# Option Drag loses variable values

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/option-drag-loses-variable-values/36972>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [March 11, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/option-drag-loses-variable-values/36972 "2025-03-11T14:43:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![peternlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/peternlewis/32/15669_2.png) [@peternlewis](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/peternlewis)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/option-drag-loses-variable-values/36972/1 "2025-03-11T14:43:50Z")

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If I create a shape (even just a line segment) with the edge specified by a variable, and I select it and option-drag it to create a duplicate, the result loses the variables.

Hopefully this is more a bug that can be resolved than the intended behaviour?