# Copy/Paste Properties

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-paste-properties/1736>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 7, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-paste-properties/1736 "2010-04-07T19:27:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bryan\_cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@bryan\_cook](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bryan_cook)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-paste-properties/1736/1 "2010-04-07T19:27:05Z")

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I’d like the ability to be able to copy and paste a property value to multiple objects.

For example, I’d copy the Enabled property value of a SQLTag and paste it to all other SQLTags.

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-paste-properties/1736/2 "2010-04-07T22:00:12Z")

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Are you aware that you can edit multiple SQLTags at once - and only modify a subset of the tags properties? i.e. you can set enabled/disabled on a large set of tags by editing them all together.

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**Author:** ![bryan\_cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@bryan\_cook](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bryan_cook)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-paste-properties/1736/3 "2010-04-08T00:54:26Z")

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No I was not! 😊

Thanks for the tip … I noticed you can do this with Group Items as well, (which just made my life a bit easier!)

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**Author:** ![chendrixson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chendrixson/32/5255_2.png) [@chendrixson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chendrixson)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-paste-properties/1736/4 "2011-04-12T14:47:55Z")

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I second this request as I often wish that I could right click on an object to copy and paste it’s properties to another object or group of objects. This is one of the time savers I always use with another brand of HMI/ SCADA (sadly one of the few things they got right). It is quick, dirty, and requires no keyboard inputs other than the quick keys if not using a mouse. One click and done. After all…time is money.