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How do you paste using xdotool? #369

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kaihendry opened this issue Nov 17, 2021 · 1 comment
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How do you paste using xdotool? #369

kaihendry opened this issue Nov 17, 2021 · 1 comment

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@kaihendry
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I'm trying to bind Mod+v to pasting, to replicate C+v functionality, but in a MacOS style upon my Archlinux machine.

Googling around suggesting that I need something like xdotool key --clearmodifiers "ctrl+v" but that doesn't work for me with 3.20211022.1 of xdotool.

What am I missing please?
@FascinatedBox
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I think you might have some luck if you specify a window for key. I don't believe you need to specify a window for key, but I've found it often has silly idea of what window to send a key to. Does xdotool getwindowfocus key --clearmodifiers ctrl+v work any better?

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