It’d be so easy for them to just add “by default” to the end of the title.
i dont understand why this is a conversation. shouldnt we just have the option to turn it on and off?
The option is there, the news is that GNOME changed the default value.
Awful, one of the first things I disable along side 1 click folder opening.
That’s the real linux user story.
We come for the speed, flexibility, FOSS values … but we STAY for the middle mouse paste.
I don’t understand how one can accidentally paste with the middle-click, but I was in this thread that it happens. I was very much against this change but now I need to see stats. Are there any?
I use a lot of graphics programs which use middle click drag to pan around. Figma for example constantly pastes whatever random text I forgot is in my clipboard
I discovered this feature on my 1st Linux distro in early 2000s, was like “Huh, that’s interesting” then tried Ctrl+V, and then adopted both into my daily workflow. Whenever Bitwarden autofill doesn’t work or unavailable by the site security settings, I copy my pass into the clipboard and select my username and paste both in a single action
There’s nothing to discuss. Just disable that shit already.
Why is this a thing? I’ve never wanted a feature less…
Middle paste, like many features, can be used to increase productivity. It’s normal. A better question would be why doesn’t Windows have it? It makes no sense to dumb down Linux to the level of Windows, just when people are leaving Windows because the user experience is so bad. Sure, make it an option in Settings. So people can continue to use it if they want. But there are many things worth utilising to save clicks on both Windows and Linux. Get to know them, if you want to get on with things.
Because it is awesome. So useful, and fast.
TIL middle mouse paste.
I like my middle paste, so long as it isn’t gone for good I’m happy. Having 2 clipboards is also nice
Making something not the default then removing it because it isn’t widely used (because it’s now disabled by default and users have to know it exists and then turn it on) is the gnome way.
Make no mistake, they’re trying to remove features they don’t like. There are lots of people involved in free software because they didn’t get to be in control of nonfree software.
Gotta make everything into a conspiracy theory huh?
I occasionally use middle mouse paste, but I switched my partner over from Windows recently and they were used to scrolling by holding MMB and dragging which seems to be the default on Windows…
I expected there to be a toggle to turn off middle mouse paste but there just wasn’t. I had to go into multiple different places to disable it and enable autoscroll for all their apps. I ended up installing a hacky tool that would just clear the clipboard whenever MMB was pressed.
If anything can make this process easier, I’m all for it.
I use middle click paste all the time, but the title is misleading and clickbaity. At least on GNOME’s side they’re discussing about disabling it by default, not completely. While this is annoying as long as the setting isn’t going away I’m fine with that and I understand the reasoning behind it.
Reminds me of LWN and the end of the Rust experiment.
Damn I’m using that I hope they don’t remove it!
Would they kindly discuss using Super+C and Super+V for copy paste instead ? It’s the only thing I miss from macOS.
You can add shortcuts yourself in gnome, no ?
Yes but that doesn’t always translate to every program. But also, I use Plasma anyway x)
