disable middle-click paste in linux without disabling middle scroll

disable middle click paste in linux.md

Disable middle-click paste in Linux

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

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?

@Sledmine

You can use https://github.com/milaq/XMousePasteBlock