Alt drag on parts, events or notes more often than not results in the part/event/note moving, not being copied. Sometimes I need to Ctrl Z try it again 5 or 6 times before it works. I’ve tried moving the cursor slowly, quickly, selecting it and waiting a second: doesn’t seem to help.
I have this issue on both my PCs, with and without a wireless mouse/kybd.
Any advice appreciated…
Works here 100% every time.
Maybe check your keyboard https://www.keyboardtester.com/ ( 
at the testimonials.)
Maybe you have a background task or windows OS-level over-ride on your alt key?
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I’ll run the tester on my studio PC when I’m there, thanks for the link. Funny, I’m running Cubase LE at the moment, and the alt/drag works fine, but using Pro on the same PC, it’s intermittent.
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Doesn’t work at all in my version of Cubase pro 11
It should work. It does for pretty much everyone. Can you describe exactly how you are trying to do this, or maybe even post an animated gif?
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Hi Raino,
Thank you for the reply. I was trying to copy plugin settings in the mixer screen (working from a training tutorial). According to the tutorial I should be able to hold down Alt (on PC) and drag across to the next track to copy the plugin with the same settings. I had to right click at the section just above the volume slider and copy all the plugins from the one track and then delete the ones i didn’t want. Alt and drag would be quicker and more efficient. There’s probably some kind of setting or different key command going on that I can change? I just need to find the sub folder under preferences I assume and assign a new key command?
I think you can only do that to Insert FX. It works for me here and also for chanel strip things like compressor but not for EQ. I made some random EQ setting and tried to copy it to another chanel but for some reason nothing happens at all (see vid). Is this really a problem we can solve in our settings?
I am getting some strange behavior also since Cubase 11.0.20
I notice it in the midi editor when alt + drag notes. Before you could just hold alt and drag away. Now it seems there is some strange behavior that occurs sometimes… it is intermittent, very hard to diagnose.
same problem for me (windows 11 cubase 11 last update)
it seems like click command doesn’t always work
Did anybody solve it?
I started to reply to this then realised it’s a 2 year old necro thread.
Anyways, for whoever…
In the mixer, if you want to copy a channels’ settings to another, no need to hold Alt. Just click the name and drag to the other channel. Plugin states, EQ, sends, channel strip settings, all get copied.
In the editors and project window, Alt-click and drag to copy parts/notes works every time for me.
I wonder if a solution was ever found? Will we ever find out the truth behind it all? Oh, the agony of unrequited expectation!
Ahem! Too much coffee,
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