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[–] AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 36 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

I try not to judge people....unless I see them right-clicking to copy and paste. Ew.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, who wouldn't use the toolbar icons?!

[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago

I.......

Fuck you, man!

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If your hand is already on the mouse, it can be quicker to just right click and click copy. Especially if the next action also uses the mouse.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Do you hold the mouse with both hands?

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 weeks ago

No, the other hand is scratching my balls

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

No, but I've been using Dvorak long enough to have forgotten how convenient the default cut/copy/paste binds are [on qwerty] without stopping to think about it. Dvorak's x, c, and v are where qwerty's b, i, and period are, respectively.

I still use the keybinds more often than right click, but it's not always the optimal option. With qwerty, it might be always optimal.

Edit: clarity (marked with square brackets)

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Based dvorak enjoyer

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

well as a Colemak enjoyer I don't have that problem. Couldn't you just rebind the shortcuts in your OS to be in the normal spot near ctrl?

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not sure there is a way to rebind those keyboard shortcuts, at least in Windows, since I believe they are all handled in the current program's Windows message handler as key inputs rather than cut/copy/paste events. So, afaik, it would need to be set up on a per program basis with that program's support.

There might be a utility that does that remapping on a key by key basis, but I figure such an app might not work as well with games that use ctrl as a modifier key but not for cut/copy/paste.

For Linux, most of the work I do there is via the terminal which doesn't even have the usual ctrl key combos for those operations (like ctrl+c is SIGTERM instead of copy).

If I'm doing something that is heavy on copy/paste and mouse use, middle click paste covers a lot and for what it doesn't, I can move my left hand to hit the qwerty period or I buttons on the right side of the keyboard, so this issue hasn't been enough of a problem for me to seek out a better solution. I've also got a two button switch keyboard layouts shortcut so I could just switch it to qwerty for that and switch back easy enough.

Though I did use to rebind those shortcuts in word and the like when qwerty habits were fresher in my mind. Thinking back on it, I'm not sure when it was that I "unlearned" those shortcuts.

[–] Reyali@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

I had someone send me bullet points in Teams… except they weren’t bullet points or even carriage returns. It was just 50+ spaces at the end of the line to make the text go down to the next line in her view.

She was also a right-click copy/paster.

[–] urquell@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Shift+ins gang

[–] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

You've got me questioning my life choices

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Double click then middle click gang.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Button2 and while pressed, button3 to snarf.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Middle click paste ftw.