# \[Bug\] Perspective View Unexpected Behavior (Loss of Cut/Copy/Paste)

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-view-unexpected-behavior-loss-of-cut-copy-paste/48689>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [July 10, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-view-unexpected-behavior-loss-of-cut-copy-paste/48689 "2021-07-10T02:29:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tim.Johnson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tim.johnson/32/10597_2.png) [@Tim.Johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim.Johnson)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-view-unexpected-behavior-loss-of-cut-copy-paste/48689/1 "2021-07-10T02:29:05Z")

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Ignition **8.1.7 (b2021060314)**

In Designer, when editing a View, randomly lose the ability to copy/paste from either the context menu (right-click) or using the hot keys Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/3/d376e653f34fd9597861c66db863cbd1791fa363.png)

To fix it, a person has to close the View, and reopen it, then everything is available again.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/6/f66230a2dd550f9a85e53ab400cb2c8f8ce36623.png)

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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:** [July 10, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-view-unexpected-behavior-loss-of-cut-copy-paste/48689/2 "2021-07-10T08:27:12Z")

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Yep, see this lots too. Same with tags, sometimes I just can’t add a new tag (disabled option) and I have to refresh the tag provider list. Very weird

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**Author:** ![michael2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@michael2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael2)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-view-unexpected-behavior-loss-of-cut-copy-paste/48689/3 "2021-07-11T23:22:40Z")

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Good to know I can just refresh, I’ve been restarting the designer every time.

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**Author:** ![Matthew.gaitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@Matthew.gaitan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew.gaitan)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-view-unexpected-behavior-loss-of-cut-copy-paste/48689/4 "2022-04-26T17:03:39Z")

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This is sadly still an issue on 8.1.15 ☹

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**Author:** ![r123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@r123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/r123)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-view-unexpected-behavior-loss-of-cut-copy-paste/48689/5 "2026-01-15T02:19:01Z")

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I saw this for the first time in 8.3.3 ☹