That works however IQ seems to take its grid assignment from whatever is left over from the last copy. And since the dialog does not permit new assignment, the item has to be searched for / found in another grid (like scratch / all items)
but just wanted to say, I - and others- used the word "clone" incorrectly in the past for giving an item a new parent item - as you know this means the item is showing twice but it's just the one item (i.e. as you say Jan, >dynamic copy, i.e. update one, updates the other versions<
My original dilemma was copying an item, it's assignments & it's html content. When I followed your steps, i.e. copy and paste xml, the item did not retain the same field assignments.
In grid xyz, I copied item with html content <ctrol>+c
I pasted item w html content into grid xyz, <ctrl>+v
The item did not appear in grid xyz. Instead I found it by searching thru all items in scratch pad & then had to assign it to "writing project" that appears in grid xyz.. IQ did not pick up all the field assignments. I believe it copied field assignments from the last field assignments in the <ctrl>+n dialog cache.
The fields are the same for both items. I guess I'm doing something wrong but I can't figure it out.
As an aside, after copy, exactly what do you do to insert the copy. Plse be specific, like where do you put the cursor. On paste does IQ create a sibling or a child. I'm asking because I'm getting duplicates & I don't know where they are coming from. I know this last sentence is clear as mud but do tell me how you paste. That may answer my problem here. Selecting is very delicate in IQ. If you click in the wrong place you end up in edit mode, etc. User seems to have to click on the ecco dot in order to select w/o opening the item to edit unless there is some setting I can change, I find this very frustrating. Thanks.
It didn't work for me & I didn't re-order anything so I don't know what to say here. Besides that, sometimes I get more than one copy of the copied item in the grid @ different levels.
I would try it out in a sample grid with only a few items
First,
check your grid settings i.e. hierarchy, context parents
Keep good track of exactly what you do and see what happens
EDIT/
I would recommend doing it with
Context Parents OFF
and both Hierarchy settings ON
You can then change these settings & see are they the cause of something showing up twice in a grid
If something shows up unexpectedly in a grid - check
is it a context parent (Blue)
have a look at it's parentage in the properties pane & compare with the other copy(s) to figure out is it the same item or easier still look at the itemID field - but looking at the parentage can help you figure out why it's showing twice
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