# Is there a way to change the default drag and drop and/or the default copy behavior from the tag browser?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-drag-and-drop-and-or-the-default-copy-behavior-from-the-tag-browser/95300>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [August 28, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-drag-and-drop-and-or-the-default-copy-behavior-from-the-tag-browser/95300 "2024-08-28T23:56:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![sherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sherman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sherman)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-drag-and-drop-and-or-the-default-copy-behavior-from-the-tag-browser/95300/1 "2024-08-28T23:56:52Z")

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99.9% of the time when I am interacting with the tag browser, I want the tag path. But my default drag and drop spits out the whole tag json (specifically into a SFC action script editor, in this instance). ctrl+c on the tag in the tag browser and ctrl+v in the editor does nothing. I want both of these to default to the tag path. Is that something I can arrange? Maybe another hotkey? I don't see anything obvious in project settings.

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**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-drag-and-drop-and-or-the-default-copy-behavior-from-the-tag-browser/95300/2 "2024-08-30T13:43:18Z")

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Are you referring to the tag browser in the designer or the tag browser component in the client?

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**Author:** ![sherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sherman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sherman)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-drag-and-drop-and-or-the-default-copy-behavior-from-the-tag-browser/95300/3 "2024-08-30T22:24:33Z")

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All in the designer

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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-drag-and-drop-and-or-the-default-copy-behavior-from-the-tag-browser/95300/4 "2024-08-31T15:51:33Z")

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There is no GUI provided way to assign a short cut key, or change the function of an already existing one.

The only way I know of the copy the path of a tag from the tag browser is to right click and select copy Path.

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**Author:** ![sherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sherman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sherman)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-drag-and-drop-and-or-the-default-copy-behavior-from-the-tag-browser/95300/5 "2024-09-05T21:10:06Z")

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Well, that is a bummer. I never use the default copy paste behavior of the tags in the tag browser, I nearly always want the path to the tag.