Why is Windows so bad at ctrl+c? Never had an issue until I was given a work laptop running Windows.
- Highlight, select all.
- Reach for ctrl-c
- Accidentally press ctrl-v.
- I spent all morning writing that. (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)
I use ctrl-s and ctrl-z for occasions just like this.
On that first step there’s also ctrl-a to select all don’t forget
Instead I often either press CTRL+C instead of CTRL+V, or mispress in a way I quickly press C just before V, usually on an empty line, so it vipes my local clipboard, then I have to rely on Win+V because Kate still doesn’t have a clipboard history.
Ctrl + Shift + V
No more copying mystery garbage format, fonts, and colors from a different document. Why it isn’t standard to just copy raw data and a function to copy the format i will never know
I still wonder why that’s the default
I never had a single time where I wanted to randomly copy and paste the formatting, often including fonts, textcolor and background colors
Such a bizarre thing
Vestige from MS office dominance would be my guess
It was. It used to just work. This is what they took from us, those monsters.
Yeah CTRL shift v is not so reliable, on fedora you can copy and paste with Ctrl shift v from and in terme au get garbage characters yo clean
you can copy and paste with Ctrl shift v from and in terme au get garbage characters yo clean
Why do they call it oven when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food?
Copying doesn’t have visual feedback, which is the issue.
This is so true. It’s so simple and obvious. Therefore it’s gotta be the right answer
I’d rather cut/paste in old place/paste in new place to get that feedback!
Good old Ctrl+X Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+V.
I’m a Ctrl+X Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V kinda guy
NO! You’re doing it terribly wrong!! It’s Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V, and then Ctrl+V!!!
Ctrl+X, get distracted, Ctrl+V no output. Realisation. Suffering.
GNOME has this great extension called “Clipboard History”, that you can use to save your clipboard for later use.
Always use a copy buffer!
Like the one built in to newer windows versions via win+V or the loads of them available for Linux.
You can’t always though. Sometimes you are attempting to “cut” from an unchangeable source so you won’t get that feedback.
Windows itself could acknowledge it, something like a pulse around the selected text or the edges of the window, kinda like it does for screenshots
CTRL+CCCCCC, CTRL+V
For me it’s usually Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Shift+V
Seriously, why would anyone ever want to paste with formatting?!
Control shift C used to copy formatting and control shift v would paste the formatting. So if you pasted in a word doc or excel you could copy the font style and size from the cell or paragraph next to it and paste it over the weird.
Then control shift C in Teams decided it would call everyone in the group chat at fucking once.
If you’re copying from the same doc then you’d usually want to keep the formatting.
Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V. Cut gives the visual acknowledgement that copy has worked
Windows 11 seems to just not work sometimes I swear. Control c that is. Control v always fucking works.
Win10 too. Fucking annoying
I see your problem there.
If Nvidia could figure out their shit on Wayland is be over on CachyOS for gaming but I just ran into to many crashes and such with my 4090
My complaint mostly comes from having to use windows 11 for work though. That I can’t control 😭
Ctrl+v < shift+ins
Here’s the kicker: I work in SolidWorks. I frequently use the measure tool and copy dimensions from an assembly to paste into a part sketch. It used to always work, but lately it hasn’t been reliable, pasting an empty string into the dimension entry instead. However, if I paste the copied text into Notepad first, then copy the text from Notepad, I can then paste it back into SolidWorks just fine.
try Ctrl+Shift+V
it pastes text without formatting
I’ll give that a go next time SolidWorks plays dumb. Right now it’s being nice.
Thanks for the tip!
Amen to this. I have to use a Win machine for work and it’s absolutely bloody maddening. Ctrl-Shift-V always.
I wonder if this is the change causing us all trouble. Did old control v do this?
I’ve noticed that web browsers have been good at capturing
Ctrl+<char>sequences and passing them on to the right context.For example, if I have a terminal console open in a web browser (e.g. google code, or jupyter notebook), I notice that using Ctrl+C to kill a process does correctly pass through my desktop manager, through my web-browser, and to the console to kill the process. If I click just outside of the console window but still within the web-browser, then Ctrl-C acts like a normal copy command.
Not sure what my point is, other than it perpetually boggles my mind how many layers of software a key stroke has to pass through before it acts on the actual layer that you want.
Always triple tap that motherfucker.
sometimes I use ctrl+x to make sure
win+v is superior to ctrl+v.
Only for those who don’t hide their shame by disabling clipboard history. I have my reasons…
Always test your paste before pasting into the prod database.
Windows 11 actually killed my trust in Ctrl+V.
Try control shift v. It’ll paste without the sources formatting. I’m thinking that is what is causing us all ire.
Like in Excel… are you pasting values, numbers, formats, formulas, comments, the source theme…
Yes!
Paste values
Ctrl shift v
Game changer
