Preventing auto-copy

[dasher]

Is there a way to prevent auto-copying of selected content?

I'm having an issue with some things - like google search - where I copy some content in one window (select & ctrl C) - goto an existing browser window with a google search. I select the current google search to delete it - and when I paste - I get back the search I just deleted.

My workflow is more:
select something - then CTRL C or CTRL X
goto another window - select some content I want to replace
paste to overwrite the content

I'm running Mint 14 with Cinnamon

[hluk]

Does disabling "selection to clipboard" (in the first tab in Preferences) help?

This won't copy selection to clipboard, i.e. you'll be able to use middle-click to paste text from selection but clipboard (ctrl-v, shift-insert) with contain only stuff copied with ctrl-c (well, depending on application).

Anyway, sometimes ignoring selection can be really useful functionality -- especially when GTK apps modify selection without user's intervention!

[dasher]

Excellent @hluk - ta - that helps :)

I'm pretty impressed with the app - it's thoughtfully designed, appears to be coded well, reliable - with a decent UI,
I like how you've both a UI and a cli for playing with the clipboard buffer.

Nice work

[hluk]

I'm glad you like it. My profession is programmer and I often search for bits and pieces of code in the app. I can say I'm pretty addicted to it right now :).

[marcosanchotene]

Is there any way to prevent the auto-copy by pressing a key? I usually need to copy something to the clipboard by selecting it and then double click on something else to paste the copied item on top of it, i.e. deleting the newly selected item. But for that to work I would need to disable the auto-copy by selection temporarily. Auto Copy is a Chrome extension that does that. You can set it to temporarily ignore the auto-copy by pressing ctrl or something else. If it's currently not possible, would be a nice feature to have!