# Makie textbox. cut & paste

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-textbox-cut-paste/104625>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** makie\
**Created:** [October 5, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-textbox-cut-paste/104625 "2023-10-05T18:07:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bjarthur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bjarthur/32/9638_2.png) [@bjarthur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bjarthur)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-textbox-cut-paste/104625/1 "2023-10-05T18:07:38Z")

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with GLMakie on a mac i can’t paste text into a Textbox. nor can i select text that’s already there so that i could subsequently copy or delete it. none of Textbox’s attributes give me hope that any of this is possible. is that so?

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-textbox-cut-paste/104625/2 "2023-10-05T18:12:11Z")

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I think paste works but it was implemented without mac in mind and is `ctrl + c` instead of `cmd + c`. Selecting etc. is not implemented, that’s pretty tricky behavior I think and nobody stepped up to do it, yet. Sadly we always have to build such stuff from scratch

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**Author:** ![bjarthur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bjarthur/32/9638_2.png) [@bjarthur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bjarthur)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-textbox-cut-paste/104625/3 "2023-10-05T18:23:49Z")

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`ctrl-v` works to paste! thanks!!

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**Author:** ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-textbox-cut-paste/104625/4 "2025-12-20T05:54:33Z")

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> [@bjarthur](#):
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> nor can i select text that’s already there so that i could subsequently copy or delete it.

Is there a solution to this part of the OP’s question?

PS:  
None of the conventional methods of selecting text seem to work (_Ctrl + A, Double- or Triple-Click, Click and Drag, or right-click inside and “Select All”_).

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-textbox-cut-paste/104625/5 "2025-12-20T08:11:42Z")

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The solution is for someone to implement that behavior, people are so used to how textboxes should work but in GLMakie we have to make it all from scratch