Paste via Right Mouse Click (without showing the context menu)

Posted by Drymoglossum@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 11 comments

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Furthir@reddit

You should instead use middle mouse click since that is a more universal mouse action to paste. It also works outside of just terminals. AFAIK you will have to use ctrl+shift+c to copy via mouse selection.

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mina86ng@reddit

AFAIK you will have to use ctrl+shift+c to copy via mouse selection.

If you’re pasting with middle mouse button you don’t need to press anything to copy the selection. Selecting the text puts it into a clipboard.

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Mixy1000@reddit

isn't that a vulnerability of linux distros since i can have a password on clipboard and paste it anywhere when scrolling a page?

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Ruashiba@reddit

Scrolling isn’t middle click.

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WalkySK@reddit

yes it is, you can scroll with middle click and moving your mouse up or down. In firefox it's called autoscroll but it is not on by default on Linux.

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Mixy1000@reddit

i also have autoscroll extension on chrome, and i press middle mouse button to auto scroll

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mina86ng@reddit

No. You can have password in your clipboard and paste it anywhere on any sytem which has concept of a clipboard.

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CoffeeMessterpiece@reddit

always middle mouse click with linux in experience

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IAmTarkaDaal@reddit

I've not used this feature myself, but it looks like Alacritty can be configured to do this: https://alacritty.org/config-alacritty.html

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computer-machine@reddit

Just highlight/middle-click.

Rightclick to copy and paste in WSL is Windows coping for lacking a primary clipboard.