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Service Studio CTRL+V should paste close to mouse pointer
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When copying and pasting in Service Studio using the keyboard shortcuts, the elements are pasted in the top left corner as opposed to the right-click paste which will paste close to the current position of the mouse pointer.

I think it would add some consistency if the CTRL+V action also drops the elements close to the current position of the pointer.

30 Jan 2018
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Not close to the mouse pointer, but close to the original position where the element was copied from. This was actually the behavior a few versions ago, and I never understood why it changed.

Cut + paste should leave the object in the same place. Copy + delete + paste would do the same thing.

Copy + paste would paste the objects slightly to the right side. Because most flows are vertical (from top to bottom), then in most cases there will be some empty space to the right side of the copied nodes. If there's no room to paste the nodes slightly to the right, just keep increasing the distance and paste it farther away to the right. If the pasted objects end up outside of the current viewport, bring them into view.

30 Jan 2018
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I voted on this idea, but I do believe that the approach that Leonardo suggest is the best one!

31 Jan 2018
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I have to agree with you both, José and Leonardo. The original position is more tangible and consistent than a mouse pointer which could be hovering over a side menu or properties view.

Tongue-in-cheek: The use case for the idea may have been biased by my mouse not being able to right-click!

31 Jan 2018
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Hum, I completely forgot that you could paste using the mouse right-click. Maybe in that case, it could make sense to paste the elements near the mouse, since you are pointing to a particular location at the screen...

31 Jan 2018
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Especially if it is a long flow and you have scrolled down a bit to get to where you want to implement the logic. Sometimes this is a bit easier than selecting and dragging the elements to where you want them to go.

31 Jan 2018
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Merged this idea with 'Drop pasted item where mouse cursor is on Copy/paste instead of upper left corner' (created on 2018-03-29 14:33:30 by Sara H.)
17 Apr 2018
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Drop pasted item where mouse cursor is on Copy/paste instead of upper left corner


It can be annoying scrolling up 




Merged from 'Drop pasted item where mouse cursor is on Copy/paste instead of upper left corner' (idea created on 2018-03-29 14:33:30 by Sara H.), on 2018-04-17 14:57:56 by Kilian Hekhuis
29 Mar 2018
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2016-04-21 20-09-55
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Hi,


it is possible already with right-click instead of ctrl-v.




Merged from 'Drop pasted item where mouse cursor is on Copy/paste instead of upper left corner' (idea created on 2018-03-29 14:33:30 by Sara H.), on 2018-04-17 14:57:56 by Kilian Hekhuis
29 Mar 2018
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There is an already idea for this here.

J - Indeed it is available with right-click and paste, but a lot of times I believe the tendency to use the shortcut combination just takes over...



Merged from 'Drop pasted item where mouse cursor is on Copy/paste instead of upper left corner' (idea created on 2018-03-29 14:33:30 by Sara H.), on 2018-04-17 14:57:56 by Kilian Hekhuis
31 Mar 2018
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Changed the category to
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Merged from 'Drop pasted item where mouse cursor is on Copy/paste instead of upper left corner' (idea created on 2018-03-29 14:33:30 by Sara H.), on 2018-04-17 14:57:56 by Kilian Hekhuis
17 Apr 2018
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In version 8 a Paste would go near the selected item, which was perfect. After the interface re-write it now goes into the upper left corner. I think the old behaviour was mich better, as the Paste ended up in the neighbourhood of the original.



Merged from 'Drop pasted item where mouse cursor is on Copy/paste instead of upper left corner' (idea created on 2018-03-29 14:33:30 by Sara H.), on 2018-04-17 14:57:56 by Kilian Hekhuis
17 Apr 2018
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In my opinion, it should be:

CTRL+V ==> pastes in the exact same position

Right-click+paste ==> pastes near the mouse cursor (current behavior)

28 Oct 2020
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Not the exact same position, as they'd fully overlap. But like before version 8 (or 9?) just in the general neighbourhood of is good.

29 Oct 2020
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Merged this idea with 'Allow User to copy element in flow' (created on 28 Aug 2024 20:03:06 by Kerollos Adel)
28 Sep 2024
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We successfully copied a component in the development environment, and it was placed at the top of the flow without any errors. However, it would be beneficial to include an option that allows copying the component to a specific location within the flow.


28 Aug 2024
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Ah, I see I'm not the only one dreaming of a smoother flow! Thanks for pointing me to that idea. Looks like I'll have to queue up in the long line of feature requests and hope for a miracle 😅. Maybe someday Service Studio will grant our wishes! 

30 Aug 2024
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