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Unable to paste text into Expression Editor

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For some reason I've suddenly lost the ability to paste text into the expression editor. I believe this was working a day or two ago, but now if I want to paste a long expression into the expression editor I'm unable to do so. There is a little "clipboard" button that allows you to paste the last expression, however that's not helpful. I have an expression that I've written outside power automate that is in the computer clipboard and I'm trying to paste the text into the expression editor. Has this never worked? I'm confused. (I've had a colegue try on their computer, and they have the same issue.)

 

I can paste the text into the function search field below, so I know the text is in the computer clipboard.

 

When I right click inside the expression editor "Paste" is not an option in the context menu. (I'm using the latest version of Microsoft Edge)

 

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  • jpconessa Profile Picture
    2 on at

    I'm having the same trouble! I have to keep going back to the old designer to edit this kind of stuff.

    Does anybody have a solution for that?

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    Jem1 Profile Picture
    11 on at

    After many hours of pain trying to re-create a flow in the modern designer, I have discovered that CTRL-SHIFT-V does allow me to paste text into an expression where CTRL-V does not. I had tried different browsers and even different PCs trying to work this out in case it was specific to my environment....

  • rolandpenner Profile Picture
    8 on at

    @Jem1 Thanks for the tip. CTRL-SHIFT-V does seem to work for me as well. I'm not sure why the functionality changed, as I'm sure CTRL-V was working before. I think most people would expect CTRL-V to work, but this is a work-around for now.

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