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I just wanted to define the middle mouse button to insert clipboards content - but then I mentioned that #KDE already did that for me! 😀 (bildung.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just wanted to define the middle mouse button to insert clipboards content - but then I mentioned that #KDE already did that for me! 😀

What a (certainly widely known) gamechanger! 😍

And by the way: What a great #distribution KDE is day by day! 🥰

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#linux #shortcut #clipboard

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[–] ericjmorey 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Does KDE not have the middle mouse button paste from the primary selection? I thought the clipboard is distinct from primary selection.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

'Insert clipboard's contents' sounds like a fancy way of saying paste 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] ericjmorey 1 points 2 weeks ago

Paste from clipboard is different than paste from primary selection

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

@ericjmorey Oh you're right! Thanks for this clarification! 👌

Wow but that's an even better feature (didn't think that was possible) because for a lot of cases the clipboard is used for primary selections and then it isn't neccessary to take the detour via copy or cut (while you could go that way though) - that's fantastic! 😍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You are correct. Traditional X middle-button behavior is to insert the primary selection, from any application. It is distinct from the cilpboard(s), has no "copy" step, and doesn't behave the same as "paste" (it can't paste over another primary selection).

Many people don't notice the difference, though, especially if they're used to an environment that lacks that functionality, like Windows. Some might even get confused or frustrated when the middle click doesn't work quite as they expect (which, of course, is because it's actually doing something different).

https://www.jwz.org/doc/x-cut-and-paste.html

It's also possible that OP remapped their middle button to paste from the clipboard, although their phrasing makes it seem unlikely.