I'm so habituated to using Copy/Paste, but I'm trying to break that habit and use OmniGraffle's Duplicate command instead. The shortcut is Command+D.
It's one key-combo instead of two, but more importantly, it doesn't wipe out whatever you have on your clipboard.
And like Copy/Paste, it has a hidden feature. Let's say you duplicate an object, and then you move the duplicate directly below the original, leaving 20 pixels between the two objects. OmniGraffle will remember the duplicate's offset from the original, so when you duplicate that duplicate, its own duplicate will appear 20 pixels below it, and so on. After moving the first duplicate to where you want it, just hit Control-D over and over to create an equidistant row or stack of objects.
One shortcoming: there's no ability to duplicate an object such that the new object lands exactly on top of the old one. The duplicated object lands down and over from the original. Copy has a corresponding Paste in Place command which pastes the new object exactly on top of the copied one, but there is no Duplicate in Place option.
Not that it's hard to press Up-arrow + Left-arrow, but down and over is an inconvenient starting point when the intended offset is either directly below or directly to the right.
This whole site is extremely helpful to me. Thanks for all the work. BTW, The offset is a single shift-left arrow + a single shift-up arrow. Map the duplicate command + shift-left arrow + shift right arrow to a kb shortcut with Quickeys or some similar program and you have a dup in place.
ReplyDeleteHi - I'm glad the site is helpful. I'll have to look into Quickkeys. Thanks for the tip!
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