# Ctrl+Insert does something weird in Edit Field window
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ctrl-insert-does-something-weird-in-edit-field-window/2764
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [January 18, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ctrl-insert-does-something-weird-in-edit-field-window/2764 "2007-01-18T06:09:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stevage)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ctrl-insert-does-something-weird-in-edit-field-window/2764/1 "2007-01-18T06:09:44Z")
In a varable field, press F2 to get to Edit FieldSelect some text to copyPress Ctrl+Insert (shortcut for copy)Instead a variable gets pasted in!
(ah, I see now, Insert inserts the currently selected variable…but it’s so bizarre if you press Ctrl+Insert…)
Same goes for Shift+Insert (paste)
Steve
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### Author:  [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ctrl-insert-does-something-weird-in-edit-field-window/2764/2 "2007-01-18T11:32:07Z")
Hi Steve,
You know, I never knew about that feature of Windows… Fixed for the next test build…
- Angus
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### Author:  [@stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stevage)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ctrl-insert-does-something-weird-in-edit-field-window/2764/3 "2007-01-19T01:43:37Z")
Yeah, those shortcuts have been around a very, very long time. I think even from the Edit program in MS DOS 5.0 (or was it 6). Shift-Del is Cut btw.
I probably still use them because I use the dvorak layout, and ctrl+c,v,x don’t make a lot of sense. 🙂
Steve
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### Author:  [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ctrl-insert-does-something-weird-in-edit-field-window/2764/4 "2007-01-19T02:16:21Z")
Yeah, they’re my favorite ones too and been using them for about 15 years (learnt them in the good old days of OS/2) 🙂
I find they’re much easier to type when you’re touchtyping (ie. two hand on the keyboard…)
.t8
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### Author:  [@stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stevage)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ctrl-insert-does-something-weird-in-edit-field-window/2764/5 "2007-01-19T03:03:58Z")
Oh while you’re at it, Ctrl+A doesn’t work in that window. 🙂
Steve