[feature] configure the 'postfix' that is added when you copy components?

[janwilmans]

currently, if you copy (copy/paste) a component 'Foo' you get a component named 'Foo (copy)'.

I have noticed that I almost always copy a group of components, start by removing all the (copy) postfixes and then modify some of the names.

I suggest to make the addition of a 'postfix' optional, or just remove it completely.

[jbsarrodie]

Hi,

This postfix isn't added when you copy/past across models. So if you main use case is to copy a group of component (that I will call a pattern), then you might be interested by the way I manage it...

I usually create a separated model whose sole purpose is to contains such patterns inside one or several views. I call such model a Toobox. Here is an example:

Then what most people don't know is that you can reorganize your workspace by moving tabs wherever you want, and this apply also to views, so I simply move my Toolbox view on the left so that it becomes an additional, pattern based, palette:

I can then easily work on other models and copy/paste patterns from my toolbox to the view I work on.

This offers several advantages:

• I have a pattern based palette that keep consistency of the pattern (even hidden/nested relations are copied)
• No more suffixes
• All attributes are copied: Elements/relations properties but also visual properties.

Maybe worth creating a small wiki page for that...

[paugras1969]

brillant !