feat: move pasted item to top (#171)

* feat: move pasted item to top

* chore: avoid moving item if its correct position

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Co-authored-by: gustavosett <gustavosett@debian.myguest.virtualbox.org>

src-tauri/src/clipboard_manager.rs

@@ -532,6 +532,38 @@ impl ClipboardManager {
         Some(item_clone)
     }
 
+    /// Move an item to the top of the history (respecting pinned items)
+    /// If the item is pinned, it moves to the top of pinned items
+    /// If not pinned, it moves to the first non-pinned position
+    pub fn move_item_to_top(&mut self, id: &str) -> bool {
+        // Find the item's current position
+        let current_pos = match self.history.iter().position(|i| i.id == id) {
+            Some(pos) => pos,
+            None => return false, // Item not found
+        };
+        // Determine where we *would* insert based on pinned status, without mutating yet
+        let item_pinned = self.history[current_pos].pinned;
+        let insert_pos = if item_pinned {
+            // Move to top of pinned items (position 0)
+            0
+        } else {
+            // Move to first non-pinned position (right after all pinned items)
+            self.history
+                .iter()
+                .position(|i| !i.pinned)
+                .unwrap_or(self.history.len())
+        };
+        // If the item is already at the correct position, avoid unnecessary mutation and I/O
+        if insert_pos == current_pos {
+            return true;
+        }
+        // Now actually move the item
+        let item = self.history.remove(current_pos);
+        self.history.insert(insert_pos, item);
+        self.save_history();
+        true
+    }
+
     pub fn cleanup_old_items(&mut self, interval_minutes: u64) -> bool {
         if interval_minutes == 0 {
             return false;
@@ -624,6 +656,9 @@ impl ClipboardManager {
         // 3. Simulate User Input
         self.simulate_paste_action()?;
 
+        // 4. Move item to top of history so it's easily accessible for repeated use
+        self.move_item_to_top(&item.id);
+
         Ok(())
     }
 

src-tauri/src/main.rs

@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ async fn paste_item(app: AppHandle, state: State<'_, AppState>, id: String) -> R
             // 3. Perform Paste
             let mut manager = state.clipboard_manager.lock();
             manager.paste_item(&item).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+
+            // 4. Notify frontend of history change (item moved to top)
+            let history = manager.get_history();
+            drop(manager); // Release lock before emitting
+            let _ = app.emit("history-sync", &history);
         }
         None => {
             eprintln!(