Enhanced long-text preview and title line settings, along with improved image and file content handling.

Maccy/Extensions/Defaults.Keys+Names.swift

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ extension Defaults.Keys {
   static let searchVisibility = Key<SearchVisibility>("searchVisibility", default: .always)
   static let showSpecialSymbols = Key<Bool>("showSpecialSymbols", default: true)
   static let showTitle = Key<Bool>("showTitle", default: true)
+  static let titleLines = Key<Int>("titleLines", default: 1)
   static let size = Key<Int>("historySize", default: 200)
   static let sortBy = Key<Sorter.By>("sortBy", default: .lastCopiedAt)
   static let suppressClearAlert = Key<Bool>("suppressClearAlert", default: false)

Maccy/Maccy.entitlements

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 	<true/>
 	<key>com.apple.security.temporary-exception.mach-lookup.global-name</key>
 	<array>
-    	<string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)-spks</string>
-    	<string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)-spki</string>
+		<string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)-spks</string>
+		<string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)-spki</string>
 	</array>
 </dict>
 </plist>

Maccy/Models/HistoryItem.swift

@@ -85,6 +85,37 @@ class HistoryItem {
       }
   }
 
+  func formatForDisplay(_ raw: String) -> String {
+    let titleLines = Defaults[.titleLines]
+
+    if titleLines > 1 {
+      let lines = raw.components(separatedBy: "\n")
+      let firstLines = lines.filter { !$0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces).isEmpty }.prefix(titleLines)
+      return firstLines.map { formatLine($0) }.joined(separator: "\n")
+    }
+
+    if Defaults[.showSpecialSymbols] {
+      return formatLine(raw.replacingOccurrences(of: "\n", with: "⏎"))
+    }
+
+    return raw.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+  }
+
+  func formatLine(_ line: String) -> String {
+    if Defaults[.showSpecialSymbols] {
+      var result = line
+      if let range = result.range(of: "^ +", options: .regularExpression) {
+        result = result.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "·", range: range)
+      }
+      if let range = result.range(of: " +$", options: .regularExpression) {
+        result = result.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "·", range: range)
+      }
+      result = result.replacingOccurrences(of: "\t", with: "⇥")
+      return result
+    }
+    return line.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+  }
+
   func generateTitle() -> String {
     guard image == nil else {
       Task {
@@ -94,23 +125,8 @@ class HistoryItem {
     }
 
     // 1k characters is trade-off for performance
-    var title = previewableText.shortened(to: 1_000)
-
-    if Defaults[.showSpecialSymbols] {
-      if let range = title.range(of: "^ +", options: .regularExpression) {
-        title = title.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "·", range: range)
-      }
-      if let range = title.range(of: " +$", options: .regularExpression) {
-        title = title.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "·", range: range)
-      }
-      title = title
-        .replacingOccurrences(of: "\n", with: "⏎")
-        .replacingOccurrences(of: "\t", with: "⇥")
-    } else {
-      title = title.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-    }
-
-    return title
+    let raw = previewableText.shortened(to: 1_000)
+    return formatForDisplay(raw)
   }
 
   var previewableText: String {

Maccy/Observables/HistoryItemDecorator.swift

@@ -40,15 +40,34 @@ class HistoryItemDecorator: Identifiable, Hashable, HasVisibility {
   }
 
   var hasImage: Bool { item.image != nil }
+  var hasFileURLs: Bool { !item.fileURLs.isEmpty }
 
   var previewImageGenerationTask: Task<(), Error>?
   var thumbnailImageGenerationTask: Task<(), Error>?
   var previewImage: NSImage?
   var thumbnailImage: NSImage?
   var applicationImage: ApplicationImage
 
-  // 10k characters seems to be more than enough on large displays
-  var text: String { item.previewableText.shortened(to: 10_000) }
+  // 10k characters seems to be more than enough on large displays.
+  // Cached as stored property to avoid recomputing previewableText (which
+  // may parse RTF/HTML) on every SwiftUI access.
+  let text: String
+
+  /// First `maxTitleLines` non-blank lines, pre-split to avoid re-splitting on every access.
+  private let firstLines: [String]
+
+  /// `text` truncated to `titleLines` with `showSpecialSymbols` applied.
+  /// Computed so that changing `titleLines` in preferences affects all items immediately.
+  var displayText: String {
+    let lines = Defaults[.titleLines]
+    if lines > 1 {
+      return firstLines.prefix(lines).map { item.formatLine($0) }.joined(separator: "\n")
+    }
+    if Defaults[.showSpecialSymbols] {
+      return item.formatLine(text.replacingOccurrences(of: "\n", with: "⏎"))
+    }
+    return text.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+  }
 
   var isPinned: Bool { item.pin != nil }
   var isUnpinned: Bool { item.pin == nil }
@@ -68,6 +87,14 @@ class HistoryItemDecorator: Identifiable, Hashable, HasVisibility {
     self.title = item.title
     self.applicationImage = ApplicationImageCache.shared.getImage(item: item)
 
+    // Precompute text to avoid repeated previewableText (RTF/HTML parsing) on SwiftUI reads.
+    let rawText = item.previewableText.shortened(to: 10_000)
+    self.text = rawText
+    self.firstLines = Array(rawText
+      .components(separatedBy: "\n")
+      .filter { !$0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces).isEmpty }
+      .prefix(5))  // max titleLines from stepper range
+
     synchronizeItemPin()
     synchronizeItemTitle()
   }

Maccy/Settings/AppearanceSettingsPane.swift

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ struct AppearanceSettingsPane: View {
   @Default(.popupScreen) private var popupScreen
   @Default(.pinTo) private var pinTo
   @Default(.imageMaxHeight) private var imageHeight
+  @Default(.titleLines) private var titleLines
   @Default(.previewDelay) private var previewDelay
   @Default(.highlightMatch) private var highlightMatch
   @Default(.menuIcon) private var menuIcon
@@ -26,7 +27,12 @@ struct AppearanceSettingsPane: View {
     formatter.maximum = 200
     return formatter
   }()
-
+  private let titleLinesFormatter: NumberFormatter = {
+    let formatter = NumberFormatter()
+    formatter.minimum = 1
+    formatter.maximum = 5
+    return formatter
+  }()
   private let numberOfItemsFormatter: NumberFormatter = {
     let formatter = NumberFormatter()
     formatter.minimum = 0
@@ -100,6 +106,16 @@ struct AppearanceSettingsPane: View {
         }
       }
 
+      Settings.Section(label: { Text("TitleLines", tableName: "AppearanceSettings") }) {
+        HStack {
+          TextField("", value: $titleLines, formatter: titleLinesFormatter)
+            .frame(width: 120)
+            .help(Text("TitleLinesTooltip", tableName: "AppearanceSettings"))
+          Stepper("", value: $titleLines, in: 1...5)
+            .labelsHidden()
+        }
+      }
+
       Settings.Section(label: { Text("PreviewDelay", tableName: "AppearanceSettings") }) {
         HStack {
           TextField("", value: $previewDelay, formatter: previewDelayFormatter)

Maccy/Settings/en.lproj/AppearanceSettings.strings

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 "PinToTooltip" = "Change the location of pinned items.\nDefault: Top.";
 "ImageHeight" = "Image height:";
 "ImageHeightTooltip" = "Maximum image preview height.\nDefault: 40.\nHint: Set to 16 to look like text items.";
+"TitleLines" = "Title lines:";
+"TitleLinesTooltip" = "Number of lines displayed per history item.\nDefault: 1.\nHint: Increase to see more text in each item.";
 "PreviewDelay" = "Preview delay:";
 "PreviewDelayTooltip" = "Delay in milliseconds until a preview popup is shown.\nDefault: 1500.";
 "HighlightMatches" = "Highlight matches:";

Maccy/Views/HistoryItemView.swift

@@ -39,13 +39,15 @@ struct HistoryItemView: View {
       image: item.thumbnailImage,
       accessoryImage: item.thumbnailImage != nil ? nil : ColorImage.from(item.title),
       attributedTitle: item.attributedTitle,
+      rawTitle: item.displayText,
       shortcuts: item.shortcuts,
       isSelected: item.isSelected,
       selectionIndex: visualIndex,
       selectionAppearance: selectionAppearance
     ) {
       Text(verbatim: item.title)
     }
+    .padding(.vertical, 0.5)
     .onAppear {
       item.ensureThumbnailImage()
     }

Maccy/Views/ListItemTitleView.swift

@@ -1,23 +1,99 @@
+import Defaults
 import SwiftUI
 
+// MARK: - Truncation helpers
+
+/// Font matching SwiftUI's default `.body` on macOS.
+private let bodyFont = NSFont.systemFont(ofSize: NSFont.systemFontSize)
+
+/// Truncate a single line by inserting " ... " in the middle if it exceeds maxWidth.
+/// Uses NSAttributedString for accurate pixel-width measurement.
+func truncateLine(_ text: String, maxWidth: CGFloat) -> String {
+  let ellipsis = " ... "
+  let attrs: [NSAttributedString.Key: Any] = [.font: bodyFont]
+
+  func width(of s: String) -> CGFloat {
+    NSAttributedString(string: s, attributes: attrs).size().width
+  }
+
+  guard width(of: text) > maxWidth else { return text }
+
+  let chars = Array(text)
+
+  // Binary search the longest prefix that still allows suffix + ellipsis to fit.
+  var lo = 0
+  var hi = chars.count / 2
+  while lo < hi {
+    let mid = (lo + hi + 1) / 2
+    let suffixStart = chars.count - mid
+    let candidate = String(chars[0..<mid]) + ellipsis + String(chars[suffixStart...])
+    if width(of: candidate) <= maxWidth {
+      lo = mid
+    } else {
+      hi = mid - 1
+    }
+  }
+
+  if lo == 0 {
+    // Nothing fits with ellipsis; just cut to width.
+    var result = ""
+    for ch in chars {
+      guard width(of: result + String(ch)) <= maxWidth else { break }
+      result += String(ch)
+    }
+    return result
+  }
+
+  let suffixStart = chars.count - lo
+  return String(chars[0..<lo]) + ellipsis + String(chars[suffixStart...])
+}
+
+/// Truncate multi-line text: split by newlines, take first maxLines lines,
+/// truncate each long line individually, join with newlines.
+func truncateText(_ raw: String, maxWidth: CGFloat, maxLines: Int) -> String {
+  let lines = raw.components(separatedBy: .newlines)
+  let capped = lines.prefix(maxLines)
+  return capped.map { truncateLine($0, maxWidth: maxWidth) }.joined(separator: "\n")
+}
+
+// MARK: - ListItemTitleView
+
 struct ListItemTitleView<Title: View>: View {
   var attributedTitle: AttributedString?
+  var rawTitle: String?
   @ViewBuilder var title: () -> Title
+  @Default(.titleLines) private var titleLines
+  @Default(.windowSize) private var windowSize
+  @Default(.showApplicationIcons) private var showIcons
+
+  /// Estimated text area width: window width minus padding for icons, spacers,
+  /// shortcuts, and trailing margin.
+  private var estimatedTextWidth: CGFloat {
+    let base = windowSize.width
+    let iconArea: CGFloat = showIcons ? 30 : 15
+    let shortcutsArea: CGFloat = 40
+    let margin: CGFloat = 20
+    return max(base - iconArea - shortcutsArea - margin, 80)
+  }
 
   var body: some View {
-    if let attributedTitle {
-      Text(attributedTitle)
-        .accessibilityIdentifier("copy-history-item")
-        .lineLimit(1)
-        .truncationMode(.middle)
-    } else {
-      title()
-        .accessibilityIdentifier("copy-history-item")
-        .lineLimit(1)
-        .truncationMode(.middle)
-        // Workaround for macOS 26 to avoid flipped text
-        // https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy/issues/1113
-        .drawingGroup()
+    Group {
+      if let attributedTitle {
+        Text(attributedTitle)
+          .accessibilityIdentifier("copy-history-item")
+          .lineLimit(titleLines)
+          .truncationMode(.middle)
+      } else if let rawTitle {
+        Text(truncateText(rawTitle, maxWidth: estimatedTextWidth, maxLines: titleLines))
+          .accessibilityIdentifier("copy-history-item")
+          .lineLimit(titleLines)
+      } else {
+        title()
+          .accessibilityIdentifier("copy-history-item")
+          .lineLimit(titleLines)
+          .truncationMode(.middle)
+          .drawingGroup()
+      }
     }
   }
 }

Maccy/Views/ListItemView.swift

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct ListItemView<Title: View, ID: Hashable>: View {
   var image: NSImage?
   var accessoryImage: NSImage?
   var attributedTitle: AttributedString?
+  var rawTitle: String?
   var shortcuts: [KeyShortcut]
   var isSelected: Bool
   var selectionIndex: Int?
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ struct ListItemView<Title: View, ID: Hashable>: View {
           .padding(.trailing, 5)
           .padding(.vertical, 5)
       } else {
-        ListItemTitleView(attributedTitle: attributedTitle, title: title)
+        ListItemTitleView(attributedTitle: attributedTitle, rawTitle: rawTitle, title: title)
           .padding(.trailing, 5)
       }
 
@@ -109,10 +110,22 @@ struct ListItemView<Title: View, ID: Hashable>: View {
     .frame(minHeight: Popup.itemHeight)
     .id(id)
     .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
-    .foregroundStyle(isSelected ? Color.white : .primary)
-    // macOS 26 broke hovering if no background is present.
-    // The slight opcaity white background is a workaround
-    .background(isSelected ? Color.accentColor.opacity(0.8) : .white.opacity(0.001))
+    .foregroundStyle(isSelected ? Color.accentColor : .primary)
+    .background(
+      RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: Popup.cornerRadius)
+        .fill(
+          isSelected
+            ? Color.accentColor.opacity(0.12)
+            : Color.primary.opacity(0.03)
+        )
+    )
+    .overlay(
+      RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: Popup.cornerRadius)
+        .strokeBorder(
+          isSelected ? Color.accentColor : Color.primary.opacity(0.15),
+          lineWidth: 1
+        )
+    )
     .clipShape(selectionAppearance.rect(cornerRadius: Popup.cornerRadius))
     .hoverSelectionId(selectionId)
     .help(help ?? "")