Copy actions between rules: "Import clipboard from" missing

[wj72]

I'm trying to copy a set of actions from one rule to another.

It seems this feature went from unintuitive to now broken/missing. The documentation still refers to this but I don't see it. What's going on here, am I missing something or is this now broken?

Select actions from source rule, publish clipboard:

Go to destination rule, reload page, no option to import clipboard:

Doc reference: Rule 5.1 | Hubitat Documentation

[wj72]

Apparently this is how it used to look:

RM: Copy Rule 1 Action(s) and Paste into Rule 2

Again, thanks to LibraSun and Grizzlebeard for help on solving this … I continued to work (what turns out to be … I think) a documentation issue. Clearing the Clipboard is the "problem" that I ran into ... simple, but not obvious (to me). All my Clipboards are in use (I make a lot of mistakes ) and hence the Import pulldown was not available. Hubitat operation seems solid … although not as intuitive as I would like. I would like to see the “Import Clipboard From” pulldown avai…

[marktheknife]

Just tested it with a couple rules. I’m still able to copy an action from one rule, and import the clipboard to another.

Have you tested with any of your other rules?

Which version of the hub firmware are you running?

[wj72]

Thanks for confirming it works for you, it could be that it only works if I navigate between rules in the same tab. When I get a minute I'll try that. I had each rule open in a different Chrome tab.

I have a C7 on 2.4.0.151

[wj72]

Yes that was it, this process only works if you stay in the same tab between rules. Perhaps the manual should mention this.

[bertabcd1234]

@wj72

Perhaps the manual should mention this.

It does -- you just did Step 3 out of order.

3. Open the other rule and navigate to its Select Actions to Run page.

Doing this step at the point where it is indicated is key, as it's not tabs (or windows, etc.) that matter, it's the fact that opening the main page of the rule is what makes it search for exported clipboards from other rules. This step as written will make that happen.

That being said, I'm not sure if there's a good reason for that happening here as opposed to on the "Select Actions to Run" page directly, so maybe that could be changed to make this less of an issue... [EDIT: it will not be changed, as this is apparently a somewhat expensive process and so is done on the main page where it will occur less frequently than on the "Select Actions to Run" page; therefore, the documented steps will remain the way to go.]