GraphiteEditor/Graphite

Pasted node should spawn at cursor's position in the graph

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#3,798 opened on Feb 22, 2026

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Description

As the title suggests.

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Research direction
Inspect the pasting logic and determine how the cursor position is obtained after a paste action. Trace the code path from paste event to node placement.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
frontend
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Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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RustGit
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75