#GNOME v50 will disable pasting via middle-mouse-button by default (as it is an X11ism):
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettings-desktop-schemas/-/merge_requests/119
But one can re-enabled it via
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-enable-primary-paste true
(phew, was already worried as I am using this quite often)
Thanks @nekohayo , as paste on middle mouse click is a feature widely used by users, including end users (=not developers), this setting should be in the default Gnome settings app.
The reason given why this feature was disabled by default was to protect "some" users that accidentally paste something. The setting in the Gnome settings app is required to protect the users that use this feature, without fiddling with non-default third-party apps like the Tweaks app.
@GerryT @bitshift You and I are not normal users.
You have not done tech support with normies. Normal everyday people don't use this, and they don't go searching on the Internet why some random secondary clipboard's contents suddenly got inserted somewhere when they misclicked the mousewheel or touchpad; instead they just sit there bewildered or call me. It's just another way the computer can "break" in front of them. @gnome just sets a more reasonable default now.
(1/2) Thanks @nekohayo for your response. Indeed, I have not done tech support, as I am just a user, maybe someone more interested in tech than others, but still a user. Many of the people I know (friends, family, colleagues) are end users with a high educational background. And the majority of them uses the paste on middle click (N=5, 2 uses it daily, 1 frequently, 1 know the feature not using it, 1 doesn't know the feature). They ....
(2/2) @nekohayo They are users who would search in the Gnome settings app if this feature doesn't work anymore. They would likely never search in the internet if there is an unofficial secondary settings app that is able to switch on the middle mouse click again. They just would think that Gnome removed another feature, and would be annoyed. Thus, it is as simple as it it: @gnome , *Please* add this setting to the default Gnome settings app.
> You have not done tech support with normies
Sorry, doesn't hold for me. I run a corp providing IT support + privately supporting "normies" >20y + introduced my mom to #GNOME years ago.
They wouldn't question middle-click behavior as none of them use it intentionally. They'd see it as glitch or learn it (if told). But I will notice if it does not work :)
That said, different views on decluttering make sense, I can enable the setting. Thanks for your #OSS work.
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Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)