Filemaker or my brain broken - can't get Paste to work in custom menu

[truelifeajf]

I'm at a complete loss.

 

Really simple... custom menu set, custom 'edit' menu - see attached.

 

If I insert the Paste command, or Paste without style command into the menu, it's dimmed... can not be used.

 

Cut and Copy work fine... can't paste.

 

I can't see any reason why this is the case... it's gotta be something simple?

 

To test... I put the "Omit Record" command in the menu - that works fine.

 

So it's just paste commands.

[hbrendel]

"Paste" only works when there's something in the clipboard. In this case it should be text. Could this be the problem?

[truelifeajf]

Ok, let me clarify a few things:

 

- definitely something in the clipboard... I'm copying text from another field

- if I switch to full access menus, I can paste fine

- not trying to paste into a container field... just a normal text field

- see screen capture attached

- same problem on Mac and Win

- FM13 Advanced or FM13 Standard

no paste.mov

[truelifeajf]

I just made the menu item based on "Paste" instead of "Paste Text Only"

 

and now it works

 

see attached.

 

So the question is... why can't I have a menu item based on "paste text only"?