Copy Paste not working as expected

Anthony Lambruschi

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Apr 7, 2026, 11:41:05 AMApr 7

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I believe recently something has changed and regulalry when selecting multiple items ctrl+c then ctrl+v it pastes a LONG line of text instead of the objects selected.

Effectively I can now only copy/paste one item at a time which is slowing me down.

Mark Heuzen

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Apr 19, 2026, 1:46:37 AM (10 days ago) Apr 19

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I am facing the exact same problem. When copy-pasting all contents of a file (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C) in the online draw.io version and pasting it immediately (Ctrl+V), I see a LONG line of text/url kind of style.

You have any update or workaround for this already?

Also noticed that pasting to the draw.io desktop version does NOT work.

draw.io Q&A

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Apr 19, 2026, 1:00:28 PM (10 days ago) Apr 19

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Please test on 29.7.8. If the issue is there file a ticket at https://github.com/jgraph/drawio (for web version), describing environment and reproduction steps.

Anthony Lambruschi

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Apr 22, 2026, 4:03:46 PM (7 days ago) Apr 22

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running v.29.7.8 on pc app

If I click two items (holding ctrl+c) and paste, it pastes a long string of text. ctrl+z to Undo at this point will also revert to the previous step BEFORE ctrl+v which could mean losing work for some people.

However, if I click and drag over the same two items, I can ctrl+c then ctrl+v with no issue.

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