Toggle option for Paste Keeps position
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@Boldline Now this function already exists, and it can be achieved by cutting.
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@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
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@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.
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@monsterfox Is there a setting or option for that?
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@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.
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@Boldline There is a Paste in Place (Edit -> Placing) action that can be assigned a shortcut.
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@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?
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@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.
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@Boldline Did you try to hold Alt key while moving your object? It makes a copy to a new position.
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@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.
