Copy as citation (iOS)

[Brian W. Davidson]

I very frequently copy as citation and paste into notes. When I do this often the indentation from the start of a paragraph is copied and pasted and I have to delete it. Is there a way to make it so that these tabs or indentations don’t come over into the paste?

 

example:

 

Mark 5:18

  Καὶ ἐμβαίνοντος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ πλοῖον παρεκάλει αὐτὸν ὁ δαιμονισθεὶς ἵνα μετ’ αὐτοῦ ᾖ.

 

what I would want:

 

Mark 5:18

Καὶ ἐμβαίνοντος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ πλοῖον παρεκάλει αὐτὸν ὁ δαιμονισθεὶς ἵνα μετ’ αὐτοῦ ᾖ.

 

Here is my current settings for citation:

[Tech Support]

Could it be because you are copying the space in front?

 

 

As opposed to:

 

 

 

[Brian W. Davidson]

What I do is single-click the verse reference and then select copy verse.

My expectation is that would copy only the text of the verse and not the preceding indentation.

 

This process of copy/paste is much easier than having to fiddle with highlighting all the individual words and it automatically places the verse reference where I want it according to my citation preferences.

Edited September 28, 2021 by Brian W. Davidson

[Tech Support]

Agreed! Those steps are easier, but that it is not "Copy As." The option for that is on the menu that shows on the screenshots I shared above. The fact that the steps you are taking are actually being affected by the "Copy As" Prefs. seems to be a bug. We'll look into this further.

 

If this needs to be fixed, then the tab it creates when pasting also may be since it seems to be leaving a space there that the optional quotations can use. The other copy option, from the horizontal menu, doesn't create that space. 

[Brian W. Davidson]

I do like that copy verse follows my copy as preferences. Please don't change that!

Edited September 28, 2021 by Brian W. Davidson