From dc6ebca9447ae5129c389a01244f61174ad19a71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Elmes <git@ichi2.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 11:16:02 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] filter middle click pastes

---
 aqt/editor.py  | 10 ++++++++--
 aqt/webview.py |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aqt/editor.py b/aqt/editor.py
index 67541d567..dca91bd77 100644
--- a/aqt/editor.py
+++ b/aqt/editor.py
@@ -789,14 +789,20 @@ class EditorWebView(AnkiWebView):
     def onCopy(self):
         self.triggerPageAction(QWebEnginePage.Copy)
 
-    def onPaste(self):
+    def _onPaste(self, mode):
         extended = self.editor.mw.app.queryKeyboardModifiers() & Qt.ShiftModifier
-        mime = self.editor.mw.app.clipboard().mimeData(mode=QClipboard.Clipboard)
+        mime = self.editor.mw.app.clipboard().mimeData(mode=mode)
         html, internal = self._processMime(mime)
         if not html:
             return
         self.editor.doPaste(html, internal, extended)
 
+    def onPaste(self):
+        self._onPaste(QClipboard.Clipboard)
+
+    def onMiddleClickPaste(self):
+        self._onPaste(QClipboard.Selection)
+
     def dropEvent(self, evt):
         mime = evt.mimeData()
 
diff --git a/aqt/webview.py b/aqt/webview.py
index 815628e75..3263db643 100644
--- a/aqt/webview.py
+++ b/aqt/webview.py
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ class AnkiWebView(QWebEngineView):
         # disable pinch to zoom gesture
         if isinstance(evt, QNativeGestureEvent):
             return True
+        elif evt.type() == QEvent.MouseButtonRelease:
+            if evt.button() == Qt.MidButton and isLin:
+                self.onMiddleClickPaste()
+                return True
+            return False
         return False
 
     def onEsc(self):
@@ -133,6 +138,9 @@ class AnkiWebView(QWebEngineView):
     def onPaste(self):
         self.triggerPageAction(QWebEnginePage.Paste)
 
+    def onMiddleClickPaste(self):
+        self.triggerPageAction(QWebEnginePage.Paste)
+
     def onSelectAll(self):
         self.triggerPageAction(QWebEnginePage.SelectAll)