Center Click firefox (or equiv.) in linux

[windhound]

I have to do head past

highlight that bit of text, then center click your webbrower in linux
it took me to a guide for legend of zelda
(it was, btw, a random piece of a pinky and the brain quote)

oddness
anyone know how that center-click thing works?

[Philip]

  I have to do head past

highlight that bit of text, then center click your webbrower in linux
it took me to a guide for legend of zelda
(it was, btw, a random piece of a pinky and the brain quote)

oddness
anyone know how that center-click thing works?

Why do you have to do it?

[Devari]

"I'm Feeling Lucky" google search with that text string.

[Philip]

"I'm Feeling Lucky" google search with that text string.

"Oh you are a poet"? he or she'm Feeling Lucky google search with that text string?

[The Beatles]

Selecting a piece of text in Linux puts it into a copy and paste buffer separate from Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V. You can paste this into other apps with the middle button. It is very useful (think xterms where Ctrl-C has a special meaning and you have no buttons). Also it's extremely handy, particularly for short strings. Instead of
mouse (select) -> keyboard (Ctrl-C) -> mouse (destination) -> keyboard (Ctrl-V)
it is
mouse (select) -> mouse (destination) -> mouse (middle click)

very handy. Often when logged into Library computers that run Windows, I automatically assume X copy and paste behavior...

Firefox will let you paste into its URL bar wherever you middle click, unless it's into a form. This is just for simplicity, and so that clicking on the URL bar doesn't overwrite the buffer.

This piece of functionality is actually one of the most attractive things (to me) about X. That, and remoteness.

[windhound]

ah, thats it Devari.. though, now its different O_o
somthin about green footballs, where before it was a zelda gameguide...

*shrugs*

but yeah, I know the 'highlight, then middle click' function, I've grown rather fond of it and when I try it in windows I'm irriated it doesnt work

[Philip]

ah, thats it Devari..  though, now its different O_o
somthin about green footballs, where before it was a zelda gameguide...

*shrugs*

but yeah, I know the 'highlight, then middle click' function, I've grown rather fond of it and when I try it in windows I'm irriated it doesnt work

So you understand. Good. OK. In the context of MS images are quite a bit clearer with that than using the google ones

apparently neither has updated State's campus recently 'cause there is still a rather large unsightly mudpit where two large rather neat new buildings are as of now

spiffy, I don't understand "Devari. "
Why now? I think you mean "it's" or "it is" not "its". Devari is different O_o
somthin about green footballs where before it was a zelda gameguide?
different O_o
somthin about green footballs where before it was a zelda gameguide is?Is the holding of hands a symbolic gesture for humans?

[Devari]

Ah, I did not know about that.

In addition, Firefox opens a link in a new tab if you middle click it.

[Philip]

Ah, I did not know about that.

In addition, Firefox opens a link in a new tab if you middle click it.

So you understand. Good. So I taught you something new. "it" being he or she'm Feeling Lucky google search with that text string? Anything else?