How do I copy and then paste a text box in Inkscape?



How do I copy and then paste a text box in Inkscape?


Question

I am trying to learn Inkscape. How can I copy and then paste a text box?

If I press ctrl+C then Ctrl+V, it converts it to an image instead.

2016/01/11
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1/11/2016 1:20:00 PM

Accepted Answer

This entry on the inkscape forum describes possible reasons why @bartovan's answer doesn't always work, and how to work around them.

  1. copying from one inkscape document to another pastes as a bitmap. Cut&paste doesn't. So the workaround is to duplicate (Ctrl-D), then cut&paste.
  2. on a Mac, cut&paste still doesn't work because of a bug with X11. The workaround is to modify the settings of X11: preferences -> Pasteboard: uncheck "Update Pasteboard when CLIPBOARD changes"
2017/11/08
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11/8/2017 5:10:00 AM

If you select a text object in Inkscape with the selection tool (the arrow, F1), and then copy/paste it inside Inkscape (using eg. Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V), this produces a copy of the text object. This copy is itself also a text object.

You can also, instead of Ctrl+C then Ctrl+V, press Ctrl+D. This produces a duplicate (a copy) of the original object and places it exactly on top of it. You can do this with a text object, or any other object/path/...

Neither method produces (or should produce) a bitmap copy.

See also Copying, Pasting, and Deleting Objects and Creating Text in the Inkscape User Manual (not updated for Inkscape 0.91 but still accurate for the most part).

bartovan
2015/09/13