From 04e48f49597c67c3c667119804b9e844128c90db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillaume Lagrange Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 21:19:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] faq: add method to disable middle click paste --- pages/FAQ/_index.md | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/FAQ/_index.md b/pages/FAQ/_index.md index 8e95eb98..c510f9d6 100644 --- a/pages/FAQ/_index.md +++ b/pages/FAQ/_index.md @@ -247,13 +247,18 @@ env = XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP,Hyprland ### How to disable middle-click paste? -You can simply intercept the middle-click action all together, via hyprland -binds for example. The drawbacks to this solution are that 1. it disables the -rest of the functionality of the middle-click action, such as auto scroll, -closing browser tabs, etc., and 2. many applications (such as kitty) manually -intercept the middle-click events and bind them to paste from the primary buffer -themselves, bypassing the solution altogether. For this solution, add this bind -to your config: +You can intercept the bind to empty the primary buffer with wl-copy before +forwarding the input to the focused application by adding this to your config: + +`bindn = , mouse:274, exec, wl-copy -pc` + +Alternatively, you can simply intercept the middle-click action all together, +via hyprland binds for example. The drawbacks to this solution are that 1. it +disables the rest of the functionality of the middle-click action, such as auto +scroll, closing browser tabs, etc., and 2. many applications (such as kitty) +manually intercept the middle-click events and bind them to paste from the +primary buffer themselves, bypassing the solution altogether. For this solution, +add this bind to your config: `bind = , mouse:274, exec, ;`. Note that the exact bindcode may vary, so you may want to check it with `wev` first.