FR: retaining text style when copy/pasting

Hey there !

Pretty self-explanatory : when copying then pasting text, it doesn’t retain neither the font used nor the text style (bold, italic, etc…) and size, very frustrating…
Is this going to be addressed in a future update ?

Thanks !

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Along with this, Ctrl-Shift-V is commonly used in other programs as “paste as text,” which formats the text according to its destination style. This could be used as the alternative to “paste with formatting.”

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Unfortunately it’s not simple to achieve, so although it is something I anticipate that we will address in future, I’m not sure when this will be.

If you alt-click it does though…

At least it does for me.

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Yes, because you’re not copying and pasting text, but rather the whole text item. It’s all a bit boring and technical, but that makes a big difference: if you copy and paste the whole text item, you will get an exact copy. If you are copying and pasting formatted text, whether it’s obtained by double-clicking a text item to edit it and then copying the text in there, or copying text from another application, then when you paste, the formatting will be removed.

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ok thanks for the replies !