Introduce option to right click to copy

[mitchellh]

Discussed in #4381

^{Originally posted by 7ijme January 2, 2025}
When I right-click, I don't want a context menu to open. I want it to copy the current selection.

This is what it looks like now:

Solution

We should introduce a new configuration option copy-on-right-click (similar to copy-on-selection), boolean default to "false" that can be set to true by those who wish for this behavior.

When true, context menus are disabled and text is copied. When mouse reporting is enabled, this should also copy so long as there is an active selection.

We should make this work on both macOS and Linux. This is more prevalent in the Linux world but I see no reason to disallow it on macOS since it's opt-in.

[LovecraftianGodsKiller]

I second this.

I'd also like an option for middle-click to paste; unless it already exists.