# Pasting component into container

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-component-into-container/5396>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 9, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-component-into-container/5396 "2012-11-09T13:45:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![pat.stave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@pat.stave](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pat.stave)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-component-into-container/5396/1 "2012-11-09T13:45:28Z")

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Pasting a component into a container will only work while the designer window has a zoom level of 100%. If the zoom level is anything other than 100% the component will simply paste to the root container instead of the container.

Ignition version 7.5.3

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**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-component-into-container/5396/2 "2012-11-09T16:13:32Z")

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I was able to replicate this here. I will make a ticket to have this fixed. Thanks for reporting the problem. I will update this forum thread once it is fixed.

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**Author:** ![tailfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tailfire](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tailfire)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-component-into-container/5396/3 "2012-11-10T03:18:24Z")

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Very awesome! I have experienced this turmoil before. What a nightmare. I have always gotten it, to work eventually  
Now i realize this is probably the cause. I use the zoom allot I just never caught it at the right time to know this  
Was the reason. Just knowing this little factiod will save frustration time.,

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**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-component-into-container/5396/4 "2012-11-11T16:27:57Z")

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[quote=“tailfire”]Very awesome! I have experienced this turmoil before. What a nightmare. I have always gotten it, to work eventually  
Now i realize this is probably the cause. I use the zoom allot I just never caught it at the right time to know this  
Was the reason. Just knowing this little factiod will save frustration time.,[/quote]

Me too, this problem has been around since V7.3, did not associate it to the zoom. I used to save and close container, open again, ( zoom was then reset) then try the paste again and it would work.

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**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-component-into-container/5396/5 "2012-11-11T18:06:46Z")

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Patrick - observant find!

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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:** [November 14, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-component-into-container/5396/6 "2012-11-14T21:14:26Z")

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This has been fixed for 7.5.5