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Copy, cut and paste elements with the keyboard or the More menu Learn DXPR BuilderBuild pagesEdit a page ## In this guide Related guides - [Clone](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/editing/clone) - [Drag and drop](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/editing/drag-and-drop) - [Context menus](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/editing/context-menus) - [Undo and redo](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/editing/undo-redo) You can copy any element and paste a duplicate on the same page, so you never build the same button or card twice. Use the keyboard or the **More** menu. To reuse an element on other pages, save it as a template instead. The example copies a **Learn more** button and pastes the copy right below it. ## Copy an element with the keyboard 1. Click the element's name in its control bar to select it, then press **Ctrl+C** (**Cmd+C** on a Mac) to copy it. 2. Press **Ctrl+V** (**Cmd+V** on a Mac). The copy appears right after the selected element. 3. Click the eye icon on the DXPR toolbar and choose **Preview** to check the result. 4. Choose **Edit** in the same menu to return to editing. 5. Click **Save** to store the page. To paste somewhere else, select the element the copy should follow, then press Ctrl+V. Select the name in the control bar, not the text: a click on the text starts text editing. ## Every way to copy Hover an element and click **More**, the three dots in its control bar, to find the same actions as menu entries. Each entry shows its keyboard shortcut on the right. | Action | Keyboard | In the More menu | |---|---|---| | **Copy** | Ctrl+C | On everything except columns | | **Cut** | Ctrl+X | On elements that hold no other elements; not on sections, rows, columns, Tabs, Collapse panel, Carousel, Card, Panel, Jumbotron, Link, Positioned layers or their parts | | **Paste** | Ctrl+V: after a selected element; inside, at the top, on a selected section, column or other part that holds elements | On sections, columns, single tabs, carousel slides, Collapse panel toggles, Card, Panel, Jumbotron, Link and Positioned layers: inside, at the top | | **Clone** | Ctrl+D | On everything except columns and carousel slides: the copy lands right after the original | Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X and Ctrl+D work wherever the **More** menu offers the matching entry, so Ctrl+C also copies a selected section or row. On a Mac, use Cmd instead of Ctrl. To repeat a whole section, clone it, because a pasted section lands inside the selected section; see [Duplicate an element with Clone](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/editing/clone). The clipboard holds one item and empties when the page reloads. To use an element on other pages, choose **Save as template** in its **More** menu; see [User templates](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/reusable-templates/user-templates). ## What you see The copy appears right after the original, with the same content, settings and style. A dot on the **Save** button shows that the page has unsaved changes. Press Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on a Mac) to remove the copy again. ## If you don't see the copy - **Nothing happens when you press Ctrl+V.** The clipboard is empty because the page was reloaded since you copied. Copy the element again, then paste. - **Text is pasted instead of the element.** You clicked into the element's text, so the keys work on that text. Click outside the element, then click its name in the control bar and copy again. - **Ctrl+V pastes a different element.** Clone also uses the clipboard, so a clone after your copy replaces it. Copy the element again just before you paste. - **A pasted section ends up inside another section.** Pasting on a section puts the copy inside it. Press Ctrl+Z, then [clone](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/editing/clone) the section instead. - **There is no Paste in the More menu.** Only parts that hold elements have it: sections, columns, single tabs, carousel slides, Collapse panel toggles, Card, Panel, Jumbotron, Link and Positioned layers. Rows, Tabs, Collapse panel and Carousel do not. Select an element and press Ctrl+V to paste after it. ## What's next? - [Duplicate an element with Clone](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/editing/clone): repeat a section or element right after itself. - [Drag and drop elements](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/editing/drag-and-drop): move the copy to another column or section. - [Use the element More menu](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/editing/context-menus): every other action on an element. - [Undo and redo](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/editing/undo-redo): step back when a paste goes wrong.