool fAttach);
+
+    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+    internal static extern uint GetWindowThreadProcessId(IntPtr hWnd, out uint processId);
+
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
+    internal static extern uint GetCurrentThreadId();
+
+    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+    internal static extern IntPtr MonitorFromPoint(POINT pt, uint dwFlags);
+
+    [DllImport("shcore.dll")]
+    internal static extern int GetDpiForMonitor(IntPtr hmonitor, MONITOR_DPI_TYPE dpiType, out uint dpiX, out uint dpiY);
 }

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Services/AutoPasteService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+using EbbesMemeClipboard.Native;
+
+namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Services;
+
+public sealed class AutoPasteService : IAutoPasteService
+{
+    // Both delays exist because target apps (Discord/Slack/Teams etc. especially) need a moment
+    // to actually process regaining focus, and then again to process the pasted image, before
+    // they're ready for the next synthetic keystroke - firing too soon is a common cause of the
+    // paste (or the follow-up Enter) silently getting dropped.
+    private static readonly TimeSpan FocusSettleDelay = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200);
+    private static readonly TimeSpan PasteSettleDelay = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(400);
+
+    private IntPtr _capturedForeground;
+
+    public void CaptureForegroundWindow() => _capturedForeground = NativeMethods.GetForegroundWindow();
+
+    public async Task PasteAsync(bool alsoSend)
+    {
+        var target = _capturedForeground;
+        if (target == IntPtr.Zero || !RestoreForeground(target))
+        {
+            // Couldn't confirm we got the right window focused - the clipboard write already
+            // succeeded regardless, so bail rather than risk sending keystrokes somewhere else.
+            return;
+        }
+
+        await Task.Delay(FocusSettleDelay);
+        InputSimulation.SendKeyCombo(InputSimulation.VK_CONTROL, InputSimulation.VK_V);
+
+        if (alsoSend)
+        {
+            await Task.Delay(PasteSettleDelay);
+            InputSimulation.SendKeyTap(InputSimulation.VK_RETURN);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static bool RestoreForeground(IntPtr target)
+    {
+        // No synthetic Alt tap here (a common trick to "unlock" SetForegroundWindow when focus-
+        // stealing prevention would otherwise block it) - it isn't needed in our case, since the
+        // picker window is already the foreground process at this point (from Activate() moments
+        // earlier), which is itself one of the documented conditions Windows exempts from that
+        // restriction. It was also actively harmful for Electron/Chromium targets like Teams:
+        // those apps often treat a lone Alt press as "toggle menu bar focus", which knocked their
+        // compose box's own internal focus away right before the paste - the window still came
+        // back to the foreground correctly, but Ctrl+V had nothing focused to land in.
+        uint targetThread = NativeMethods.GetWindowThreadProcessId(target, out _);
+        uint currentThread = NativeMethods.GetCurrentThreadId();
+
+        bool attached = targetThread != currentThread &&
+            NativeMethods.AttachThreadInput(currentThread, targetThread, true);
+        try
+        {
+            NativeMethods.SetForegroundWindow(target);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if (attached)
+            {
+                NativeMethods.AttachThreadInput(currentThread, targetThread, false);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return NativeMethods.GetForegroundWindow() == target;
+    }
+}

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Services/ClipboardService.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
 
 namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Services;
 
@@ -10,8 +11,6 @@ public sealed class ClipboardService : IClipboardService
 {
     public async Task CopyLocalFileAsync(string filePath)
     {
-        bool isGif = ImageDecoding.IsGif(filePath);
-
         var firstFrame = await Task.Run(() => ImageDecoding.DecodeFirstFrame(filePath));
 
         var data = new DataObject();
@@ -23,18 +22,36 @@ public sealed class ClipboardService : IClipboardService
         // WPF's DataObject.SetImage auto-converts to CF_DIB - no manual header work needed here.
         data.SetImage(firstFrame);
 
-        if (isGif)
+        // "PNG": a registered clipboard format (not one of the classic CF_* constants) that
-        {
+        // Chromium-based apps specifically look for and prefer over CF_DIB/CF_BITMAP when
-            // CF_HTML: the format most browser/rich-text paste targets use, and the only one of
+        // reading a pasted image, because those older formats are lossy for transparency. This
-            // the three that preserves animation for those targets (CF_DIB is a single frame).
+        // covers Teams, Slack, Discord's web layer, and browsers - without it, paste into any of
-            var bytes = await File.ReadAllBytesAsync(filePath);
+        // them can silently produce nothing even though CF_DIB is present and perfectly valid.
-            var fragment = $"<img src=\"data:image/gif;base64,{Convert.ToBase64String(bytes)}\">";
+        using var pngStream = new MemoryStream();
-            data.SetData(DataFormats.Html, BuildCfHtml(fragment));
+        var pngEncoder = new PngBitmapEncoder();
-        }
+        pngEncoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(firstFrame));
+        pngEncoder.Save(pngStream);
+        pngStream.Position = 0;
+        data.SetData("PNG", pngStream);
+
+        // CF_HTML: the other route those same web-based paste targets check, and the only one of
+        // these formats that preserves animation for them, for GIFs.
+        var bytes = await File.ReadAllBytesAsync(filePath);
+        var fragment = $"<img src=\"data:{GetMimeType(filePath)};base64,{Convert.ToBase64String(bytes)}\">";
+        data.SetData(DataFormats.Html, BuildCfHtml(fragment));
 
         await SetClipboardWithRetryAsync(data);
     }
 
+    private static string GetMimeType(string filePath) =>
+        Path.GetExtension(filePath).ToLowerInvariant() switch
+        {
+            ".png" => "image/png",
+            ".jpg" or ".jpeg" => "image/jpeg",
+            ".gif" => "image/gif",
+            _ => "application/octet-stream",
+        };
+
     private static async Task SetClipboardWithRetryAsync(DataObject data)
     {
         const int maxAttempts = 5;

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Services/HotkeyFormatter.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System.Text;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+
+namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Services;
+
+internal static class HotkeyFormatter
+{
+    internal static string Format(ModifierKeys modifiers, Key key)
+    {
+        var sb = new StringBuilder();
+        if (modifiers.HasFlag(ModifierKeys.Control)) sb.Append("Ctrl + ");
+        if (modifiers.HasFlag(ModifierKeys.Alt)) sb.Append("Alt + ");
+        if (modifiers.HasFlag(ModifierKeys.Shift)) sb.Append("Shift + ");
+        if (modifiers.HasFlag(ModifierKeys.Windows)) sb.Append("Win + ");
+        sb.Append(key);
+        return sb.ToString();
+    }
+}

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Services/IAutoPasteService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Services;
+
+public interface IAutoPasteService
+{
+    /// <summary>Remembers whatever window was focused before the picker is shown, so it can be restored afterward.</summary>
+    void CaptureForegroundWindow();
+
+    /// <summary>Restores focus to the captured window and pastes (Ctrl+V); optionally also presses Enter to send it.</summary>
+    Task PasteAsync(bool alsoSend);
+}

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Services/ILocalMemeLibraryService.cs

@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ public interface ILocalMemeLibraryService
     IReadOnlyList<LocalMemeRecord> Search(string query);
     string GetFullPath(LocalMemeRecord record);
     Task<IReadOnlyList<LocalMemeRecord>> ImportAsync(IEnumerable<string> sourceFilePaths);
+    Task RemoveAsync(LocalMemeRecord record);
 }

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Services/ISettingsService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using EbbesMemeClipboard.Models;
+
+namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Services;
+
+public interface ISettingsService
+{
+    AppSettings Current { get; }
+    Task SaveAsync();
+}

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Services/LocalMemeLibraryService.cs

@@ -75,6 +75,31 @@ public sealed class LocalMemeLibraryService : ILocalMemeLibraryService
         return imported;
     }
 
+    public async Task RemoveAsync(LocalMemeRecord record)
+    {
+        var path = GetFullPath(record);
+
+        _records.RemoveAll(r => r.Id == record.Id);
+        await SaveIndexAsync();
+
+        try
+        {
+            if (File.Exists(path))
+            {
+                // Recycle Bin, not a hard delete - a misclick on "Remove" shouldn't be unrecoverable.
+                Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem.DeleteFile(
+                    path,
+                    Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs,
+                    Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.RecycleOption.SendToRecycleBin);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (IOException)
+        {
+            // File locked or otherwise inaccessible - it's already out of the index (what the
+            // picker shows), so leave the orphaned file for manual cleanup rather than failing.
+        }
+    }
+
     private List<LocalMemeRecord> LoadIndex()
     {
         if (!File.Exists(_indexPath))

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Services/SettingsService.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using EbbesMemeClipboard.Models;
+
+namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Services;
+
+public sealed class SettingsService : ISettingsService
+{
+    private readonly string _settingsPath;
+    private readonly JsonSerializerOptions _jsonOptions = new()
+    {
+        WriteIndented = true,
+        Converters = { new JsonStringEnumConverter() },
+    };
+
+    public AppSettings Current { get; }
+
+    public SettingsService()
+    {
+        var appData = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);
+        var dir = Path.Combine(appData, "EbbesMemeClipboard");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
+        _settingsPath = Path.Combine(dir, "settings.json");
+        Current = Load();
+    }
+
+    private AppSettings Load()
+    {
+        if (!File.Exists(_settingsPath))
+            return new AppSettings();
+
+        try
+        {
+            var json = File.ReadAllText(_settingsPath);
+            return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AppSettings>(json, _jsonOptions) ?? new AppSettings();
+        }
+        catch (JsonException)
+        {
+            return new AppSettings();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async Task SaveAsync()
+    {
+        var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(Current, _jsonOptions);
+        await File.WriteAllTextAsync(_settingsPath, json);
+    }
+}

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Styles/DarkMenuStyles.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
+
+    <!-- Shared dark styling for every ContextMenu/MenuItem in the app (tray icon menu, tile
+         right-click menu, and any added later) so they all match the app's own dark UI instead
+         of the default OS menu chrome. Implicit (no x:Key), so merging this dictionary into
+         Application.Resources is enough to apply it everywhere - no per-menu wiring needed. -->
+
+    <Style TargetType="ContextMenu">
+        <Setter Property="Background" Value="#F0202225"/>
+        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="#3A3B3E"/>
+        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
+        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
+        <Setter Property="Padding" Value="4"/>
+        <Setter Property="Template">
+            <Setter.Value>
+                <ControlTemplate TargetType="ContextMenu">
+                    <Border Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
+                            BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
+                            BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
+                            CornerRadius="8"
+                            Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
+                            SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
+                        <StackPanel IsItemsHost="True"/>
+                    </Border>
+                </ControlTemplate>
+            </Setter.Value>
+        </Setter>
+    </Style>
+
+    <Style TargetType="MenuItem">
+        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
+        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
+        <Setter Property="Padding" Value="10,7"/>
+        <Setter Property="Template">
+            <Setter.Value>
+                <ControlTemplate TargetType="MenuItem">
+                    <Border x:Name="Bd" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" CornerRadius="4"
+                            SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
+                        <Grid Margin="2,1">
+                            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                                <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
+                                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
+                            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                            <ContentPresenter Grid.Column="0" ContentSource="Header" RecognizesAccessKey="True"
+                                               Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
+                            <Path x:Name="SubmenuArrow" Grid.Column="1" Visibility="Collapsed"
+                                  Data="M0,0 L4,4 L0,8" Stroke="#9A9CA3" StrokeThickness="1.3"
+                                  Width="8" Height="8" Margin="0,0,10,0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
+                            <Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" Placement="Right" AllowsTransparency="True"
+                                   Focusable="False" PopupAnimation="Fade"
+                                   IsOpen="{Binding IsSubmenuOpen, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}">
+                                <Border Background="#F0202225" BorderBrush="#3A3B3E" BorderThickness="1"
+                                        CornerRadius="8" Padding="4">
+                                    <StackPanel IsItemsHost="True"/>
+                                </Border>
+                            </Popup>
+                        </Grid>
+                    </Border>
+                    <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
+                        <Trigger Property="IsHighlighted" Value="True">
+                            <Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="Background" Value="#3A3D42"/>
+                        </Trigger>
+                        <Trigger Property="Role" Value="SubmenuHeader">
+                            <Setter TargetName="SubmenuArrow" Property="Visibility" Value="Visible"/>
+                        </Trigger>
+                        <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
+                            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#5A5C63"/>
+                        </Trigger>
+                    </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
+                </ControlTemplate>
+            </Setter.Value>
+        </Setter>
+    </Style>
+
+    <Style TargetType="Separator">
+        <Setter Property="Background" Value="#3A3B3E"/>
+        <Setter Property="Margin" Value="6,4"/>
+        <Setter Property="Height" Value="1"/>
+    </Style>
+
+</ResourceDictionary>

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/ViewModels/PickerViewModel.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.IO;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
+using EbbesMemeClipboard.Models;
 using EbbesMemeClipboard.Services;
 
 namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.ViewModels;
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ public partial class PickerViewModel : ObservableObject
 {
     private readonly ILocalMemeLibraryService _library;
     private readonly IClipboardService _clipboard;
+    private readonly ISettingsService _settings;
+    private readonly IAutoPasteService _autoPaste;
 
     public ObservableCollection<MemeTileViewModel> Items { get; } = new();
 
@@ -19,12 +22,26 @@ public partial class PickerViewModel : ObservableObject
     [ObservableProperty]
     private string _statusMessage = string.Empty;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// True while a modal dialog (currently: the "add memes" file picker) opened from within the
+    /// picker is showing. The window's Deactivated handler checks this so opening that dialog
+    /// doesn't get treated as "user clicked away" and hide the picker out from under it.
+    /// </summary>
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    private bool _isDialogOpen;
+
     public event EventHandler? RequestClose;
 
-    public PickerViewModel(ILocalMemeLibraryService library, IClipboardService clipboard)
+    public PickerViewModel(
+        ILocalMemeLibraryService library,
+        IClipboardService clipboard,
+        ISettingsService settings,
+        IAutoPasteService autoPaste)
     {
         _library = library;
         _clipboard = clipboard;
+        _settings = settings;
+        _autoPaste = autoPaste;
         RefreshItems();
     }
 
@@ -40,13 +57,32 @@ public partial class PickerViewModel : ObservableObject
             await _clipboard.CopyLocalFileAsync(tile.FullPath);
             StatusMessage = $"Copied {tile.DisplayName}";
             RequestClose?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
+
+            var mode = _settings.Current.InsertMode;
+            if (mode is InsertMode.PasteIntoActiveWindow or InsertMode.PasteAndSend)
+            {
+                await _autoPaste.PasteAsync(alsoSend: mode == InsertMode.PasteAndSend);
+            }
         }
-        catch (IOException ex)
+        catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            StatusMessage = $"Couldn't copy {tile.DisplayName}: {ex.Message}";
+            // Deliberately broad: CommunityToolkit's AsyncRelayCommand otherwise swallows any
+            // exception here silently (no crash, no message, the click just appears to do
+            // nothing), which makes clipboard/paste failures impossible to diagnose from the UI.
+            StatusMessage = $"Couldn't insert {tile.DisplayName}: {ex.Message}";
         }
     }
 
+    [RelayCommand]
+    private async Task RemoveItemAsync(MemeTileViewModel? tile)
+    {
+        if (tile is null) return;
+
+        await _library.RemoveAsync(tile.Record);
+        RefreshItems();
+        StatusMessage = $"Removed {tile.DisplayName}";
+    }
+
     [RelayCommand]
     private async Task ImportFilesAsync()
     {
@@ -57,9 +93,17 @@ public partial class PickerViewModel : ObservableObject
             Title = "Add memes",
         };
 
-        if (dialog.ShowDialog() == true)
+        IsDialogOpen = true;
+        try
         {
-            await ImportPathsAsync(dialog.FileNames);
+            if (dialog.ShowDialog() == true)
+            {
+                await ImportPathsAsync(dialog.FileNames);
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            IsDialogOpen = false;
         }
     }
 

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
+using EbbesMemeClipboard.Models;
+using EbbesMemeClipboard.Services;
+
+namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.ViewModels;
+
+public partial class SettingsViewModel : ObservableObject
+{
+    private readonly ISettingsService _settings;
+    private readonly IGlobalHotkeyService _hotkeyService;
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    private string _hotkeyDisplay = string.Empty;
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    private string _hotkeyError = string.Empty;
+
+    [ObservableProperty]
+    private InsertMode _insertMode;
+
+    public bool IsCopyOnly
+    {
+        get => InsertMode == InsertMode.CopyOnly;
+        set { if (value) InsertMode = InsertMode.CopyOnly; }
+    }
+
+    public bool IsPasteIntoActiveWindow
+    {
+        get => InsertMode == InsertMode.PasteIntoActiveWindow;
+        set { if (value) InsertMode = InsertMode.PasteIntoActiveWindow; }
+    }
+
+    public bool IsPasteAndSend
+    {
+        get => InsertMode == InsertMode.PasteAndSend;
+        set { if (value) InsertMode = InsertMode.PasteAndSend; }
+    }
+
+    public SettingsViewModel(ISettingsService settings, IGlobalHotkeyService hotkeyService)
+    {
+        _settings = settings;
+        _hotkeyService = hotkeyService;
+        _insertMode = _settings.Current.InsertMode;
+        _hotkeyDisplay = HotkeyFormatter.Format(_settings.Current.HotkeyModifiers, _settings.Current.HotkeyKey);
+    }
+
+    partial void OnInsertModeChanged(InsertMode value)
+    {
+        _settings.Current.InsertMode = value;
+        _ = _settings.SaveAsync();
+        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsCopyOnly));
+        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsPasteIntoActiveWindow));
+        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsPasteAndSend));
+    }
+
+    public void TrySetHotkey(ModifierKeys modifiers, Key key)
+    {
+        if (_hotkeyService.Register(modifiers, key))
+        {
+            _settings.Current.HotkeyModifiers = modifiers;
+            _settings.Current.HotkeyKey = key;
+            _ = _settings.SaveAsync();
+            HotkeyDisplay = HotkeyFormatter.Format(modifiers, key);
+            HotkeyError = string.Empty;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // Register() unregisters the old combo before trying the new one, so on failure
+            // nothing is registered at all - restore the last-known-working combo rather than
+            // leaving the app with no working hotkey.
+            _hotkeyService.Register(_settings.Current.HotkeyModifiers, _settings.Current.HotkeyKey);
+            HotkeyError = "That shortcut is already in use - try a different one.";
+        }
+    }
+}

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Views/PickerWindow.xaml

@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
         Deactivated="PickerWindow_OnDeactivated"
         KeyDown="PickerWindow_OnKeyDown"
         Drop="PickerWindow_OnDrop"
-        DragOver="PickerWindow_OnDragOver">
+        DragOver="PickerWindow_OnDragOver"
+        ContextMenuOpening="PickerWindow_OnContextMenuOpening"
+        ContextMenuClosing="PickerWindow_OnContextMenuClosing">
     <Window.Resources>
         <Style x:Key="FlatButtonStyle" TargetType="Button">
             <Setter Property="Background" Value="#2B2D31"/>
@@ -46,12 +48,20 @@
     <Border Background="#F0202225" CornerRadius="10" BorderBrush="#3A3B3E" BorderThickness="1">
         <Grid Margin="12">
             <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                <RowDefinition Height="16"/>
                 <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                 <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
                 <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
             </Grid.RowDefinitions>
 
-            <Grid Grid.Row="0" Margin="0,0,0,10">
+            <Border Grid.Row="0" Background="Transparent" Cursor="SizeAll"
+                    MouseLeftButtonDown="DragHandle_OnMouseLeftButtonDown"
+                    ToolTip="Drag to move">
+                <Border Width="36" Height="4" CornerRadius="2" Background="#4A4C52"
+                        HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
+            </Border>
+
+            <Grid Grid.Row="1" Margin="0,4,0,10">
                 <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                     <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
                     <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
@@ -69,7 +79,7 @@
                         ToolTip="Add memes"/>
             </Grid>
 
-            <ScrollViewer Grid.Row="1" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
+            <ScrollViewer Grid.Row="2" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
                 <Grid>
                     <TextBlock Text="No memes yet. Click + or drag files in here."
                                Foreground="#7B7D85" FontSize="13"
@@ -99,7 +109,15 @@
                                         Style="{StaticResource FlatButtonStyle}"
                                         Command="{Binding DataContext.SelectItemCommand, ElementName=RootWindow}"
                                         CommandParameter="{Binding}"
+                                        Tag="{Binding DataContext, ElementName=RootWindow}"
                                         ToolTip="{Binding DisplayName}">
+                                    <Button.ContextMenu>
+                                        <ContextMenu>
+                                            <MenuItem Header="Remove"
+                                                      Command="{Binding PlacementTarget.Tag.RemoveItemCommand, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=ContextMenu}}"
+                                                      CommandParameter="{Binding PlacementTarget.DataContext, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=ContextMenu}}"/>
+                                        </ContextMenu>
+                                    </Button.ContextMenu>
                                     <Image Source="{Binding Thumbnail}" Stretch="Uniform" Width="80" Height="80"/>
                                 </Button>
                             </DataTemplate>
@@ -108,7 +126,7 @@
                 </Grid>
             </ScrollViewer>
 
-            <TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Text="{Binding StatusMessage}" Foreground="#9A9CA3" FontSize="11" Margin="2,8,0,0"/>
+            <TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Text="{Binding StatusMessage}" Foreground="#9A9CA3" FontSize="11" Margin="2,8,0,0"/>
         </Grid>
     </Border>
 </Window>

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Views/PickerWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Input;
-using System.Windows.Media;
+using EbbesMemeClipboard.Native;
+using EbbesMemeClipboard.Services;
 using EbbesMemeClipboard.ViewModels;
 
 namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Views;
@@ -9,17 +11,22 @@ namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Views;
 public partial class PickerWindow : Window
 {
     private readonly PickerViewModel _viewModel;
+    private readonly IAutoPasteService _autoPaste;
+    private bool _isContextMenuOpen;
 
-    public PickerWindow(PickerViewModel viewModel)
+    public PickerWindow(PickerViewModel viewModel, IAutoPasteService autoPaste)
     {
         InitializeComponent();
         _viewModel = viewModel;
+        _autoPaste = autoPaste;
         DataContext = _viewModel;
         _viewModel.RequestClose += (_, _) => Hide();
+        _viewModel.PropertyChanged += ViewModel_OnPropertyChanged;
     }
 
     public void ShowNearCursor()
     {
+        _autoPaste.CaptureForegroundWindow();
         PositionNearCursor();
         _viewModel.OnShown();
         Show();
@@ -40,20 +47,19 @@ public partial class PickerWindow : Window
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Positions the popup near the mouse cursor, clamped to the current monitor's working
+    /// Positions the popup near the mouse cursor, clamped to the current monitor's working area.
-    /// area. The real Windows Emoji Panel can follow the text caret because it's a privileged
+    /// The real Windows Emoji Panel can follow the text caret because it's a privileged shell
-    /// shell component; a third-party app can't replicate that, so cursor position is the
+    /// component; a third-party app can't replicate that, so cursor position is the practical
-    /// practical stand-in. Uses a single DPI scale factor for the conversion from WinForms'
+    /// stand-in. Resolves the DPI scale of whichever monitor the cursor is actually on (not just
-    /// physical pixels to WPF's device-independent units, which is exact for same-DPI
+    /// whichever monitor this window last rendered on), so the popup stays fully on-screen on
-    /// multi-monitor setups (the common case) and only approximate when the cursor is on a
+    /// mixed-DPI multi-monitor setups too.
-    /// secondary monitor running a different DPI scale than the one this window last rendered on.
     /// </summary>
     private void PositionNearCursor()
     {
         var cursor = System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position;
         var workingArea = System.Windows.Forms.Screen.FromPoint(cursor).WorkingArea;
 
-        double scale = VisualTreeHelper.GetDpi(this).DpiScaleX;
+        double scale = MonitorInterop.GetDpiScaleForPoint(cursor);
 
         double left = cursor.X / scale;
         double top = cursor.Y / scale;
@@ -66,7 +72,36 @@ public partial class PickerWindow : Window
         Top = Math.Clamp(top, minTop, Math.Max(minTop, maxTop));
     }
 
-    private void PickerWindow_OnDeactivated(object? sender, EventArgs e) => Hide();
+    private void DragHandle_OnMouseLeftButtonDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (e.LeftButton == MouseButtonState.Pressed)
+        {
+            DragMove();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void ViewModel_OnPropertyChanged(object? sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        // Once the "add memes" dialog closes, hand keyboard focus back to the picker so the
+        // user can keep searching/clicking without having to click into it again.
+        if (e.PropertyName == nameof(PickerViewModel.IsDialogOpen) && !_viewModel.IsDialogOpen && IsVisible)
+        {
+            Activate();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void PickerWindow_OnDeactivated(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        // Don't auto-hide while our own file-picker dialog or a tile's right-click context menu
+        // is showing - both take keyboard focus away from the window in a way that looks like
+        // "user clicked away" but isn't, and hiding here would close the menu/dialog too.
+        if (_viewModel.IsDialogOpen || _isContextMenuOpen) return;
+        Hide();
+    }
+
+    private void PickerWindow_OnContextMenuOpening(object sender, ContextMenuEventArgs e) => _isContextMenuOpen = true;
+
+    private void PickerWindow_OnContextMenuClosing(object sender, ContextMenuEventArgs e) => _isContextMenuOpen = false;
 
     private void PickerWindow_OnKeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
     {

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Views/SettingsWindow.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<Window x:Class="EbbesMemeClipboard.Views.SettingsWindow"
+        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+        Title="Settings - Ebbe's Meme Clipboard"
+        Width="380" Height="380"
+        Background="#F0202225"
+        WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
+        ResizeMode="NoResize"
+        SizeToContent="Height">
+    <StackPanel Margin="20">
+        <TextBlock Text="Global Hotkey" Foreground="White" FontSize="14" FontWeight="Bold" Margin="0,0,0,8"/>
+        <Border Background="#2B2D31" CornerRadius="6">
+            <TextBox x:Name="HotkeyBox"
+                     Text="{Binding HotkeyDisplay, Mode=OneWay}"
+                     IsReadOnly="True" Focusable="True"
+                     Background="Transparent" Foreground="White" BorderThickness="0"
+                     Padding="10,8" FontSize="13"
+                     CaretBrush="Transparent"
+                     PreviewKeyDown="HotkeyBox_OnPreviewKeyDown"/>
+        </Border>
+        <TextBlock Text="Click the box above, then press a new key combination." TextWrapping="Wrap"
+                   Foreground="#7B7D85" FontSize="11" Margin="0,4,0,0"/>
+        <TextBlock Text="{Binding HotkeyError}" TextWrapping="Wrap"
+                   Foreground="#E06060" FontSize="11" Margin="0,4,0,0"/>
+
+        <TextBlock Text="Insert Mode" Foreground="White" FontSize="14" FontWeight="Bold" Margin="0,24,0,8"/>
+        <RadioButton GroupName="InsertMode" Content="Copy to clipboard" Foreground="White"
+                     IsChecked="{Binding IsCopyOnly}" Margin="0,0,0,8"/>
+        <RadioButton GroupName="InsertMode" Content="Paste into active window" Foreground="White"
+                     IsChecked="{Binding IsPasteIntoActiveWindow}" Margin="0,0,0,8"/>
+        <RadioButton GroupName="InsertMode" Content="Paste and send instantly" Foreground="White"
+                     IsChecked="{Binding IsPasteAndSend}"/>
+        <TextBlock Text="Presses Enter right after pasting to submit it - use with care in chat apps."
+                   Foreground="#7B7D85" FontSize="10" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="20,4,0,0"/>
+    </StackPanel>
+</Window>

src/EbbesMemeClipboard/Views/SettingsWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using EbbesMemeClipboard.ViewModels;
+
+namespace EbbesMemeClipboard.Views;
+
+public partial class SettingsWindow : Window
+{
+    private readonly SettingsViewModel _viewModel;
+
+    public SettingsWindow(SettingsViewModel viewModel)
+    {
+        InitializeComponent();
+        _viewModel = viewModel;
+        DataContext = _viewModel;
+    }
+
+    private void HotkeyBox_OnPreviewKeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
+    {
+        e.Handled = true;
+
+        var key = e.Key == Key.System ? e.SystemKey : e.Key;
+        if (key is Key.LeftCtrl or Key.RightCtrl or Key.LeftAlt or Key.RightAlt
+            or Key.LeftShift or Key.RightShift or Key.LWin or Key.RWin or Key.System)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var modifiers = Keyboard.Modifiers;
+        // Keyboard.Modifiers only tracks Ctrl/Alt/Shift - the Windows key isn't a "modifier" as
+        // far as WPF's own key-state tracking is concerned, so it has to be checked separately.
+        if (Keyboard.IsKeyDown(Key.LWin) || Keyboard.IsKeyDown(Key.RWin))
+        {
+            modifiers |= ModifierKeys.Windows;
+        }
+
+        if (modifiers == ModifierKeys.None)
+        {
+            // A bare, unmodified key (e.g. plain "M") would fire on every keystroke system-wide.
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _viewModel.TrySetHotkey(modifiers, key);
+    }
+
+    protected override void OnClosing(CancelEventArgs e)
+    {
+        // Reused DI singleton for the app's whole lifetime - closing (title-bar X) should just
+        // hide it, not tear it down.
+        e.Cancel = true;
+        Hide();
+        base.OnClosing(e);
+    }
+}