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satisfied_Solace157F
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August 5, 2023
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Can't paste an interaction to multiple artboards

  • August 5, 2023
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I'm in Prototype mode with four artboards; #4 is an overlay that the three others can launch from a burger menu.

  1. Created an overlay interaction on board #1 (burger to overlay, slide right). 
  2. Verified in preview.
  3. Edit>Copied the interaction.
  4. Selected the burgers on boards #2 and #3. Both burgers are highlighted.
  5. Edit>Pasted. This pasted the interaction ONLY to the most recently selected burger. It should paste the interaction to both.

I'm following straight from the Tutorial right now, and it's not happening for me. I have to copy/paste the interaction twice, can't do it in one swoop to multiple artboards. This problem was noted in 2020 and the advice was to update, but it's 2023 and I've got theeeee latest.

Version 57.1.12.2

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    AkinGn
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    AkinGnCommunity Expert
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    August 7, 2023

    Hi @satisfied_Solace157F, if I'm not missing something, I managed to make it work by setting the interaction in the first artboard only (as it has the main button component) I suggest you to do the same (setting the interaction using the main component). Another way would be deleting the existing components in other artboards and pasting the one that has the interaction in space of them, you can do by deleting existing ones first and then selecting the artboards and pasting, maybe you know but the component will be pasted into the exact position of the one you copied. Oh and if you can share the tutorial you're trying to apply the solution from, I'd like to check it also, hope this helps!

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    satisfied_Solace157FAuthor
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    August 7, 2023

    Akin, thanks for the suggestion to delete the other two burgers and simply paste the interaction onto the remaining two artboards. I tried that and it worked! I got curious and I tried starting from scratch (deleted the two pasted interactions) and instead of pasting into the two burgers per the instructions in the video, I simply pasted onto the artboards. It worked again! Maybe the tutorial shouldn't instruct us to paste into the burger menus. It's this tutorial, Step 4 (Add overlays to simulate UI elements), beginning at 7:00.

    https://www.adobe.com/products/xd/learn/get-started-xd-prototype.html

     

     

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    satisfied_Solace157FAuthor
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    August 8, 2023

    Oh ok, now it's clearer for me, I know you also said "I'm in prototype mode" but as I can't see "Paste appearance" in prototype mode/regenerate the problem, that's why I wanted to be sure. Sorry for the inconvenience, thank you for sharing the screens. I guess it's best if you just copy the burger icon with the interaction, deleting the old ones in the other artboards and paste the one with the interaction to the other artboards, as you can comfortably paste it to multiple artboards as we talked before. Hmm now I'm wondering if it's an issue that happens only in some Windows versions or.. Maybe someone else replies and we'll know more about it. Please update us if you have a chance to try in another computer/system, regardless what the result is. Happy designing!


    Sure thing! I'm a little surprised I'm the first to post on this, since the problem came up in 2020 and someone posted about it then.

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