# \[BUG\] 8.1.0 Vision "Set XML from clipboard" not working

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-vision-set-xml-from-clipboard-not-working/41952>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-vision-set-xml-from-clipboard-not-working/41952 "2021-01-04T22:00:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-vision-set-xml-from-clipboard-not-working/41952/1 "2021-01-04T22:00:35Z")

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Shift+Right-clicking on a Template or Window and selecting Copy XML to Clipboard works, but using the Set XML from Clipboard action doesn’t do anything. Although the component you paste it onto _does_ become italicised to indicate that something has changed (but it hasn’t)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-vision-set-xml-from-clipboard-not-working/41952/2 "2021-01-05T00:27:15Z")

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I’ve attached this report to an existing report with an issue with find/replace on closed templates. I’m not sure what the actual problem is, but they seem like they might be related.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-vision-set-xml-from-clipboard-not-working/41952/3 "2021-01-05T00:50:54Z")

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FWIW I’ve tried setting it both when the template is closed and open in the Designer

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**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-vision-set-xml-from-clipboard-not-working/41952/4 "2021-01-20T10:26:59Z")

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I’m on V8.1.1 and it’s the same.

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**Author:** ![nathan.ricks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@nathan.ricks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan.ricks)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-vision-set-xml-from-clipboard-not-working/41952/5 "2021-06-22T15:20:08Z")

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Unfortunately it looks like the bug is still around (Ignition Platform 8.1.6)? I have an exception in some scripting that runs on opening of the window, so now there is no way to open it to fix (exception occurs before the GUI opens the window)… Any ideas? Thanks

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-vision-set-xml-from-clipboard-not-working/41952/6 "2021-07-20T15:23:42Z")

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This is fixed for 8.1.8.