Copy and Paste in NPC stat blocks

**Overdog** · March 2nd, 2020, 15:45

I searched around and didnt find this issue but are you planning to address the cumbersome and painful issue of trying to copy and paste text blocks inside NPC sheets? See my example in the screenshot below. When building new NPCs or modifying them it is a nightmare to copy and paste the text in the highlighted box. Any feedback is appreciated.

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**Zacchaeus** · March 2nd, 2020, 17:30

Can you say what the issue is?

**Overdog** · March 2nd, 2020, 17:46

Copying and pasting from those text boxes to other NPC text boxes is problematic at best. There is no right mouse context menu for selecting the contents of the text box or portions of it. Even shift plus mouse click wont select the text. I eventually can do it but its not obvious how to select the contents. Its intermittent. If there is a shortcut I have not found it. Bottom line is are there are plans to make selecting the contents of those text boxes easier.

**Zacchaeus** · March 2nd, 2020, 17:58

Either click and drag the mouse as normal to select the text or hold down SHIFT and use the arrow keys.

**Overdog** · March 2nd, 2020, 18:04

Originally Posted by Zacchaeus

Either click and drag the mouse as normal to select the text or hold down SHIFT and use the arrow keys.

I cant be the only one unhappy with this approach. Click and dragging the mouse as normal barely works and typically unselects the text as often as it selects it and only works if there are no combat values like "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit". Shift plus mouse arrows seems to work fine but its cumbersome also. A simple right mouse click select all, copy and paste would do worlds to making that aspect more user friendly.

**Zacchaeus** · March 2nd, 2020, 18:14

Yes, when there's highlighted text the best method is to use the SHIFT plus arrow key. For the example you highlighted in your first post click and drag works fine.

**Trenloe** · March 2nd, 2020, 18:32

Or use CTRL+A to select all, CTRL+C to copy, CTRL+V to paste.

Documented in the Wiki User Guide here: https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassia...ns#Text-Fields

**Zacchaeus** · March 2nd, 2020, 18:49

Originally Posted by Trenloe

Or use CTRL+A to select all, CTRL+C to copy, CTRL+V to paste.

Documented in the Wiki User Guide here: https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassia...ns#Text-Fields

Hah! All this time and I didn't realise that CTRL+A worked. Why did I not discover that. Good grief!

**Mortar** · March 2nd, 2020, 20:29

Originally Posted by Zacchaeus

Hah! All this time and I didn't realise that CTRL+A worked. Why did I not discover that. Good grief!

How did the mighty, all knowing Zacc not know this when even I knew that?????

**Zacchaeus** · March 2nd, 2020, 20:57

Originally Posted by Mortar

How did the mighty, all knowing Zacc not know this when even I knew that?????

LOL.

I think I probably did know but I rarely ever have a need to copy paste anything from one NPC to the other; at least not a whole bit. Just a sentence or two and hence my getting used to just using click and drag.

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