5.1. Cut, Copy and Paste

LFC provides Cut/Copy and Paste of objects. Here is a short description on how to use it and how it works.

5.1.1. Cut and Paste

To cut and paste an object just browse to it and select Cut from the Actions menu. The object is now put to the clipboard and ready to paste.

Now browse to the new location to which you want to paste the object and select Paste from the Actions menu

The object is now added to the new and removed from the old location. Moreover it is removed from the clipboard so that you cannot move it to another location accidently.

5.1.2. Copy and Paste

To copy and paste an object just browse to it and select Copy from the Actions menu. The object is now put to the clipboard and ready to paste.

Now browse to the new location to which you want to paste the object and select Paste from the Actions menu.

The object is now added to the new location. The object is not removed from the old location. It is also not removed from the clipboad so that you can repeatedly paste the object to the same or different locations.

If you copy an object following related objects are also copied:

  • Children
  • Images
  • Files
  • Translations
  • Portlets

5.1.3. Miscellaneous

  • Objects can only pasted to objects for which the object is an allowed sub type. You will get a proper error message if you try to paste a disallowed type.
  • Objects cannot be cut and pasted to it’s own descendants. You will get a proper error message if you try it.
  • Objects will automatically get a unique slug within the parent object. That means if an object with the slug “my-object” already exists the object will get the slug “my-object-1”.