Copying table rows across Confluence pages
Asked by matt.hunt:

Before the most recent release (The one that chnaged the UI) I was seemingly able to copy whole rows of data between different tables on different Confluence pages simply by opening them in 2 browser windows and using Ctrl C / Ctrl P.

Since the release it will only copy the data into a single cell on the new page. Is this intentional or a bug of some kind?

It's simple but quite effective functionality for us.

Thanks

Matt


Answers:
author: Joel Ransom
body: This was happening to me too until I realized you have to copy the rows in View mode (not edit) and then you can paste them to destination page in edit mode.

comments: author: Fjalar Sigur?arson
body: This advice was super useful!


author: Kyle White
body: You just saved me a TON of time, thank you!


author: Alessandra.DiSilvestro
body: I have the same issue and it is very annoying, and also time consuming to recreate the table.  
If I select a row / table and copy-paste it, it is pasted as a unique cell, with all the texts, images mixed one under the other.  
If somebody has a solution, please let us know.

comments: author: ???
body: Yes, I've the same problem. It's very annoying indeed.


author: Syed iqbal
body: Very frustrating! I have a HUGE table I need to split. I would need to spend at least 30 minutes recreating the half I need to a new table.


author: Joel Ransom
body: What are you doing? I copy table rows all the time.


author: Syed iqbal
body: Actually I just found out I need to use the inbuilt tools for copying and pasting columns/rows. Normal copy/paste doesn't work. I copied (clicked the copy columns icon from the menu) the columns I need \> Inserted a new table with one cell \> unformatted 'heading row' \> pasted (clicked the paste columns icon from the menu).

If I do command+copy and command+paste, it just pastes the entire content of the table in a single cell, all jumbled.

But I figured it out now, just not an intuitive interface.


author: Joel Ransom
body: If it helps, I can do a normal copy in view mode, and then copy in edit mode.


author: Syed iqbal
body: I will try that... That would be the most simple solution, thank you.


author: Philip_Vo
body: 1. Select all rows of the table

2. Press Ctrl+Shift+C

3. Create a single cell in the target page (It is not normal. But it works)

4. Locate the cursor inside the cell

5. Press Ctrl+Shift+V

comments: author: Trevena McClinton
body: Thank you! This works perfectly!


author: Gina Nace
body: Amazing, thank you.


author: Philip_Vo
body: The steps below worked on Windows 10, Word 2016 and Chrome

1. In View mode, copy the table from the source page using Ctrl+C

2. Open Microsoft Word; paste the content from Clipboard into Word document

3. Open the target page in Edit mode; Create a table with the same row and column

4. In Word, click the Plus Sign with Arrow to choose the table; Press Ctrl+C

5. Switch to target page; Place cursor at the first cell of the empty table

6. Press Ctrl+P

Sorry. it may not work


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Matt,

As far as I know, it is designed so. Copying of rows or columns (by clicking buttons in the table toolbar) doesn't copy them to a clipboard, it works in javascript and only in current editor.

The workaround for is to select a row and copy (Ctrl+C) it to another page, then click this row and copy-paste it using toolbar buttons.

comments: author: matt.hunt
body: Hi Andrey,

Not sure if it's my understanding of your reply but that is the process i seem to be following except when the data is pasted into the new page it doesn't seem to paste as a table?

Cheers


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Matt,

I can do it in Chrome browser by slecting row content, Ctrl+C and pasting it into the editor. Also I can fill in an empty row of a table with copied row.


author: matt.hunt
body: Thanks for taking the time to reply once again Andrey. However, unless it's once again my understanding it's almost like I am seeing a completely different behaviour.

I just tried copying and pasting a whole table in the same page and it still just pastes as plain text (No Table format).

I guess we will have to learn to live with it for now!

Thanks for your time though!

Matt


author: Miroslav Genev
body: A workaround I am using: Open the page in the source editor (when editing, the \<\> button on the right in the toolbar), copy the needed markup (either the whole \<table\>...\</table\> or just the \<tr\>...\<tr\> you need), open the target page in source editor too, and paste where needed.