# Copying and moving fields often brings up unneeded dialogs

**URL:** <https://the.fmsoup.org/t/copying-and-moving-fields-often-brings-up-unneeded-dialogs/4324>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [September 26, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/copying-and-moving-fields-often-brings-up-unneeded-dialogs/4324 "2024-09-26T14:35:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![JasonMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@JasonMark](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/JasonMark)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/copying-and-moving-fields-often-brings-up-unneeded-dialogs/4324/1 "2024-09-26T14:35:20Z")

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IDK if this is a setting, or a "feature" or a bug or what... but it used to be when I option-dragged a field it just copied that field. Now it brings up a dialog to let me select which field. The old behavior was much preferred.

In addition, for some reason when I just move a single field "sometimes" (maybe 20% of the time) it brings up the dialog allowing me to change what field I'm moving.

Do these things happen to others? Is there a fix/workaround? Could this be due to a plugin (I have 2Empower and MBS installed)

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**Author:** ![mipiano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/mipiano/32/1074_2.png) [@mipiano](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/mipiano)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/copying-and-moving-fields-often-brings-up-unneeded-dialogs/4324/2 "2024-09-26T14:47:29Z")

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I have the same behavior under macOS Ventura with FM19 and FM21.  
I think this is nothing new. If you drag a single field without a label, the dialog is displayed. If you drag more than one object at a time, then no dialog is displayed.

EDIT: With FM18 it's the same. So this seems to be the normal behaviour.