https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/make-copy-paste-text-fields-in-attribute-tables/idi-p/1249990 <P>Please make copying and pasting of text fields in attribute tables from one feature class to another honor the original field's character length.&nbsp;In versions through Pro 2.8.8 and 2.9.5, copying and pasting results in text fields resuming the 255 character length default.&nbsp;<BR />Below snip shows source fields and pasted fields. Pasted fields have defaulted to 255 again.</P><P>This forces extra work for users as we have to re-set field lengths.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Blue fields are pasted and reverted to default length." style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/60856iD2D5163C0F991CEB/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="CopyPasteTextFields_DefaultsTo255Char.JPG" alt="Blue fields are pasted and reverted to default length." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Blue fields are pasted and reverted to default length.</span></span></P> Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:28:37 GMT JoyDRoberts 2023-01-20T17:28:37Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/make-copy-paste-text-fields-in-attribute-tables/idi-p/1249990 <P>Please make copying and pasting of text fields in attribute tables from one feature class to another honor the original field's character length.&nbsp;In versions through Pro 2.8.8 and 2.9.5, copying and pasting results in text fields resuming the 255 character length default.&nbsp;<BR />Below snip shows source fields and pasted fields. Pasted fields have defaulted to 255 again.</P><P>This forces extra work for users as we have to re-set field lengths.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Blue fields are pasted and reverted to default length." style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/60856iD2D5163C0F991CEB/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="CopyPasteTextFields_DefaultsTo255Char.JPG" alt="Blue fields are pasted and reverted to default length." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Blue fields are pasted and reverted to default length.</span></span></P> Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:28:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/make-copy-paste-text-fields-in-attribute-tables/idi-p/1249990 JoyDRoberts 2023-01-20T17:28:37Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/make-copy-paste-text-fields-in-attribute-tables/idc-p/1652897#M36262 <P>Thanks for this Idea.&nbsp; I'm glad to report that n the current version of the software, text field properties like length are maintained through copy.&nbsp;</P><P>Update your ArcGIS Pro version when possible to access this feature</P> Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:01:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/make-copy-paste-text-fields-in-attribute-tables/idc-p/1652897#M36262 SSWoodward 2025-09-24T18:01:37Z