How to copy the selected text and leave the original text in position?

[splitloop]

On Windows It was done with Ctrl held, cant figure out hot do I do it on Mac?

 

[aerowave]

On Windows It was done with Ctrl held, cant figure out hot do I do it on Mac?

Your can use the keyboard shortcuts copy (cmd+C) then paste (cmd+V) or you can hold down the option (alt) key while dragging selected text to duplicate it.

 

[splitloop]

Your can use the keyboard shortcuts copy (cmd+C) then paste (cmd+V) or you can hold down the option (alt) key while dragging selected text to duplicate it.

thanks, thats how I expected it to work, but for some reason it doesnt work (for me?). I can see a green Plus icon appearing, but the original text is being removed instead of being leaved in peace

 

[aerowave]

What application are you working in? I'm not sure if all applications work this way with text editing.

 

[splitloop]

Oh, you are right! Works in Textedit. But I normally work in Evernote, where it doesnt seem to work. Alright, I think I'll write to Evernote support now. Thank you so much!

 

[gnasher729]

On Windows It was done with Ctrl held, cant figure out hot do I do it on Mac?

Click on the menu bar, then examine what is in all the menus. The menus show you exactly what to press on the keyboard.

 

[mmomega]

It works just fine for me in Evernote.

 

[splitloop]

excuse me, guys, I wasn't clear enough, cmd+C and cmd+V work fine, but I need to drag with mice

or you can hold down the option (alt) key while dragging selected text to duplicate it.

this doesn't work..

 

[samh]

excuse me, guys, I wasn't clear enough, cmd+C and cmd+V work fine, but I need to drag with mice

this doesn't work..

Incidentally, Alt+Drag is a pretty common Mac convention. Not universal, but common. For example, if you alt+drag a file, it will copy, etc.