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copy container element as well as children element [message #200079]

Mon, 04 August 2008 11:19

yeliu

Messages: 145
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hello,
I wonder if it's available to copy and paste a container element as well
as its children element which reside in its compartment by copy command or
Ctrl+C7V?If available How to implement this?

Many thanks!

ye

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Re: copy container element as well as children element [message #200247 is a reply to message #200079]

Tue, 05 August 2008 04:25

Jevon

Messages: 164
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi Ye,

At least for diagram partitioning, this already works for me, if you
drag an existing element and hold down the Ctrl key it should clone the
element along with its children.

Jevon

Ye Liu wrote:
> Hello,
> I wonder if it's available to copy and paste a container element as
> well as its children element which reside in its compartment by copy
> command or Ctrl+C7V?If available How to implement this?
>
>
>
> Many thanks!
>
>
> ye
>

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Re: copy container element as well as children element [message #200277 is a reply to message #200247]

Tue, 05 August 2008 06:50

yeliu

Messages: 145
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hello Jevon,
Yes ,according to your ctrl+ drag,it can copy.But the properties such as
name of the copied element as well as its children can't be changed.Do you
find this drawback?How did you solve it?

Many thanks!

Ye

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Re: copy container element as well as children element [message #200644 is a reply to message #200277]

Wed, 06 August 2008 03:52

Jevon

Messages: 164
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Yes, after some more investigation I realised I have that same problem.
You could try the copy and paste example in the documentation:

http://help.eclipse.org/help32/topic/org.eclipse.gmf.doc/tut orials/msl/clipboardTutorial.html

Can you let me know if this works?

Thanks
Jevon

Ye Liu wrote:
> Hello Jevon,
> Yes ,according to your ctrl+ drag,it can copy.But the properties such
> as name of the copied element as well as its children can't be
> changed.Do you find this drawback?How did you solve it?
>
>
> Many thanks!
>
>
> Ye
>

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