Copy/Paste Nodes Not Working with Keyboard Shortcuts

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Godot Version

Godot 4.5 dev4.mono / Windows 11

Question

Keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+C/Cmd+C and Ctrl+V/Cmd+V) fail to copy/paste nodes in the Scene Tree dock, though:

  • Right-click → “Copy” / “Paste” works normally
  • Shortcuts function correctly in Script Editor
  • No error messages appear
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Try duplicating nodes with the control + D keyboard shortcut.

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Hey, I had a similar problem. It worked just fine yesterday but I woke up today to the keyboard shortcuts not working. I didn’t update godot yet and I’m just on 4.4, not 4.4.1 stable. 4.4 has been working for me though. The problem with control+D is that I can’t easily paste into other scenes.

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What you have here is an opportunity to prevent code duplication. Save the branch of the node you’re interested in as its own scene. Then add an instance of that saved scene in your target scene.