Install packages:
sudo apt-get install xbindkeys xsel xdotool
Create xbindkey configuration file:
# ~/.xbindkeysrc
"echo -n | xsel -n -i; pkill xbindkeys; xdotool click 2; xbindkeys"
b:2 + Release
Set xbindkeys to load on startup:
# ~/.bashrc
xbindkeys -p
Log out, log back in, and you should be all set. If you are impatient, simply run xbindkeys -p
I've been looking for a way to do this for so long, and this is almost perfect; however it still has issues. The problem is it messes with the other functionality of middle click. Usually i would just ignore this as another "solution" that just disables the middle click entirely, but it doesn't. It seems to have a very slight chance that a middle click input will go through without pasting. I've been able to use the middle click after sever seconds to several minutes of spamming the middle click, but haven't gotten a single paste in similar amount of spam. I'm new to linux and don't have the requisite skills to troubleshoot this myself, but it's so close to finally fixing an issue that's been making me really consider switching back to Windows.
I'm running Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon.
Never mind, I preemptively removed + Release after hearing it causing issues for Kvothe, but adding it back fixed it. So THANK YOU for providing the first working solution I've found after days of searching. I hope other people with this issue find this.
Never mind it doesn't fucking work. Why is this so hard to remove. It thought linux was supposed to be customizable.
A much better way (if you are using something gnome-based) is to just use gnome-tweaks to disable middle click paste directly
Hey, so it actually does work. I don't no why it didn't work for a while, but after a resets it has been working fine through multiple reboots. So no problem, i don't know what the problem was, but it's gone now.
Sorry to cuase an issue when there wasn't one. I probably just set up /.xbindkeyssrc wrong or something like that. But this solution DOSE work.
thank you! I wasted 15 minutes to operate out this leftover from the past, so I can use my other leftover from the past - the trackpoint to scroll my IDE without pasting snippets all over the place :)
You absolute gigachad. Thank you
This is awesome! I can still use my mouse (even the middle click and scroll) and there's no annoying pastes. However middle button click event is slower by like 0.5s and that's annoying
Any luck on removing that weird delay?
@uisuru
can you check does the middle click close tabs in Chrome (open URL in new tab) after your manipulation with disabling?
thanks