Paste Attributes broken on clipped object

[sgiff]

When you used to be able take a clipped object with a bitmap fill and CTRL + C and then CTRL + SHIFT + A onto another object it would transfer the fill to the new shape. This no longer works in v.4 Pro, and this was a feature I relied on heavily as a shortcut. It does not work any more. Tried to do a search here but found no other reports of it.

stephen

[handrawn]

yes from a quick test looks like it dosn't work with bitmap fills any more - need to use the bitmap gallery.....

more - it dosn't work the other way round - cant seem to replace an existing bitmap fill either except with another bitmap via the gallery

[Charles Moir]

This is the new, and designed behaviour.

If the object is a clipped photo (see status line) then copy / paste attributes does not copy the photo itself, but does copy all other attributes.

(You would not want copy / paste attributes to copy the photo itself, for example in the case where you apply various style attributes to a photo, such as a thick white outline, shadow etc. In this case you would want copy / paste attributes to copy all the attributes of the photo (the thick white outline and shadow) but not the photo itself.)

If the object is a bitmap filled shape, or a texture, that is a repeating fill, then copy / paste attributes will treat the fill as an attribute to be copies.

[handrawn]

Guessed it would be along those lines - thanks Charles