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Copying table rows across Confluence pages

matt.hunt

Before the most recent release (The one that chnaged the UI) I was seemingly able to copy whole rows of data between different tables on different Confluence pages simply by opening them in 2 browser windows and using Ctrl C / Ctrl P.

Since the release it will only copy the data into a single cell on the new page. Is this intentional or a bug of some kind?

It's simple but quite effective functionality for us.

Thanks

Matt

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Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_

Hello Matt,

As far as I know, it is designed so. Copying of rows or columns (by clicking buttons in the table toolbar) doesn't copy them to a clipboard, it works in javascript and only in current editor.

The workaround for is to select a row and copy (Ctrl+C) it to another page, then click this row and copy-paste it using toolbar buttons.

matt.hunt

Hi Andrey,

Not sure if it's my understanding of your reply but that is the process i seem to be following except when the data is pasted into the new page it doesn't seem to paste as a table?

Cheers

Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_

Hi Matt,

I can do it in Chrome browser by slecting row content, Ctrl+C and pasting it into the editor. Also I can fill in an empty row of a table with copied row.

matt.hunt

Thanks for taking the time to reply once again Andrey. However, unless it's once again my understanding it's almost like I am seeing a completely different behaviour.

I just tried copying and pasting a whole table in the same page and it still just pastes as plain text (No Table format).

I guess we will have to learn to live with it for now!

Thanks for your time though!

Matt

Alessandra.DiSilvestro

I have the same issue and it is very annoying, and also time consuming to recreate the table.
If I select a row / table and copy-paste it, it is pasted as a unique cell, with all the texts, images mixed one under the other.
If somebody has a solution, please let us know.

丘麗娟

Yes, I've the same problem. It's very annoying indeed.

Philip_Vo

The steps below worked on Windows 10, Word 2016 and Chrome

1. In View mode, copy the table from the source page using Ctrl+C

2. Open Microsoft Word; paste the content from Clipboard into Word document

3. Open the target page in Edit mode; Create a table with the same row and column

4. In Word, click the Plus Sign with Arrow to choose the table; Press Ctrl+C

5. Switch to target page; Place cursor at the first cell of the empty table

6. Press Ctrl+P

Sorry. it may not work

Philip_Vo

1. Select all rows of the table

2. Press Ctrl+Shift+C

3. Create a single cell in the target page (It is not normal. But it works)

4. Locate the cursor inside the cell

5. Press Ctrl+Shift+V

Joel Ransom

This was happening to me too until I realized you have to copy the rows in View mode (not edit) and then you can paste them to destination page in edit mode.

Trevena McClinton

Thank you! This works perfectly!

Syed iqbal

Very frustrating! I have a HUGE table I need to split. I would need to spend at least 30 minutes recreating the half I need to a new table.

Joel Ransom

What are you doing? I copy table rows all the time.

Fjalar Sigurðarson_ddahvi

This advice was super useful!

Gina Nace_n2wq8j

Amazing, thank you.

Kyle White_n9ilq6

You just saved me a TON of time, thank you!

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