diff --git a/src/gui/viewmanager.py b/src/gui/viewmanager.py
index 9437ac369..3cb344bd5 100644
--- a/src/gui/viewmanager.py
+++ b/src/gui/viewmanager.py
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ UIDEFAULT = '''<ui>
     <menuitem action="Quit"/>
   </menu>
   <menu action="EditMenu">
-    <menuitem action="Copy"/>
-    <menuitem action="Paste"/>
-    <menuitem action="Cut"/>
-    <separator/>
     <menuitem action="Undo"/>
     <menuitem action="Redo"/>
     <menuitem action="UndoHistory"/>
@@ -647,12 +643,6 @@ class ViewManager(CLIManager):
             ('ConfigView', 'gramps-config', _('_Configure View...'), 
              '<shift><control>c', _('Configure the active view'), 
              self.config_view),
-            ('Copy', gtk.STOCK_COPY, _('Copy'), "<control>c",
-             _(""), self.__keypress),
-            ('Paste', gtk.STOCK_PASTE, _('Paste'), "<control>v",
-             _(""), self.__keypress),
-            ('Cut', gtk.STOCK_CUT, _('Cut'), "<control>x",
-             _(""), self.__keypress),
             ]
 
         self._file_toggle_action_list = [
diff --git a/src/gui/views/navigationview.py b/src/gui/views/navigationview.py
index e09b8b2a2..d4cff2bab 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/navigationview.py
+++ b/src/gui/views/navigationview.py
@@ -484,6 +484,22 @@ class NavigationView(PageView):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
         
+    def key_press_handler(self, widget, event):
+        """
+        Handle the control+c (copy) and control+v (paste), or pass it on.
+        """
+        if self.active:
+            if event.type == gtk.gdk.KEY_PRESS:
+                if (event.keyval == gtk.keysyms.c and 
+                    event.state == gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK | gtk.gdk.MOD2_MASK):
+                    self.call_copy()
+                    return True
+                elif (event.keyval == gtk.keysyms.v and 
+                    event.state == gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK | gtk.gdk.MOD2_MASK):
+                    self.call_paste()
+                    return True
+        return False
+
     def call_copy(self):
         """
         This code is called on Control+C in a navigation view. If the
@@ -543,12 +559,6 @@ class NavigationView(PageView):
             return True
         return False
 
-    def call_cut(self): 
-        """
-        This method would be great to move items between databases.
-        """
-        return False
-
 def make_callback(func, handle):
     """
     Generates a callback function based off the passed arguments
diff --git a/src/gui/views/pageview.py b/src/gui/views/pageview.py
index d007f9988..46288ee41 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/pageview.py
+++ b/src/gui/views/pageview.py
@@ -105,17 +105,14 @@ class PageView(DbGUIElement):
         self.dirty = True
         self.active = False
         self._dirty_on_change_inactive = True
-        self.func_list = {
-            "Copy": self.call_copy,
-            "Paste": self.call_paste,
-            "Cut": self.call_cut,
-            }
+        self.func_list = {}
         self.category = "Miscellaneous"
         self.ident = None
         self.translated_category = _("Miscellaneous")
 
         self.dbstate.connect('no-database', self.disable_action_group)
         self.dbstate.connect('database-changed', self.enable_action_group)
+        self.uistate.window.connect("key-press-event", self.key_press_handler)
         
         self.model = None
         self.selection = None
@@ -126,21 +123,20 @@ class PageView(DbGUIElement):
 
         DbGUIElement.__init__(self, dbstate.db)
 
+    def key_press_handler(self, widget, event):
+        """
+        A general keypress handler. Override if you want to handle
+        special control characters, like control+c (copy) or control+v
+        (paste).
+        """
+        return False
+
     def call_function(self, key):
         """
         Calls the function associated with the key value
         """
         self.func_list.get(key)()
 
-    def call_copy(self): 
-        return False
-
-    def call_paste(self): 
-        return False
-
-    def call_cut(self): 
-        return False
-
     def post(self):
         """
         Called after a page is created.
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/grampletpane.py b/src/gui/widgets/grampletpane.py
index 0299bb2e5..60faffdb4 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/grampletpane.py
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/grampletpane.py
@@ -1425,15 +1425,6 @@ class GrampletPane(gtk.ScrolledWindow):
             return gramplet.title, table
         return gramplet_panel
 
-    def call_copy(self):
-        return False
-
-    def call_paste(self): 
-        return False
-
-    def call_cut(self): 
-        return False
-
 class Configuration(object):
     """
     A config wrapper to redirect set/get to GrampletPane.