3. Pasting

Pasting


  • Pasting is only on top of the copied object (ie in place). That’s inconvenient. If you’re zooming in a detail of a large document and want to, for example, insert a linked image, that image goes on the lower left corner of the page (0,0 coords).
    Normally I’d fix that issue (blindly) cutting and then pasting the image on the zoomed part I’m working on but with paste “in place” it’s not possible, it still goes back to lower left corner.

    Pasting and importing should be, IMHO, screen centered or at least have the option to do it that way.
    I had a look at all the settings but I haven't found something to change this behavior, maybe someone can point me at it if it exists.

    Thanks

    P.s.: I know you're trying not to copy AI and it's totally fine but there are certain workflow things that in a production environment are deal breakers. VS is a surprisingly good app and should have more buzz around it. I've been in the prepress field for 30 years and VS gets me the vibes of Freehand before it got killed by Adobe. Keep it on.

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  • @vectoradmin and @Torakikiii

    IMO, if you didn't pan or zoom the canvas after copying something, paste-in-place should be the rule.

    If you did pan or zoom, let paste happen in the center of the view.

    But I think importing or linking an external image or file should always be screen centered.

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    @Torakikiii @b77 currently, if the object was copied from the same document and same artboard then it is in place. Otherwise it is centered.

    This could be improved to have centered if there has been panning or zooming of the view.
    I add this to the backlog.

    The importing issue seems to be a bug. Will get fixed.

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