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XMousePasteBlock

Userspace tool to disable middle mouse button paste in Xorg (by milaq)

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hud-menu

Provides a way to run menubar commands through dmenu (by jamcnaughton)

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XMousePasteBlock		hud-menu
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15	Mentions	2
355	Stars	74
-	Growth	-
4.9	Activity	0.0
3 months ago	Latest Commit	almost 7 years ago
C	Language	Python
-	License	MIT License

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XMousePasteBlock

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[EndeavourOS][KDE] Is there a way to disable middle-click pasting in XWayland apps like Discord, other than by forcing these apps to use Wayland natively?
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 26 Apr 2023
What low key UX improvements would you like to see in linux desktop environments?
11 projects | /r/linux | 5 Sep 2022

I've actually been using XMousePasteBlock since it does things more elegantly than running an endless loop in the background. But it's still a workaround that shouldn't be necessary unfortunately.
Linux — Enable Middle Mouse Button Scrolling on Chrome(-ium) and Electron apps (Discord, etc)
2 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 18 Jul 2022

Also, don't run this incredibly bad bash script for purging the X11 selection buffer. Use XMousePasteBlock: https://github.com/milaq/XMousePasteBlock
Is it possible to disable middle click paste in Wayland?
1 project | /r/kde | 9 Apr 2022

This is what I use on X11, but I doubt it would work on Wayland. Might be worth trying anyway: https://github.com/milaq/XMousePasteBlock
Using Windows after 15 years on Linux
1 project | /r/linux | 7 Apr 2022

here go: https://github.com/milaq/XMousePasteBlock
The middle-click on Linux: an unsung hero
2 projects | /r/linux | 14 Jan 2022

I'm pretty sure I used https://github.com/milaq/XMousePasteBlock, never had to deal with it since
Switched Work Computer from MacOS to Fedora 35 on Thinkpad - 2 Week Impressions
5 projects | /r/linux | 22 Dec 2021

The option to turn it off only works on GTK apps. Here you have a workaround for this. I've been using it for quite some time now and works great so far (I'm on Pop btw).
Opening the GNOME shell overview with middle click?
3 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 28 Sep 2021

cp ff gtk em xmp ta km tb ext
What is a problem/minor pet peeve you have with Linux that you wish would get fixed?
16 projects | /r/linux | 12 Apr 2021
How to disable middle-mouse button paste? Possibly kill middle mouse all together.
1 project | /r/i3wm | 18 Mar 2021

This tool named XMousePasteBlock may help you, and it has an AUR package if you use ArchLinux.

hud-menu

Posts with mentions or reviews of hud-menu. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-05.