Copy/cut and paste is a handy way to move items around.
When you copy or cut issues (with toolbar button or Ctrl+C / Ctrl+X (Command+C / Command+X), selected items are put into Clipboard. When you paste with Ctrl+V (Command+V), items are added after the currently focused items. You can use Ctrl+Shift+V (Command+Shift+V) to paste items from clipboard under currently focused issue (as its children).
While drag and drop is a nice and visual way to rearrange items, it might get tedious if you have to drag items across long distances. Copy and paste solves that problem perfectly – copy items to clipboard and scroll through the structure looking for a place to paste them to. |
See Selecting Multiple Items for details about multi-selection.
There are two main scenarios for using the Issue Clipboard:
Please note that if you 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. |