Toggle option for Paste Keeps position

[Boldline]

I have "paste keeps position" active in my settings folder because when I cut or copy something, I want the default to be that it pastes back into the same exact location. That said, there are plenty of times I am copying an object from another part of the artboard and then panning over to another area and I am unable then to paste it in the new position. I resort to pasting and dragging the copy over to where I want it.

In illustrator, there's a specific key command for pasting in place vs pasting in current view ; Command-F
I'm not necessarily advocating for a dedicated key command for pasting in place, but maybe a modifier option to do the opposite of what the "paste in place" is marked for? Much like how we resolved the importing of images as a link vs embedded? or an option to paste on current screen position if the user has panned away from the original location completely?

[monsterfox]

@Boldline Now this function already exists, and it can be achieved by cutting.

[Boldline]

@monsterfox I'm not sure I understand. Would you be able to explain it further? If I cut a selection and then pan my screen and then paste, it pastes where it was copied from, not where I am currently on my screen. This is expected and wanted, I'm just looking for a modifier option to paste it where I currently am on screen

[monsterfox]

@Boldline When you copy a graphic and then paste it, the graphic remains in its original position. However, if you cut a graphic, pan the screen, and then paste it, the graphic will be pasted in the middle of the current screen.

[Boldline]

@monsterfox Is there a setting or option for that?

[EricP]

@Boldline personally, I would love an option where the object is pasted where I clicked (instead of screen center).
Copy-Paste without clicking would paste in place.
Copy-(pan)-click-Paste would paste where I clicked

[VectorStyler]

@Boldline There is a Paste in Place (Edit -> Placing) action that can be assigned a shortcut.

[Boldline]

@VectorStyler I turned off "paste in position" in the settings and VS still pastes in place even when I use command-v (not using the shortcut shift-command-v). Is there something else I need to change in settings so that command-v will paste wherever I have panned to?

[VectorStyler]

@Boldline said in Toggle option for Paste Keeps position:

Is there something else I need to change in settings so that command-v will paste wherever I have panned to?

I will test this.

[Harry]

@Boldline Did you try to hold Alt key while moving your object? It makes a copy to a new position.

[Boldline]

@Harry thanks - yes that is another way to accomplish it but I'm more referring to situations where you have an object on a different part of the canvas and want to paste a copy of it on a very different part of the canvas. It doesn't make sense in that situation to make a copy and then have to literally drag it over there to use. I like the option in settings to decide if you want it to default to pasting in place, but the ability to use a modifier to get the opposite would be helpful.