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Hello everyone,
I am using Xara Pro X,when using copying and pasting with Xara, it pastes randomly anywhere on the page, selecting the object sometimes among all other objects is a pain, is there any way to let Xara paste in the needed area or where i place the cursor? How to fix that?
galtalik, a Paste operation put the copied items in the middle of the browser window.
A Clone allows you to move the copies to anywhere from their origin (while they are still selected).
To achieve what I think you are describing is to perform the Copy.
In the required location, create a small shape then pick Paste replacing Selection from the right-click context menu.
The Copies are then centred around the replaced object.
My preferred method is to select the items to be copies and right-click drag and drop.
Acorn
Thank you for your reply.
Now i know that a paste operation places the copied object to the center of the screen!
Dragging a copied or cloned object across many pages is quite difficult too.
Creating another object then paste replacing selection is a good option.
I didnt understand your preferred method do you have a drag and drop after you right click on any object or you simply drag it to where you need it as the cloning option?
if I am pasting across pages I usually use shift+ctrl+V which pastes in the same position on the new page
I think acorn means right click as you drag object with the mouse without letting go of left click - this will leave a copy in the place where you right clicked...
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Originally Posted by gaftalik
Select an object or collection. Look at the Status Line:Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
Pressing the Left Mouse button drops a copy at the cursor and the action is repeatable while the Right button is held down.Quote:
Right-Drag to copy selection
A Left-Drag then Right Click also drops a copy.
For into-page copies, use the PgUp / PgDn keys then one of the above.
For into-documents, use Ctrl+Tab / Shift+Ctrl+Tab then as above.
You will have problems if the copied selection has a Push applied and you are trying to position through other Pushed items.
Acorn
I see that if you right click and immediately drag before the context menu appears, then a copy is dragged
Right-Drag to copy selection appears as part of the status line if you let the context menu appear
this might be called confusing ;)
Nope, right-click & release gets the context menu. Right-click, hold and drag is the copy action. 'Right-Drag' is simply one operation - "I didn't tell you to let go!"Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
I try yo be precise with things like Shift+Alt+Ctrl+(key)... means hold all the mentioned keys (the first three are meta-keys that do nothing until a 'real' key is pressed), while Alt-U-H is press and release each key in the given order (although you can hold them all down as in chording but the order is important lt-H-U being different).
No more confusing as short and long touches on a smartphone.
Acorn
ok
but I still don't see the specific status bar message Right-Drag to copy selection by right click hold, only by right click release...
So handrawn, it has to boil down to semantics as to when an operation is fully invoked.Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
In Xara, the termination actions are Mouse Up (release)/Mouse Down (click)/Enter/Tab/Delete. Only Tab is continuous and cyclic, unless you are in text mode (Enter is forever - until memory or patience ends).
If you were told to drag something physical, you would drag forever or drag stop (release).
There is no real forever in Xara (c.f., Tab & Enter) so drag stop has to be the accepted action, albeit a tacit one.
Remember Xara's roots are in the Acorn Archimedes where its RISC OS made much more logical use of key actions than MS Windows ever has.
Acorn
ok
understood