<![CDATA[[ANSWERED] How do you copy Controls from one Isadora window to another other and preserve the Control ID numbers?]]>Hi there, 

Isadora 3.0.7 (latest stable), Windows 10, Standard edition (not usb)

I was copying some Control elements from one Isadora file to an another Isadora file and it caused all my Control IDs (and I have around 60 UI elements in this patch) to renumber themself and start at Control ID 1..

Personally I dont think is meant to do this right ? When I copy and paste I think that all properties of the Control element should be the same.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/6907/answered-how-do-you-copy-controls-from-one-isadora-window-to-another-other-and-preserve-the-control-id-numbersRSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 13:41:26 GMTWed, 07 Oct 2020 11:49:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [ANSWERED] How do you copy Controls from one Isadora window to another other and preserve the Control ID numbers? on Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:16:00 GMT]]>@Juriaan said:

Still wondering why this is default on and not off ?

Because when it's off, if you duplicate/copy+paste Controls within a document because you want more of a particular Control or set of Controls, it doesn't increment the Control IDs of the new Controls. Copying Controls within a document and wanting them to get their own Control IDs is a more common use case than wanting to copy Controls between documents while preserving the Control IDs, which is why it's enabled by default.

@Juriaan said:

Mark as Solved.

 Just renamed the thread and moved it to "How To" ;)

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/43077https://community.troikatronix.com/post/43077Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:16:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [ANSWERED] How do you copy Controls from one Isadora window to another other and preserve the Control ID numbers? on Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:11:11 GMT]]>@jfg

Lovely thanks :) Didn't knew about that feature. Still wondering why this is default on and not off ?

Mark as Solved.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/43076https://community.troikatronix.com/post/43076Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:11:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [ANSWERED] How do you copy Controls from one Isadora window to another other and preserve the Control ID numbers? on Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:04:34 GMT]]>Dear Juriaan,

to avoid this you have to disable "Auto renumber ID conflicts" in the controls menu from the target project.

best 

Jean-François

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