Bug 504574 - Request: Option that when enabled, all text can't be copied by just being selected
Summary: Request: Option that when enabled, all text can't be copied by just being sel...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Clipboard widget & pop-up (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.3.5
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-05-20 15:26 UTC by Fernando M. Muniz
Modified: 2025-05-20 16:57 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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2025-05-20 15:26 UTC, Fernando M. Muniz 		Details
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Description Fernando M. Muniz 2025-05-20 15:26:31 UTC 
Created attachment 181576 [details]
This is the menu.

I like to replace text by selecting it, then pasting the text over it. I don't like that when text are invisibly copied when they're selected.

All settings from the menu in this attached screenshot doesn't deactivate copying by selecting, it just makes it work differently.

So I'm requesting the option to NEVER copy by just selecting text in any way.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-05-20 16:49:09 UTC 
It exists in System Settings > General Behavior > Middle-click: > uncheck "Pastes selected text".
Comment 2 Fernando M. Muniz 2025-05-20 16:50:56 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> It exists in System Settings > General Behavior > Middle-click: > uncheck
> "Pastes selected text".

Why this isn't on the Mouse and Touchpad menus?
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-05-20 16:57:36 UTC 
The same reason all the other clicking-related settings on that page aren't there: because they apply to both mice and touchpads, so they would have to be duplicated across both despite being global in scope, which isn't ideal.

In the future when we have a combined "Mouse & Touchpad" page, we'll be able to move all the global-scope options there. It's on the long-term roadmap.