moth3r
September 1, 2026, 5:37pm
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I already did. But apparently, the culprit is not the actual project. At first, I thought it was just that board, but it happens with everything whenever you hit Alt after clicking and dragging, rather than beforehand. I still think this should be patched if possible, but I’m also leaving this post for anyone else who encounters it.
Make sure you hit alt first and then you can click and drag to duplicate
And then I also found those reports:
opened 10:23AM - 14 Jul 26 UTC
WG adoption
### Steps To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Open a file contain… ing several boards laid out in a row
2. Select two or more boards and drag them, so the pointer passes close to another board (not necessarily over its content area).
3. While dragging, some boards disappear from the canvas while still mid-drag while others are still visible.
5. Release the mouse button to drop the board.
<img width="622" height="311" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/39e5df9e-aab7-43a3-9c95-c8b3ae8af6d9" />
### Expected behavior
Expected behavior
1. A board should only be considered "inside" another board when it is actually dropped within that board's content area, not merely because the name of the boards are in the other board area.
2. All boards should behave the same when drag close to other boards
<img width="658" height="311" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/336d8d13-cfc2-4bab-bb77-e6b5e4385be8" />
### Actual behavior
- Behavior differs slightly depending on the render mode: with the WASM renderer, not all boards are rendered when placed "inside" another board; the SVG renderer was reported as not identical, but on closer comparison the same underlying issue with the names was confirmed to occur there as well.
- Zooming in/out does not make the missing content reappear.
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For me my workflow efficiency is very important. One thing I do a lot in Figma is duplicating objects by holding alt and dragging. In Figma I can hold alt before I start dragging, and I can hold alt after the dragging has already begun. This means I can’t mess up because it works both ways.
In Penpot, if I don’t press alt before I drag, the object won’t duplicate. Because I move fast, I’d say half the time I press alt after I start dragging. I don’t want to have to correct this mistake over and…
