How do I... copy a widget between projects

[Lindon]

I cant seem to make this simple functionality work.

Clearly Ctrl-C wont get a widget copied to the clipboard

Ctrl-D only duplicates in situ

I've tried copying the JSON, but that seems to get pasted then ignored...

There must be a way to do this ..surely...

[d.healey]

@Lindon Paste the JSON and hit F5

[Lindon]

@d-healey done that. Nothing happens. No new widget shows up.

[d.healey]

Yep, confirmed, this doesn't work.

[Christoph Hart]

Honestly I've never needed this, and there was nobody requesting it until now, but I agree it makes sense :)

[d.healey]

I found a way to transfer an entire GUI from one project to another. If you save your project as an XML then the UI data is saved in a separate folder (as long as you have added an interface script to the project). All you need to do is replace this folder with the one from your other project.

I haven't tried it but I see no reason why you couldn't edit the UI Data in a text edit (it's an XML file too) and copy and paste individual widgets between projects that way.

[Lindon]

@d-healey sounds gnarly - but I will give it a try - I'm really surprised no one has asked for this before...so it would be really really nice if we could use the JSON to do this....