Paste as plain text by default

[toshiki]

Use case or problem

Copy things from the browser which often come with formatting, which I don’t want.

Proposed solution

An option in the settings to make paste as plain text the default. Or, make Ctrl+V paste as plain text.

Current workaround (optional)

Ctrl+Shift+V

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[knyri]

I would love this as an option as well. I constantly copy and paste from IDEs and it removes all the indentation and adds extra new lines. Having to constantly remember to press shift every time I want to paste is very annoying in what I consider to be a plain text editor.

Being able to rebind paste and paste as plain text would also be a great option.

[suupa]

+1 I would love this feature!

[CawlinTeffid]

There is already an option: Settings > Editor > Convert pasted HTML to Markdown. The downside is that it doesn’t let you use Shift when you want to paste formatting.