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Middle-click paste
Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 8 threads.
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Middle-click paste happens accidentally and is unintuitiveUnreviewed
20132026- Middle-click paste silently fails on some websites2026-09-24
- Accidentally pastes highlighted text when middle-clicking, inserting unwanted content2026-04-24
- Turning off middle-click paste means chasing settings across apps, down to kernel recompiling2026-01-07
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 8 complaints
- Middle-click paste silently fails on some websites2026-09-24
- Accidentally pastes highlighted text when middle-clicking, inserting unwanted content2026-04-24
- Turning off middle-click paste means chasing settings across apps, down to kernel recompiling2026-01-07
- Middle click dumps the whole clipboard with no warning, often triggered by accident2026-01-06
- Users middle-click paste accidentally and find it unintuitive compared to scrolling2026-01-06
- Accidental middle-button press while scrolling pastes unwanted text2019-05-06
- Accidental middle-clicks on web pages paste clipboard text and navigate unexpectedly, causing confusion and mistakes2013-08-28
- Two clipboards behave inconsistently across applications, so users can't predict whether paste will work2013-08-27