Is it possible to disable the middle-click paste feature of macOS Terminal? I have a Keyboard Maestro macro assigned to the middle mouse (wheel) button, but it won't work in Terminal because of this issue.
What's really bizarre is that it's pasting things that have never been on my clipboard—sometimes including a newline character, which could potentially have devastating consequences.
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
It's not possible to disable Logitech's default Middle Click behavior, but I solved the problem by creating a weird keyboard macro in G HUB (Cmd-Shift-F9), assigning that to the middle mouse button, and taking over that new keyboard shortcut within Keyboard Maestro for my triple-click, copy, trim macro.
It's not possible to disable Logitech's default Middle Click behavior, but I solved the problem by creating a weird keyboard macro in G HUB (Cmd-Shift-F9), assigning that to the middle mouse button, and taking over that new keyboard shortcut within Keyboard Maestro for my triple-click, copy, trim macro.
macOS does not define any middle-click feature in its apps, such as Terminal. Mostly because Apple does not make 3 button mice. At most Apple has Right and left Click, plus holding modifier keys when clicking.
While not a complete list, there are the macOS Terminal copy and paste options, none of which are click based.
So I would look at Keyboard Maestro for excluding your middle click from working in Terminal, or I would see if you an find what Terminal commands do what you have defined as Middle-Click and then see about mapping that into your Keyboard Maestro command when Terminal has window focus.
NOTE: Middle-Click paste feature does exist in other operating systems, such as Unix/Linux GUI interfaces. Not sure about Windows, as I rarely interact with a Windows system. And I do know that there are 3rd party mice with a middle click, but what that maps to is generally dependent on the mouse vendor and any 3rd party mouse control software you install.
mph206 wrote:
Ah, it must be some kind of unwanted default behavior from the Logitech G HUB driver. Not impressed with Logitech's macOS software one bit.
I gave up on them about two decades ago. Doesn’t sound like they’ve improved.
With respect to Barney-15E's comment.
I've liked Logitech mice, but I have not liked their software.
I owned a nice Logitech 9-button mouse, but I used separate 3-party mouse drivers for it. And to day if I was still using a Logitech mouse, I would be using BetterTouchTool to configure the button.
I stopped using any mice when I got my first Apple Magic Trackpad in 2010. It took less than a week of owning the Magic Trackpad to put my Logitech mouse (and every other mouse) on the side of my desk where the "Dust Bunnies" collect.
Ah, it must be some kind of unwanted default behavior from the Logitech G HUB driver. Not impressed with Logitech's macOS software one bit.
I've liked Logitech mice, but I have not liked their software.
Same. Still have the MX-1000 Laser Mouse, but I don't use it. It works well enough without their software.
Disable middle-click paste in Terminal
