Middlemouse.paste
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Background
This preference determines how to handle middle clicks in text fields.
Possible values and their effects
True
Paste the contents of the clipboard into the text field. (Default for Linux/Unix.)
False
Perform the action specified by middlemouse.contentLoadURL. (Default for all but Linux/Unix.)
Caveats
- Bug 58700 - Middleclick paste fails with silent clipboard error
- Bug 289757 - paste on middle click does not take into account existing selection
- Bug 310348 - designMode (midas) - middle click starts autoscroll instead of pasting X selection
Previous effects
This preference used to also handle middle clicks in the content area outside of text fields. middlemouse.contentLoadURL now handles these clicks.
First checked in
Has an effect in
- Netscape (all versions since 6.0)
- Mozilla Suite (all versions since M15)
- Mozilla Phoenix (all versions)
- Mozilla Firebird (all versions)
- Mozilla Firefox (all versions)
- Mozilla Thunderbird (all versions)
- SeaMonkey (all versions)