# Paste within an existing group **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [October 5, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/paste-within-an-existing-group/15589 "2017-10-05T23:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brian.mcenulty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@brian.mcenulty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mcenulty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/paste-within-an-existing-group/15589/1 "2017-10-05T23:59:55Z")
I’m running Ignition 7.9.3 and it doesn’t seem like I can paste objects into an existing group. Is there a certain way to do this or am I stuck ungrouping and regrouping? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/paste-within-an-existing-group/15589/2 "2017-10-06T13:52:04Z")
You have to be editing the group to paste into the group. On the component, double click on the group, a pink border should appear denoting that you are editing the group, then paste. NOTE: You can only paste into a group on the window not from the tree. ---
**Author:** ![brian.mcenulty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@brian.mcenulty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mcenulty)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/paste-within-an-existing-group/15589/3 "2017-10-06T15:22:45Z")
I’ve found that this doesn’t always work for some reason. With the group active and highlighted with the pink border, if I paste it’ll paste into the root container rather than the group. It seems to do this if I have the designer open for extended periods of time. If I close out of it and reopen it, pasting into a group works as expected.