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Am I the only one that thinks we should have dedicated buttons for copy/paste on keyboards? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by AstralPath@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I was just reading this thread... https://sh.itjust.works/post/23476261

...and it got me thinking about something that I've wanted for a long time. Why is it that keyboards have not evolved to have dedicated copy/paste keys left of the main board? I'd love to see an additional column of keys left of Esc->Ctrl configurable as macros at least. I do a lot of copy/paste for work. The current shortcuts arent terrible or anything but they're not exactly comfortable. I'd rather move my whole hand to the left for a macro key than contort to hit the current shortcut.

What do you think?

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[-] Oaksey@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I wish there was a dedicated hotkey combo that worked across all applications for paste plain text

[-] gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 months ago

on linux debian, it's ctrl+shift+v

[-] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + V is pretty much the norm. It works in everything I've used it in.

[-] Oaksey@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks, it seems the support for it has improved since I previously gave up on it.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

On mac it’s cmd-shift-v

[-] person420@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 4 months ago

Same on windows. Works in most applications except some Microsoft Office apps (like Excel and Word) that have a separate "past as text" option.

[-] atomp@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Powertoys has a "paste as plain text" module that will allow the same keyboard shortcut across all of Windows

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