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In Ubuntu 21.04, when text is pasted into Gnome Terminal, the text is always highlighted.



  • It appears as if the text is selected, but it is only highlighted.

  • If you right-click on this highlighted text, the "Copy" option is actually disabled.

  • Clicking in the terminal or clicking on the highlighted text does not un-highlight the text.

  • The only way to un-highlight the pasted text is to type a key.

  • If you try to select the highlighted text by clicking and dragging the mouse pointer, the text color actually inverts, and the text looks like it is not selected, when it in fact is selected.
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This confusing behavior is not present in Ubuntu 20.04.



  • In Ubuntu 20.04, when text is pasted into Gnome Terminal, the text is not highlighted.

  • Then, selecting the text highlights it, as expected.
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How to revert this confusing behavior of Gnome Terminal in Ubuntu 21.04, so it behaves like Gnome Terminal in Ubuntu 20.04 ?


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I also noticed this behavior after upgrade to 21.04. Don't think this as a bug: It is a new "default setting" in Bash 5.1.


First check:


$ bind -v | grep bracketed

set enable-bracketed-paste on

Then, try to disable (for the current session):


$ bind 'set enable-bracketed-paste off'

$ bind -v | grep bracketed

set enable-bracketed-paste off

And retry your findings in that terminal session. This is also explained in: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35611134/bash-bracketed-paste-is-it-supported


I would suggest living with this new default setting of Bash, since it prevents the accidental middle-clicking or copy/pasting of multiple lines (consisting of possibly malicious commands) from the clipboard.


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