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Separate the Paste Clipboard and Paste Selection behaviors #14474

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opened 2026-01-31 04:11:17 +00:00 by claunia · 5 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:11:17 +00:00
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Originally created by @chenzhiwei on GitHub (Jul 12, 2021).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

In all other terminals, such as gnome-terminal, kde-terminal, tillix, iterm2, the Paste Clipboard and Paste Selection are different behaviors.

Users can select some texts from the terminal and copy some texts from other places, then they can use Paste Selection and Paste Clipboard to paste two different text snippets.

This is a de-facto standard for Linux terminals, hope Windows Terminal can also implement this feature.

Originally created by @chenzhiwei on GitHub (Jul 12, 2021). # Description of the new feature/enhancement In all other terminals, such as gnome-terminal, kde-terminal, tillix, iterm2, the `Paste Clipboard` and `Paste Selection` are different behaviors. Users can select some texts from the terminal and copy some texts from other places, then they can use `Paste Selection` and `Paste Clipboard` to paste two different text snippets. This is a de-facto standard for Linux terminals, hope Windows Terminal can also implement this feature.
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:11:19 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2021):

Okay, so it's weird, but I guess it's a fair request. So to clarify:

  • user selects some text (without copyOnSelect)
  • user can now press two different keybindings
    • one action can be used to paste what's on the clipboard to the Terminal (the behavior we currently support)
    • another action can be used to paste the text that's currently selected by the Terminal

Yea that doesn't sound too crazy. Thanks!

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2021): Okay, so it's weird, but I guess it's a fair request. So to clarify: * user selects some text (without `copyOnSelect`) * user can now press two different keybindings * one action can be used to paste what's on the clipboard to the Terminal (the behavior we currently support) * another action can be used to paste the text that's currently selected by the Terminal Yea that doesn't sound too crazy. Thanks!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:11:20 +00:00
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@chenzhiwei commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2021):

@zadjii-msft Yes, using shift+insert to Paste Selection is a very useful feature in Linux terminals. There is even no doc about this, it is native behavior of Linux terminal, you can test with Gnome Terminal.

The steps can be:

  1. Copy some text from a website
  2. Open the Gnome Terminal, select some text
  3. Then press shift+insert to paste the selected text, press ctrl+shift+v to paste the text you copied from the website

My frequent use case is:

  1. Type vim, then Shift+Insert to paste the selection(a file name)
  2. Enter into the file
  3. Ctrl+Shift+v to paste the copied file content
@chenzhiwei commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2021): @zadjii-msft Yes, using `shift+insert` to `Paste Selection` is a very useful feature in Linux terminals. There is even no doc about this, it is native behavior of Linux terminal, you can test with Gnome Terminal. The steps can be: 1. Copy some text from a website 2. Open the Gnome Terminal, select some text 3. Then press `shift+insert` to paste the selected text, press `ctrl+shift+v` to paste the text you copied from the website My frequent use case is: 1. Type `vim`, then `Shift+Insert` to paste the selection(a file name) 2. Enter into the file 3. `Ctrl+Shift+v` to paste the copied file content
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:11:20 +00:00
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@chenzhiwei commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2021):

https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/178401

The only exception is gnome-terminal. After long debates, the devs have decided (for consistency with other terminals) that, in gnome-terminal, Shift+Insert should paste from PRIMARY and Ctrl+Shift+V should paste from CLIPBOARD (although you have the options to customize some shortcuts).

@chenzhiwei commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2021): https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/178401 > The only exception is gnome-terminal. After long debates, the devs have decided (for consistency with other terminals) that, in gnome-terminal, Shift+Insert should paste from PRIMARY and Ctrl+Shift+V should paste from CLIPBOARD (although you have the options to customize some shortcuts).
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:11:20 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2021):

Thanks again for the request!

Reading this over, and trying to understand it, I've come to believe that it is a /duplicate of #6250.

Having a separate select and copy buffer would be an excellent enhancement, and I believe that "simulating X11's select buffer" gets us there!

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2021): Thanks again for the request! Reading this over, and trying to understand it, I've come to believe that it is a /duplicate of #6250. Having a separate *select* and *copy* buffer would be an excellent enhancement, and I believe that "simulating X11's select buffer" gets us there!
claunia commented 2026-01-31 04:11:20 +00:00
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jul 12, 2021):

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 (Jul 12, 2021): 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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