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?

  • @Oaksey
    10•3 months ago

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

      • HEXN3T
        4•3 months ago

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

        • @Oaksey
          2•3 months ago

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

      • @[email protected]
        2•3 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
      2•3 months ago

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