# 🤔 How to?: Use Multiple Actions with a button to also paste after copying to clipboard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [February 4, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492 "2024-02-04T22:41:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JamieErvin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jamieervin/32/57900_2.png) [@JamieErvin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JamieErvin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/1 "2024-02-04T22:41:36Z")
Hello! I see that I have the ability to copy to clipboard, but how do I paste what I copied? It would be great if I could “copy to clipboard” and paste that information into another row in the data table. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Himaladin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/himaladin/32/71023_2.png) [@Himaladin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Himaladin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/2 "2024-02-04T23:07:33Z")
You can use shortcuts: Ctrl v or Cmd v ---
**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:** [February 4, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/3 "2024-02-04T23:27:17Z")
What exactly is your use case though? Do you mean as a user you want to paste your clipboard to a specific row, and if yes, what relation does it have with the original row? ---
**Author:** ![JamieErvin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jamieervin/32/57900_2.png) [@JamieErvin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JamieErvin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/4 "2024-02-04T23:28:30Z")
I mean as part of the app. The user needs to be able to copy an ID and paste it elsewhere in the app. I don’t see a way to paste as an action. ---
**Author:** ![Himaladin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/himaladin/32/71023_2.png) [@Himaladin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Himaladin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/5 "2024-02-04T23:34:32Z")
Can’t that be done with the set column value action that you place on a button? ---
**Author:** ![JamieErvin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jamieervin/32/57900_2.png) [@JamieErvin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JamieErvin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/6 "2024-02-05T01:07:58Z")
> [@ThinhDinh](#): > > Do you mean as a user you want to paste your clipboard to a specific row, and if yes, what relation does it have with the original row? Yes. Two entries in the same table share a 'base id" that is in an array column. Since they are not input at the same time, the “base id” is how to connect them. The base id can only have two entries at a time, so I’m trying to copy some info from one row to another. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/7 "2024-02-05T01:48:56Z")
Can you not use a relation plus lookup? Whatever, an action that does both copy and paste is the last thing you want. That’s like asking how to turn on your television by rewiring your house. Just use the remote… ---
**Author:** ![JamieErvin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jamieervin/32/57900_2.png) [@JamieErvin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JamieErvin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/8 "2024-02-07T21:12:40Z")
I appreciate the analogy, however, I’m not versed enough in Glide Apps to know it was that level of a request. Right now I’m just trying to figure out the fewest steps to get the job done. It’s possible that the relation and lookup I have been doing is improperly executed. Based on your observation, what are the correct step to execute your suggestion? Thanks for the reply! Jamie ---
**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:** [February 8, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/9 "2024-02-08T00:11:59Z")
> [@JamieErvin](#): > > Two entries in the same table share a 'base id" that is in an array column. Circling back to this, why is your “base ID” an array column? Do you have multiple base IDs? ---
**Author:** ![JamieErvin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jamieervin/32/57900_2.png) [@JamieErvin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JamieErvin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/10 "2024-03-12T21:56:59Z")
The “base ID” is an array column because it is made up of the primary columns needed to connect both sides of the same transaction. In other words, if I search for that base ID if there are two trades with that same ID, they’ll both show up. I couldn’t come up with another way to keep a unique ID format that would be consistent. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/11 "2024-03-12T23:05:52Z")
Can you add some screenshots of the related data? How many tables are we talking about here and which fields link them together? ---
**Author:** ![JamieErvin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jamieervin/32/57900_2.png) [@JamieErvin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JamieErvin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-use-multiple-actions-with-a-button-to-also-paste-after-copying-to-clipboard/70492/12 "2024-03-20T03:21:43Z")
It’s very well likely I need to rework things for efficiency. For right now, the main calculations are in one table. The issue is that transactions connected are input at different times (which means different rows). I’m trying to figure out a way to be able to search for the transactions that match and add that data to the new entry to connect them. I thought copying and pasting info would work. I’ll record a vid asap.