# Cut: ctrl-delete, Copy: ctrl-insert, Paste: shift-insert

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [5 March 2021 09:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074 "2021-03-05T09:25:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![BillClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BillClark](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BillClark)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2021 09:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074/1 "2021-03-05T09:25:57Z")

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Would be wonderful if Node Red supported the "IBM Common User Access" keys for cut, copy, and paste.

Cut: ctrl-delete, Copy: ctrl-insert, Paste: shift-insert

I have been using these keys for over 30 years, since about Windows 2.1. I always stumble if an application does not support them. If there is a second person like me, then this suggestion will help two people. Thanks!

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM\_Common\_User\_Access](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access)

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2021 09:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074/2 "2021-03-05T09:37:24Z")

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you should be able to assign them using the menu - keyboard shortcuts.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2021 09:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074/3 "2021-03-05T09:47:51Z")

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> [@dceejay](#):
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> you should be able to assign them using the menu

Unfortunately not - `insert` isn't a key our keyboard handling knows about. Will see if we can fix that for 1.3.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2021 10:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074/4 "2021-03-05T10:16:46Z")

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> [@BillClark](#):
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> Cut: ctrl-delete, Copy: ctrl-insert, Paste: shift-insert

Compared to X C V, I always found those shortcuts super awkward to remember (and awkward to finger considering I normally have right hand on the mouse and left hand poised over CTRL and X C V). Are you a southpaw?

The logic behind the X C V shortcuts also suited the way my brain is wired & helped me turn them into muscle memory...  
ctrl+x (x looks like scissors for cutting)  
ctrl+c (c is for **c** opy)  
ctrl+v (v for paste... umm, because its the next key along is guess 🙂 )

But I wonder, do some keyboards have X C V keys in a different location? 🤔

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**Author:** ![Simon01011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Simon01011](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Simon01011)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2021 10:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074/5 "2021-03-05T10:45:55Z")

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Yes, there is the [Dvorak keyboard layout - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_keyboard_layout) 😁

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2021 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074/6 "2021-03-05T16:05:56Z")

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> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
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> (v for paste... umm, because its the next key along is guess

The V is like a wedge inserting something at that point...at least that is the way I see it 😄

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**Author:** ![BillClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BillClark](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BillClark)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2021 16:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074/7 "2021-03-05T16:45:14Z")

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I am right handed, and have normal hands, but somehow a left pinky on ctrl and then pressing x,c, or v with the same hand has never worked for me. So I have to use two hands anyway. I have used the ctrl-delete, ctrl-insert, and shift-insert keys from the beginning. To me it is super natural and don't even notice that I let go of the mouse.

Also, I am not a big spreadsheet user, but using the keys used in conjunction with ctrl/shift - home, end, and the arrow keys, lets one through a spreadsheet copying and pasting.

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**Author:** ![BillClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BillClark](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BillClark)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2021 16:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074/8 "2021-03-05T16:46:09Z")

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Thanks!!!

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2021 16:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074/9 "2021-03-05T16:47:07Z")

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> [@BillClark](#):
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> IBM Common User Access

Wow! I've not come across that for decades now 😁 I built a mainframe terminal version of CUA screens not long after the standards came out - that must be mid-late '80's.

The ones that Steve has listed have been a common standard for a couple of decades now.

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**Author:** ![BillClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BillClark](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BillClark)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2021 16:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074/10 "2021-03-05T16:47:27Z")

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Thanks. I am new to node red, had not though about custom shortcuts. By the way, node red is fantastic!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [4 May 2021 16:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cut-ctrl-delete-copy-ctrl-insert-paste-shift-insert/42074/11 "2021-05-04T16:47:45Z")

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