# Make custom properties of layers copy/paste-able

**URL:** <https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/make-custom-properties-of-layers-copy-paste-able/2296>\
**Category:** Suggestions\
**Created:** [April 17, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/make-custom-properties-of-layers-copy-paste-able/2296 "2017-04-17T17:16:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Luca\_Leon\_Happel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/luca_leon_happel/32/1168_2.png) [@Luca\_Leon\_Happel](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/Luca_Leon_Happel)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/make-custom-properties-of-layers-copy-paste-able/2296/1 "2017-04-17T17:16:27Z")

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Pretty straight forward to me. Imagine I have a layer, I give it a bunch of properties I would like it to have. Not I create a second layer, which I want to have the same properties as the layer before (and possible even other layers). The most straight forward way would be to just shift-click all the properties in all the other layers I want and then just copy them into the new layer. Sadly, this does not seem possible, and I need to duplicate layers + copy properties of other layers by hand. That is not just time-consuming, but also just a pain :’(

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**Author:** ![bjorn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/bjorn/32/1599_2.png) [@bjorn](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/bjorn)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/make-custom-properties-of-layers-copy-paste-able/2296/2 "2017-04-17T20:27:19Z")

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Indeed, it’s an often requested feature and one I plan to get around to for the next release:

[https://github.com/bjorn/tiled/issues/515](https://github.com/bjorn/tiled/issues/515)