BUG? Selective-Paste broken w/Hotkey in V23

RedRob-CandlelightProdctns wrote on 2/12/2026, 8:19 AM

I use hotkeys to selectively-paste events on timeline events.

Trying to do this in V23 and it crashes every time :( Anyone else experiencing this?

Map a hotkey to "Edit.SelectivelyPasteAttribute"
On event A, add Brightness/Contrast -- right-click, COPY
On event B, right-click Selectively Paste Event Attributes, check "Video event effects", click OK (Vegas remembers which of these is checked for next time)
On event C, use Keyboard hotkey to run "Selectively Paste Attribute" (I press Ctrl-Alt-Shift-V)

Instead of just executing the paste (prior behavior), it asks to select which attributes to paste, but without any options.

Clicking cancel, crashes Vegas.

Clicking OK, does nothing.

NOTE: I've tested using a different hotkey. I've tested with just a single brightness/contrast filter. Same behavior.

NOTE2: Selective Paste works fine if using the menus, only fails this way when using keyboard hotkey

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bitman wrote on 2/12/2026, 8:39 AM

@RedRob-CandlelightProdctns Confirmed!
Same behavior as you (I used ": " as hotkey). VP23 build 365

RedRob-CandlelightProdctns wrote on 2/12/2026, 8:49 AM

@RedRob-CandlelightProdctns Confirmed!
Same behavior as you (I used ": " as hotkey). VP23 build 365

Thanks for the confirmation -- I've submitted a Support ticket.

bitman wrote on 2/12/2026, 9:00 AM

@RedRob-CandlelightProdctns I see there is a difference between "Edit.SelectivelyPasteAttribute" in the hotkeys for the entry "Edit.SelectivelyPasteAttribute" in trackview and global with "Edit.SelectivelyPasteEventAttributes" in global (which is not in trackview).
Notice the difference: the extra word "event" and the extra "s" in "Edit.SelectivelyPasteEventAttributes" .
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-V seems to be linked to "Edit.SelectivelyPasteEventAttributes", not to "Edit.SelectivelyPasteAttribute".
Is "Edit.SelectivelyPasteAttribute" a legacy left over they forgot to delete in VP23, or is it there for backward compatebility? Who knows...

3POINT wrote on 2/12/2026, 9:10 AM

I use hotkeys to selectively-paste events on timeline events.

On event C, use Keyboard hotkey to run "Selectively Paste Attribute" (I press Ctrl-Alt-Shift-V)

Does that shortkey work at all, I don't get the shortkey working in VP22 and VP23. I seldom use Selectively Paste Attributes, I prefer to use Track FX and put the events that need that fx on that track.

RedRob-CandlelightProdctns wrote on 2/12/2026, 9:27 AM

@RedRob-CandlelightProdctns I see there is a difference between "Edit.SelectivelyPasteAttribute" in the hotkeys for the entry "Edit.SelectivelyPasteAttribute" in trackview and global with "Edit.SelectivelyPasteEventAttributes" in global (which is not in trackview).
Notice the difference: the extra word "event" and the extra "s" in "Edit.SelectivelyPasteEventAttributes" .
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-V seems to be linked to "Edit.SelectivelyPasteEventAttributes", not to "Edit.SelectivelyPasteAttribute".
Is "Edit.SelectivelyPasteAttribute" a legacy left over they forgot to delete in VP23, or is it there for backward compatebility? Who knows...

Great catch!

Mapping to "SelectivelyPasteEventAttributes" is working as it used to.

I don't know what this other one is or why it's there, but I setup a different mapping to this one and am happy to say things are good there.

I think you might be right -- the bug might be keeping the old one out there?

RedRob-CandlelightProdctns wrote on 2/12/2026, 9:30 AM

I use hotkeys to selectively-paste events on timeline events.

On event C, use Keyboard hotkey to run "Selectively Paste Attribute" (I press Ctrl-Alt-Shift-V)

Does that shortkey work at all, I don't get the shortkey working in VP22 and VP23. I seldom use Selectively Paste Attributes, I prefer to use Track FX and put the events that need that fx on that track.

@bitman sorted it out -- looks like there might be a legacy command that is very similarly named which is crashing (and which I now realize was the wrong one to use)

I like your idea of having different tracks for specific effects like that -- makes it easy to see where they're applied for sure. Doesn't work so well for our workflow since I get the project after the MC edit/track is tweaked, and moving individual events to a different track loses the fades/overlaps. Doable? sure... more work? yip

3POINT wrote on 2/12/2026, 9:56 AM

@RedRob-CandlelightProdctns For example, from a recent intro project where Track FX is used to give each event on that track the same FX, and still having the possibility to tweak each event on that track separately. For example the events have different pan/crop zoom animations. Advantage is also that you quickly can change settings for all events on that track , instead of copying and pasting again.

Result (without soundtrack because of copyright):

bitman wrote on 2/12/2026, 10:00 AM

@RedRob-CandlelightProdctns Glad I could help, you can always tag my suggestion as a solution.
I am not sure you will get a reply back from Support ticket. Reading up on this forum, support is AI automated at best, or no reply at all.

Personally, some time back I had once a pretty bad experience with support: after a summitting a support ticket, and some considerable time had passed with no reply, no suggestion nor fix on my issue, I was issued a customer satisfaction survey to fill in on how you experience Vegas support. This was BEFORE any answer to my support ticket. Needles to say I was furious.
It is like the Titanic sending out an SOS and getting a reply back from the nearest ship steaming towards them and asking the Titanic if they were satisfied with the rescue!

RedRob-CandlelightProdctns wrote on 2/12/2026, 10:18 AM

@RedRob-CandlelightProdctns Glad I could help, you can always tag my suggestion as a solution.
I am not sure you will get a reply back from Support ticket. Reading up on this forum, support is AI automated at best, or no reply at all.

Personally, some time back I had once a pretty bad experience with support: after a summitting a support ticket, and some considerable time had passed with no reply, no suggestion nor fix on my issue, I was issued a customer satisfaction survey to fill in on how you experience Vegas support. This was BEFORE any answer to my support ticket. Needles to say I was furious.
It is like the Titanic sending out an SOS and getting a reply back from the nearest ship steaming towards them and asking the Titanic if they were satisfied with the rescue!

I got an automated "you didn't give us enough info" reply, asking for the basic info I submitted already with the ticket (e.g. vegas version) and description.

I gave more info and the same info in reply, and got another automated bounce saying "not enough info".

Damn -- what good is a support system if they won't accept your ticket?!

RedRob-CandlelightProdctns wrote on 2/12/2026, 10:23 AM

@RedRob-CandlelightProdctns For example, from a recent intro project where Track FX is used to give each event on that track the same FX, and still having the possibility to tweak each event on that track separately. For example the events have different pan/crop zoom animations. Advantage is also that you quickly can change settings for all events on that track , instead of copying and pasting again.

I get the purpose of TrackFX, and use MediaFX, TrackFX and EventFX depending on the use/need/project. For the reason I gave above though TrackFX don't work for this particular routine workflow -- losing per-event pre-post fades, and this is during my finishing phase so hopefully once I've done the tweaks I won't need to re-tweak.

That's one of the things we love about Vegas -- flexibility of the effect chain!

Most of it is quite lovely -- a few nuisances I still run into but that's for another day.