# Can't duplicate a page

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [October 1, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447 "2025-10-01T08:37:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/1 "2025-10-01T08:37:15Z")

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Can’t duplicate / copy a page

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/2 "2025-10-01T08:44:12Z")

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Right-click on the page you want to duplicate and choose “Duplicate” from the contextual menu.

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**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/3 "2025-10-01T08:49:25Z")

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/4 "2025-10-01T08:51:54Z")

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The File menu is for the editor and duplicates the selected item on the page.

Right-click on the page you want to duplicate and choose “Duplicate” from the contextual menu.

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**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/5 "2025-10-01T09:03:23Z")

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OK - what I’m seeing is that only sometimes does right-click trigger the contextual menu. Oddly it seems to work better if I click near the edge of the button !?

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**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/6 "2025-10-01T09:05:06Z")

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I also expected option drag to duplicate … but no

Anybody else seeing odd behaviour here ?

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**Author:** ![numericcitizen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/numericcitizen/32/26930_2.png) [@numericcitizen](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/numericcitizen)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/7 "2025-10-01T10:34:21Z")

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the menu doesn’t always pops up when right clicking with the mouse BTW… bug.

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/8 "2025-10-01T10:35:18Z")

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> [@jbob](#):
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> I also expected option drag to duplicate … but no
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> Anybody else seeing odd behaviour here ?

That’s not supported (yet). **Right-click on the page you want to duplicate and choose “Duplicate” from the contextual menu.**

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/9 "2025-10-01T10:35:53Z")

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> [@numericcitizen](#):
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> the menu doesn’t always pops up when right clicking with the mouse BTW… bug.

Never had this issue and cannot re-create it, do you have reliable steps to re-produce this?

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**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/10 "2025-10-01T10:36:04Z")

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dragging an item in (eg a cms author file from Ben’s template file - just doesn’t work)

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**Author:** ![jbob](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbob/32/31581_2.png) [@jbob](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbob)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/11 "2025-10-01T10:37:57Z")

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OK - baffled me but I see what it is now

If you right click on the button it works fine… unless you right click over the icon !?

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/12 "2025-10-01T10:47:15Z")

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> [@jbob](#):
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> dragging an item in (eg a cms author file from Ben’s template file - just doesn’t work)

Correct, that doesn’t work (yet), we have still have more work to do!

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-duplicate-a-page/51447/13 "2025-10-01T10:47:47Z")

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> [@jbob](#):
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> OK - baffled me but I see what it is now
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> If you right click on the button it works fine… unless you right click over the icon !?

Okay, I was unaware of that bug. We’ll work on fixing that up.
