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But the automatic single-click selection doesn't fill the X clipboard (meaning it isn't pasted by middle click), so when I want to copy it I have to triple clic
by penteract 6y ago
But the automatic single-click selection doesn't fill the X clipboard (meaning it isn't pasted by middle click), so when I want to copy it I have to triple click anyway. Since it looks like it's selected, I frequently forget to do so, which results in pasting something I didn't mean to.
- zipperhead 6y agoHoly crap, I just realized this is why I've pasted the text instead of URL all these years!
- Triv888 6y agoThats the only good thing about it... when the X clipboard has an error message in it that I want to search about, I dont need to worry about the search box being already full
- namibj 6y agoYou're referring to selection1, not the clipboard. There is (for me, on Arch) also a selection2, which I haven't investigated further. Notably Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V operate on the clipboard, while selection and middle-click operate on (at least) selection1.
- jrochkind1 6y agoI single-click in address bar, which selects all (in Chrome), then I command-c shortcut to copy. Which is my main use case for clicking in the location bar, copying the URL. So I appreciate that single-click selects all, so I can then copy with a keyboard shortcut. I'm confused by your comment "when I want to copy it I have to triple-click anyway" -- I'm guessing you are on linux(?)... does triple-click or select alone automatically copy on Linux? (If select alone normally copies to clipboard, then I'd say it's a bug that it "looks selected" but hasn't copied to clipboard?) This may be a thing where different behavior is appropriate for different OSes. Perhaps the FF devs who rejected the feature are also Linux users? I think FF wants to get market share beyond what can be achieved focusing on Linux users though.