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Rie
@megu.dev

why do linux devs make it so hard to disable middle-click pasting? I use middle-click for scrolling, so it's a huge pain when apps like Discord or Signal paste the last thing I highlighted every time I scroll. I don't get why it's this hard to disable a feature this small.

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@dd86k.space

historical fuckery with X11, fallbacks to application-specific behavior (e.g., vscode's editor.scrollOnMiddleClick). no idea on wayland... but it still sucks

Rie
@megu.dev

Mostly affecting electron apps, They're running in native wayland (i.e. not using xwayland), but they still refuse to play nicely ;w; I'm assuming that when they realise I've patched out the primary clipboard, they're just running their own stupid local one I hate it here

Rie
@megu.dev

if anyone knows how to fix this hellscape, please do tell me I'm using COSMIC DE, I even tried recompiling the compositor with the primary clipboard stuff commented out but it's still doing it on a per-app basis

Rie
@megu.dev

just gonna do the jank workaround of having wl-paste watch the clipboard and clear it every time