Re: [libreoffice-users] paste into the edit box

I, on the other hand, avoid that "mouse thing" like the plague.  I can 
still type a command line command faster than going through three layers 
of a menu.

Dave


On 4/21/2014 16:50, John R. Sowden wrote:
> On 04/21/2014 02:42 PM, Dave Liesse wrote:
> > Don't think I've ever run across the right-click behavior you mention,
> > but I just left-click in the box and then Ctrl-V (I never use a menu if
> > there's a shortcut key available -- too slow!).
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/21/2014 13:09, John R. Sowden wrote:
> > > why can't I right click on paste to paste text into the edit box
> > > instead of having to go to the edit-->paste drop down menu?
> > >
> > > no one has ever asked, or is there a technical reason?
> > >
> > > John
> this reminds me of when my wife, a legal secty as a teenager, was told 
> to use the function keys under Word Perfect.  Her response was 'you 
> mean I have to leave the home row?'
>
> When I am a cuttin' and a pastin', I'm usin' that mouse thing. Ctrl-V 
> (from Wordstar/DOS, which is what staff uses in our office), means I 
> have to drop that mouse thing and use the keyboard.  I'm just looking 
> for a flow of motion, and I found it unusual that the edit box would 
> be excluded from the use of the cut and paste mouse features.
>
> John


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