# "You cannot paste here" error

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/you-cannot-paste-here-error/5285>\
**Category:** Ask us anything\
**Created:** [November 8, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/you-cannot-paste-here-error/5285 "2023-11-08T06:48:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![karthik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@karthik](https://community.weweb.io/u/karthik)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/you-cannot-paste-here-error/5285/1 "2023-11-08T06:48:48Z")

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I am getting this error now more often in places like sidebar when i tried to create a new container which didn’t work so I clone an existing container this error shows up.

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**Author:** ![Joyce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/joyce/32/13232_2.png) [@Joyce](https://community.weweb.io/u/Joyce)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/you-cannot-paste-here-error/5285/2 "2023-11-09T08:45:46Z")

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Hi @karthik 👋

Oh I haven’t come across this issue.

Could you give us a little bit more information of when it’s happening? For example, does it happen when you do copy/paste with keyboard shortcuts? Does it happen specifically in the sidebar or in other containers as well, etc

Feel free to share a video if that’s more convenient. It will help us understand better and see if it’s a bug or a UX problem.

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**Author:** ![karthik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@karthik](https://community.weweb.io/u/karthik)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/you-cannot-paste-here-error/5285/3 "2023-11-09T10:58:09Z")

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It does happen if I copy paste using keyboard shortcut , It happens on specifically sidebar and on some wewebuikit elements. This didn’t happen for a long time and suddenly started to occur.

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**Author:** ![Joyce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/joyce/32/13232_2.png) [@Joyce](https://community.weweb.io/u/Joyce)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/you-cannot-paste-here-error/5285/4 "2023-11-09T11:09:13Z")

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Ah ok. Got it! What you’re describing is a known bug.

The team is working on it. It’s a little bit trickier to solve than expected but they’re making progress 🙂

In the meantime, the workaround is to copy paste on the page canvas and then move the element where you want it in the left panel.