Animation Editor clears your clipboard when selecting a model

[CoderJoey (Joey)]

When you select a model with the animation editor, your clipboard gets cleared

Expected behavior

Animation editor should not clear your clipboard, ever.

[orange451]

I’ve noticed this for at least the last 5 years.

[Judgy_Oreo (phoenixwhitefire2000)]

This was already reported and responded to by staff here:

Certain Roblox Features Clear Clipboard

I’m sure I can’t be the only one who has noticed or even reported this issue before. But certain plugins erase the clipboard on windows. The most notable of which is the Animation Editor. I’m sure this is intended to avoid some specific issue, but it makes importing animations from ID irritatingly difficult. You copy the ID from a script or animation property window, open the plugin, click “Import From Roblox”, can’t paste the ID. Go back to the script/property window, copy the ID again, repeat …

[thirdtakeonit]

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