Unable to copy text from layout to model space

Serengeti (Rhino BETA)
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  1. Create new document
  2. Add new layout
  3. Add some text to the layout space
  4. Select the text, CTRL+C or _CopyToClipboard
  5. Switch back to the model space, Perspective/Top/Whatever
  6. CTRL+V or _Paste the copied text, nothing happens

Tested in 9-Beta, and also 8.

The other way round - from model to layout space - works.
It also works if the text is inside a block.

SystemInfo

Rhino 9 SR0 2026-7-21 (Rhino 9 BETA, 9.0.26202.12303, Git hash:master @ 4a384a80f8ff5744ec253d4b8bf3bb842f9fac89)
License type: Commercial, build 2026-07-21
License details: LAN Zoo Network Node
Expires on: 2026-09-04

Windows 11 (10.0.26200 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 63GB)
.NET 10.0.10

Computer platform: DESKTOP

Standard graphics configuration using DirectX
Primary display: NVIDIA RTX A4000 (NVidia) Memory: 16GB, Driver date: 3-15-2026 (M-D-Y). DirectX(11)
> Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port 0
- Windows Main Display attached to adapter port 1

Secondary graphics devices.
None found.

DirectX Settings
Safe mode: Off

OpenBLAS: OpenBLAS 0.3.30 DYNAMIC_ARCH NO_AFFINITY SapphireRapids MAX_THREADS=64.

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 9.0.26202.12303
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\3dxRhino.9.rhp “3DxRhino.9”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\UpdatesAndStatistics\UpdatesAndStatistics.rhp “UpdatesAndStatistics” 9.0.26202.12303
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 9.0.26202.12303
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 9.0.26202.12303
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 9.0.26202.12303
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 9.0.26202.12303
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoBonusTools.rhp “Rhino Bonus Tools”

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Hi Michael,

This is a known one — pasting annotations from a layout into model space was deliberately disabled a while back because of scale and history problems, and there’s an open issue to make it work properly again: https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-68821 — i’ve added your thread to it.

In the meantime ChangeSpace is the intended way to move text from a layout to model space, and as you found, wrapping it in a block also gets around it.

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Thanks. Noted.