Option to entirely disable right-click-to-paste #11032

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opened 2026-01-31 02:36:52 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @iarna on GitHub (Oct 14, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Option to entirely disable right-click-to-paste.

But why?

I primarily use Windows Terminal from a Surface Laptop 3, which is a single button laptop. In order to be able to right click, I have two-finger-tap-to-right-click enabled. This works well enough. However when typing furiously into a Terminal it's easy to accidentally brush the touchpad with my hands, resulting in stray right-clicks. This would only be a minor annoyance except that every time I do this, Terminal does a paste. I find myself frustrated, regularly having to either dismiss the "are you sure you want to paste that giant thing" warning or undo the changes it pasted in.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

A config option would suffice, similar to the existing one that controls select-to-copy.

Originally created by @iarna on GitHub (Oct 14, 2020). # Description of the new feature/enhancement Option to entirely disable right-click-to-paste. # But why? I primarily use Windows Terminal from a Surface Laptop 3, which is a single button laptop. In order to be able to right click, I have two-finger-tap-to-right-click enabled. This works well enough. However when typing furiously into a Terminal it's easy to accidentally brush the touchpad with my hands, resulting in stray right-clicks. This would only be a minor annoyance except that every time I do this, Terminal does a paste. I find myself frustrated, regularly having to either dismiss the "are you sure you want to paste that giant thing" warning or undo the changes it pasted in. # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) A config option would suffice, similar to the existing one that controls select-to-copy.
claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 02:36:52 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 15, 2020):

Will be addressed by issue #1553

@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 15, 2020): Will be addressed by issue #1553
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Oct 15, 2020):

Thanks for the help triaging @alannt777!
Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #1553 for more discussion.

/dup #1553

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Oct 15, 2020): Thanks for the help triaging @alannt777! Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #1553 for more discussion. /dup #1553
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 15, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 15, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#11032