Paste in Place?

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DESIGN QUESTION: I may be asking a VERY basic question here, but it appears the rules for pasting Objects (inc. layouts, buttons, selectors) from one Screen to another are rather... haphazard. Are there any techniques for selecting an object or group of objects, copying them, and then pasting them to a new screen and having them maintain the same relative position, both on the new screen and to each other.

 

I've found, on numerous instances, a Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V will place a copy of a selected object on a new Screen in the same relative space. But then, for no reason whatsover, Board will commence pasting the object at the cursor position.

 

The same can be said for groups of objects; I can copy/paste objects to a new screen and have them all maintain their positions and orientations with each other just fine. Then suddenly, they all decide that a psudeo-Windows-cascade at the cursor position is the best way to execute what I've asked for.

 

Can any one direct me to where I'm falling of the Designer's Bandwagon?

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  • Unknown
    Unknown Active Partner

    Hi Lukas,

    I have been working for 3 years with BOARD and I still don't know the exact rules in which cases BOARD starts to show this behaviour. However, my suggestion is to close the two screens (the one you copy from and the one you copy to) and reopen them. Then it should function again.

    Note that I didn't detect this ill-behaviour in BOARD 11

    Cheers,
    Jonathan

  • Unknown
    Unknown

    Thanks Jonathan. I'm firmly in the 'Designer' camp as opposed to the 'Analyst' team, and working with this program from a layout perspective has been... interesting, particularly when compared to the Adobe Suites and (heaven forefend) Office products of the world. Any help offered is much appreciated!  

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