<![CDATA[[ANSWERED] Copy between patches in V4]]>Hi there,

I guess I'm not alone in the "recycling patch bits" when creating new ones.

On Isadora 3 I could open two instances and copy parts of older patches into my new ones, or even copy whole scenes. At least in my case I'm unable to do so on Isadora 4. I'm running Isadora on two different systems: One on windows 10 and the other on windows 11. None of them allow copying between patches.

I would love to have this feature back.

Thanks

[STAFF NOTE: For future readers, we wanted to clarify that this feature was never removed. On Windows you can open two files within the same instance and copy and paste Actors and Controls between them. To copy between two instances of Isadora, they have to be the same version of Isadora. (So if one instance is Isadora 4.0.0 and one instance is 4.1.3 that won't work, but both being Isadora 4.0.0 or both being 4.1.3 would work.)]

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/9304/answered-copy-between-patches-in-v4RSS for NodeTue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:14 GMTSat, 04 Oct 2025 13:19:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [ANSWERED] Copy between patches in V4 on Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:47:10 GMT]]>@Woland

Thanks, that works. Inside the same instance it allows copying.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/56823https://community.troikatronix.com/post/56823Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:47:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [ANSWERED] Copy between patches in V4 on Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:08:20 GMT]]>We didn't make any changes to this as far as I am aware that would affect the ability to copy and paste between two patches that are open in the same version of Isadora. The closest thing I can find to a change is from the release notes of Isadora 4.0.0 that says:

"NEW: Run Multiple Instances of Isadora on Windows
You can now run multiple instances of Isadora on Windows! (This was already possible on macOS.)"

@gaspar said:

On Isadora 3 I could open two instances and copy parts of older patches into my new ones, or even copy whole scenes. At least in my case I'm unable to do so on Isadora 4. I'm running Isadora on two different systems: One on windows 10 and the other on windows 11. None of them allow copying between patches.

Try opening two files within the same instance.

Also, to copy between two instances of Isadora, they'd have to be the same version of Isadora. (So if one instance is Isadora 4.0.0 and one instance is 4.1.3 that won't work, but both being Isadora 4.0.0 or both being 4.1.3 would work.)

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/56779https://community.troikatronix.com/post/56779Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:08:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [ANSWERED] Copy between patches in V4 on Sun, 05 Oct 2025 11:16:16 GMT]]>@gaspar

I am able to copy and paste between open patches in Isadora 4 in both Windows 10 and Windows 11.

I can copy and paste a selection of actors, or complete scenes, between two open Isadora files.

I wonder why I can and why you can't... I am using Isadora 4.1.3 

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