Add way to Duplicate/Copy Nodes/Groups on Mobile

[Felipe]

I use Obsidian Mobile on iPad with mouse and keyboard.

This BR is simple to explain: its NOT possible to copy/duplicate a group/node on Obsidian Mobile using these two approaches:
→ Keyboard Hotkey Mod+C Mod+V
→ Commands Copy Paste

Using the Command Palette you could see that inside a Canvas File we dont have the Copy Paste commands.

Environment

Obsidian 1.4.2
iPadOS 16.3

This BR was generated testing Obsidian Mobile in a Vanilla Vault without any plugin installed.

Steps to Reproduce

1- Open a Canvas File
2- Selecet a Node
3- Try to hit the Copy Paste hotkeys
or
3- Open Command Palette and search for the Copy Paste command

[WhiteNoise]

have you tried long pressing? I reproed too.

[ryanjamurphy]

Just reproduced this: indeed, there’s no way to copy or paste on Canvas on iOS at the moment.

[Felipe]

it’s iPadOS 16.2 and not iPadOS 16.3

[pikatwinky]

+1 to this. I’m using android 12 and is not possible there as well
I think this is a very valuable functionality missing in the mobile version

Related with Send to canvas and
Mobile: Is there a way to copy a part of a canvas file into another one?

[apple16625g]

Will this be fixed anytime soon?
Not sure if this is an OS limititation or an easily implementable feature, but it’s def a very important feature to properly use it on Ipad
I would even consider this a bug rather than a feature

[2fifty6]

Just discovered this issue today when trying to use my iPad to work on stuff in Canvas. Major bummer.

I’m using version 1.4.5 build 104 (API v1.3.3).

[dukebarman]

I hope you’ll add this feature. My workflow - I have an legend of nodes with selected colors and text templates and I copy it to the right places while “drawing” or redesigning the canvas

[swimygreen]

This feature would be really useful to me as well! I primarily use desktop for my canvas work and I feel like I’m missing a limb when I work on my iPhone without copy and paste. Adding it would be greatly appreciated when you have the chance!

[Tama]

Still no way to copy past ?
It’s surprising that such a feature is not implemented…

[lushkat]

It’s already slow enough to do stuff on mobile compared to my PC, but this really makes it pretty much unusable. I make a lot of flowcharts for planning out scripts for games and the like, so I figured it’d be nice to also be able to work on them on the go, but seems like that won’t really be possible. Really hope this gets added soon.

[peeragetalkers]

I take it that by ‘nodes’ here OP means Canvas cards?

There are three essential commands missing:

1. Copy card
2. Paste card
3. Duplicate card

This can make it cumbersome to create or duplicate cards, which is a basic need. Doubly so on mobile, where there’s no Alt + Drag equivalent.

All three commands should be available in the card context menu:

This applies to all card types: regular card, image (i.e. attachment) card, and note card. The lack of these options is indeed ‘non-intuitive’.