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  2. If <b>quick copy</b> is enabled in
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  3. the <b>Mouse</b> pane of the <b>Utilities</b>&gt;<b>Global
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  4. Options</b> dialog box, dragging with the middle mouse button over some text
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  5. inserts that text at the previous caret position.<p>
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  7. This feature has some additional behavior you might not expect:
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  10. <li>It can be used to transfer text between edit panes in a split view.
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  11. <li>Holding down <b>Shift</b> while clicking the middle mouse button immediately duplicates all text between the caret position and the clicked location.
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  12. <li>If there already is a selection when you start middle-dragging, the selection
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  13. will be replaced with the region you marked with the mouse.</li>
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  14. <li>Holding down <b>Control</b> while dragging the middle mouse button marks a
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  15. rectangular area, and pastes it vertically at the caret location (or into the
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  16. current selection).</li>
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