# 🤩 Copy All from Add Screen -\> Paste on Edit Screen

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-all-from-add-screen-paste-on-edit-screen/28974>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [July 11, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-all-from-add-screen-paste-on-edit-screen/28974 "2021-07-11T14:52:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-all-from-add-screen-paste-on-edit-screen/28974/1 "2021-07-11T14:52:33Z")

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### The problem—

Creating an “Edit Item” screen to match your “Add Item” / Form screen meant you had to recreate every component, filter and visibility condition.

### The solution—

copy/paste!

https://www.loom.com/embed/7eb86116785247eb8d3d9fd80e80c48d

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**Author:** ![Marc-Olivier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Marc-Olivier](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Marc-Olivier)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-all-from-add-screen-paste-on-edit-screen/28974/2 "2021-07-11T15:28:41Z")

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Thanks CommanderV… very helpful

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-all-from-add-screen-paste-on-edit-screen/28974/3 "2021-07-13T00:59:52Z")

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This feature is saving me a lot time 🔥

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-all-from-add-screen-paste-on-edit-screen/28974/4 "2021-07-13T03:24:12Z")

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Right?!

```auto
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```

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**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-all-from-add-screen-paste-on-edit-screen/28974/5 "2021-12-01T08:57:44Z")

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It might already have been mentioned, but in the right-hand side panel it might make sense to have a checkbox “Mirror components on add and edit screens” followed by a dropdown menu or radio button “Keep add screen components // Keep edit screen components”.

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/copy-all-from-add-screen-paste-on-edit-screen/28974/6 "2021-12-01T23:57:00Z")

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I would also want the special values and on-submit actions to be kept, if possible.