Alt-Drag to Copy Containers?

Ah, well, I only posted here because I observed that not to work.

I will  post back as to whether this situation was temporary/intermittent, or seems reliably reproducible.

OK, here is a video  (so you don't start thinking that I'm making this stuff up!):

https://www.screencast.com/t/Ieg0cqAENorl

Well, I've seen it work, but mostly I see it not work.

Did on online test of my keyboard and the Alt key is reported as fine.

Are you seeing perfect as-expected behavior at your end?   (on Windows)

I'll attach my file, in case you want to try with it.   (please delete after use)

Maybe holding alt earlier or later makes a difference.

Nope.   A dozen attempts, trying to change it up every-which-way, yield the same result every time - just like the video.

Have you remapped the ALT key?

No.

Have you tried it there, with my file?

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Also, for reference, the test here:     https://keyboard-test.space/

shows my Alt key operating exactly as expected.

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Is there any setting inside Synfire that would affect this?

What is the usual copy modifier on Windows anyway?

If there is a "standard" copy modifier for Windows, I'm not aware of it in that sense.

Shift -,  Ctrl -, Alt -, are all used by various programs for various things.

Is there not a Windows machine running Synfire at Cognitone central?

For me it works with the right Alt key, not with the left one.

That's interesting.   

When you check the left and right Alt keys here:

https://keycode-visualizer.netlify.app/

do they show as transmitting a different code?

(For me, both left Alt and right Alt show as code 18)

Hi.

Any further insight here?

Not being able to do a drag-copy is "a drag"!

On Windows it's the CTRL key

Ah, there it is, thank you!

Of course, I suggest updating in-program and online help accordingly.

Thanks again!