As a trackpoint user, I am glad it's off by default.

Because of scrolling on Thinkpad keyboards (using the middle click), I had to turn that feature of every time, especially while working on longer documents I would otherwise accidentally paste stuff at random places.

(It's not just macOS.)

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lproven 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

No way, José.

From where I sit I have 5 Thinkpads set up within reach, and I have a few more in other rooms. They are by far my preferred laptop.

Most run Ubuntu as their default OS, most have the trackpad disabled because I usually use the trackpoint for everything, and on all of them I use middle-click to paste extensively.

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linmob 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Glad you're less clumsy than I am. :-)

The accidental pasting definitely kept happening to me, likely due to my bad habit of highlighting sections while to focus on them.

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Izkata 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm guessing you have touchpad corners enabled. Usually by default lower-right is 2nd mouse button and upper-right is 3rd mouse button (middle click).

I only use the touchpad, but knowing where it is I can avoid it and almost never trigger it accidentally. It can also be disabled without affecting two-finger and three-finger tap, which I do use.

(This applies to all laptops, not just Thinkpads)

	▲	lproven 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> I'm guessing you have touchpad corners enabled. Er, no. As I said: Usually I leave the trackpad disabled. I don't like gestures and multi-finger taps much so I prefer to just turn it off.

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hdgvhicv 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I’ve used a thinkpad for 26 years, 18 with Ubuntu. I’ve always had middle click enabled.