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Can you use the copy paste function in JOSM from the Keyboard ?
Posted by baditaflorin on 12 September 2016 in English.If i try to use the copy and paste function from the keyboard, more times than not it will not work.
Only when using the menu Edit -> copy it will copy and paste in the first go.
Are you having the same problem or there is something local with me and my colleagues from the map analyst team that we are having this problem ?
I made a ticket https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/13620
And for simplicity, also, a video showing the error.
Discussion
Comment from Omnific on 12 September 2016 at 14:44
I’m having that issue too. Paste works fine, but copy doesn’t seem to do anything.
Comment from BCNorwich on 13 September 2016 at 06:12
Hello, using the latest JOSM build (version 10966) and Java (version 1.8.0_102) the copy and paste functions work perfectly, for me. You must first highlight the item to be copied then use either the menu ‘Edit, copy’ function or ‘Ctrl+c’ function.
To paste with menu ‘Edit, paste’ you must first center JOSM to where you want the item to be pasted. If you don’t center/move JOSM background you may well paste one or more copies in the exact spot without noticing. To paste with ‘Ctrl+v’ you must place the cursor/mouse pointer at the place you wish the copy to be and press ‘Ctrl+v’ just once. If you press ‘Ctrl+v’ more than once you get duplicates on the same spot and may not notice them. You can mix your use of the copy/paste functions :- menu ‘Edit, copy’ and ‘Ctrl+v’ work OK as does ‘Ctrl+c’ and menu ‘Edit, paste’ with the appropriate centering of JOSM or positioning of the cursor/mouse pointer.
With two layers copying and pasting between them works exactly the same and I cannot replicate your problem.
Comment from alexkemp on 13 September 2016 at 18:21
Using 10966 2016-09-05 22:21:00 under Debian:
I use copy (Ctrl-C) + paste (Ctrl+V) all the time, mostly with houses but also other objects. Works fine, no problems.