Option-Drag to Duplicate in Layer Tree?

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I’ve been using Blocs for a few years so sorry if I’ve missed this somewhere. Are there options to turn on more standard kind of Mac GUI navigation conventions in the Layer Tree?

Two specific common Mac productivity app conventions in tree views that I’m missing in the Layer Tree:

  • Option (Alt)-Drag to duplicate an existing component. Suppose I have a Row element I want to copy from one Column to another Column. Right now I would have to Duplicate it (right click or Shift-Command-D) and then drag the duplicated element to the other Column. If you’re doing many of these it’s much less efficient than just dragging the original Row while holding down Option. Typically apps show a little plus sign while you drag to show you’re duplicating instead of moving. This is even more helpful when you select multiple items and want to drag-duplicate them all at once.
  • Using the Delete key to delete elements in the tree. If I want to delete an element I have to use Command-D. Why can’t this be simplified to just the Delete key as it is in most other apps?

I’ve seen some other examples of non-Mac standard user interface conventions but these are the two that irk me. One of the big advantages of Blocs is that it is a Mac native app, so it would just be nice if it followed all of the standard UI conventions on the platform.

Thanks for listening to my little pet peeve rant—Blocs is great software as a whole keep up the great updates.

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I fully agree with @davecom suggestions. On the same trend, what is missing is the ability to open more that one project at a time, copy-paste or drag’n drop in between open projects. I don’t know if those changes are at all possible with the platform on which Blocs is developed.

Are they @Norm ? Would you be able to tell us if we can expect these or not ?

Thanks and best.

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