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Copy/cut and paste is a handy way to move issues around.

When you copy or cut issues (with toolbar button or Ctrl+C / Ctrl+X (Command+C / Command+X), selected issues are put into Issue Clipboard. When you paste with Ctrl+V (Command+V), issues are added after the currently focused issue. You can use Ctrl+Shift+V (Command+Shift+V) to paste issues from clipboard under currently focused issue.

While drag and drop is nice and visual way to rearrange issues, it might get tedious if you have to drag issues across long distances. Copy and paste solves that problem perfectly – copy issues to clipboard and scroll through the structure looking for a place to paste issues to.

See Selecting Multiple Issues for details about multi-selection.

Copy / Paste Scenarios

There are two main scenarios for using the Issue Clipboard:

  • Copying Issues Between StructuresThe contents of the clipboard is preserved in the current browser window, which allows you to copy issues from one structure and paste them into another.
  • Moving Issues Within A StructureInstead of using drag-and-drop function to move the issues within a structure, you can use the cut/paste feature. This is especially convenient, if you have a large structure and, for example, need to move some issues from the top of the structure to the bottom or the other way around.

Please note that if you really have some text selected on the page, Copy/Cut/Paste keyboard shortcuts would operate on that text – you'll get a copy of the text in the system clipboard, and Structure clipboard will not be affected.