In linux land highlighting text can auto copy it and miuse wheel close ck auto pastes. Also i do love to highlight text for read ability
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honestly i really hate that. i managed to get rid of it auto copying selected text (don't remember how) but seriously how do i disable pasting with the mouse wheel, it's never what i want to do
Relevant for SwayWM users:
Relevant for Firefox (or similar) users:
- Disable
middlemouse.pasteinabout:configto remove this behavior, as Firefox handles this separately
What's your desktop environment? Because it's going to depend on that.
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Do this to note my place, especially when the text is smaller and the lines are long. Makes it so much easier to find the line I left off on if I have to step away, or to find my way back to the next line more easily.
It’s the equivalent of putting my finger or a bookmark down on a page in a novel.
Also please stop using light colored text on light colored backgrounds, it's a stupid idea. Thanks for your attention.
I select the whole text, then one word less from both ends, then one word less from both ends, then.... You get it... Until I'm down to the last 1 or 2 words.
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Also: stop fucking redefining hotkeys, and place a toggler for pages where is makes sense (Figma etc., basically a whole complex programs in a webpage)
I do this too, I'm the only one I know who doesn't think it's weird to do, I'm glad I'm not alone.
I'm not sure what it's a symptom of, but I often mess up reading the correct line when the lines a fairly wide. (I want to say dyslexia? But if I do have that then it's only mild)
I point with my finger with physical media also when lines are wide enough. It just helps read faster :3
I'm also glad to know I'm not alone in highlighting the text as I go
Hell yeah josef