ubuntu 17.04: cut and paste middle mouse not working?

[Colin Law]

On 4 May 2017 at 14:29, Peter Teuben <teuben at astro.umd.edu> wrote:
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> With the new Ubuntu 17.04 I don't seem to be able to do the classic "left mouse select and copy- middle mouse paste" action. I looked for an options, but found nothing,.

It works for me just as it always has.

I believe it pastes from the marked text in the most recently focused
window, so that might explain why for you it was copying from an
unexpected window.

Just found this which might be relevant
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1581088

Colin