CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 989

Why does SSRS paste objects in random locations in reports?

Whenever I copy-paste in an SSRS report I am bemused by where the object copied will appear. Can someone explain this?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 776

Answers (1)

Ian Preston
Ian Preston

Reputation: 39586

When cutting and pasting items in the report designer, SSRS will paste the item dead center in the parent item, no matter how you're pasting. This is probably reasonable for Ctrl+V, since it has no location context really, but a bit weird if your pasting with the right-click context menu.

You can see this pretty easily in an isolated test. Say I have a textbox in the bottom right of the report body, which is so nice I want to past it in the bottom left as well:

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Here's the end result:

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Dead center. Nothing like we wanted, but at least it's there.

This is in the report body - if you were pasting into a rectangle, the item would be pasted dead center in that rectangle:

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So there is consistency to where the item will appear - by design, always in the center of the parent item - hopefully this leaves you a little less bemused. While consistent, whether this is actual reasonable behaviour I guess is a moot point.

Upvotes: 7

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