Using highlighting and middle click for copy/paste in RStudio

Question

In linux I frequently highlight text with the mouse to copy, and middle click somewhere else to paste. In RStudio, this does not work, forcing the use of Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V or right-click menus. I often want to quickly copy segments of text between the console, editor, and browsers. Is there a way to get highlight+middleclick working?

Answer 1

This problem has been noted by the RStudio developers and added to their list. Unfortunately, that was five years ago, so don't hold your breath...

There are a lot of alternatives to RStudio. I haven't tried them all but RKward supports middle clicks.