On Friday, 23 October 2020 14:39:53 BST Patrick Wigmore wrote: > For me, removing the middle-click action from the Desktop Settings > only seems to affect this exact feature; the pasting of new notes, > where the note didn't exist until the paste occurred.
You are right. I don't remember setting the middle mouse button in the Desktop Settings, but I suppose I must have done in the dim distant past before 'Lock Widgets' Functionality was removed. > I found a discussion which seems to confirm that there is no longer a > "lock widgets" in 5.18. It mentions the accidental pasting of notes as > one of the disadvantages: > > https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/ez4s32/how_to_lock_widgets_in_plasma_5 > 18_beta/ > > I'm surprised nobody foresaw the downsides to removing this > functionality, but I suppose it might result in fewer bugs in the > long-run, if nobody can work around them by locking widgets. Perhaps the developers don't use the middle mouse button to simulate a double click. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-11-03 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
