# Copying glyphs (?) from sidebar list filter

**URL:** <https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/copying-glyphs-from-sidebar-list-filter/37307>\
**Category:** Glyphs\
**Tags:** feature, bug\
**Created:** [September 19, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/copying-glyphs-from-sidebar-list-filter/37307 "2026-09-19T18:21:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![SCarewe](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/scarewe/32/18952_2.png) [@SCarewe](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/SCarewe)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/copying-glyphs-from-sidebar-list-filter/37307/1 "2026-09-19T18:21:18Z")

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Not sure this is intentional. But if I hit Cmd+C with a selection here:

 ![image](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/2/421d81cd8e4451acf3d33b21352dbd883d5dccd1.png)

This is copied to the clipboard:  
\<GSGlyphInfo 0x60000239ed00\> Eopen, U:0190, script:latin, cat:Letter, subCat:- case:upper prod:uni0190 direction:LTR sort:- comp:-\>

It would be very practical if this copied something usable, like the selected glyph name(s) instead.

Or am I missing the idea here?

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**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/copying-glyphs-from-sidebar-list-filter/37307/2 "2026-09-20T16:38:05Z")

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what you are coping is the underlying object. So you get more info that you might like. What do you like to do with the name?

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**Author:** ![SCarewe](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/scarewe/32/18952_2.png) [@SCarewe](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/SCarewe)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/copying-glyphs-from-sidebar-list-filter/37307/3 "2026-09-20T16:41:16Z")

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I don’t understand what to do with this pasteboard data. Where would I paste it?

In this case, I wanted to paste the names into a GitHub issue (or do some text transformation, find and replace).

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**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/copying-glyphs-from-sidebar-list-filter/37307/4 "2026-09-20T16:59:05Z")

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Paste it in a code editor. Then you can extract the info you need.

```auto
<GSGlyphInfo 0x60f0002f23c0> Eopen, U:0190, script:latin, cat:Letter, subCat:- case:upper prod:uni0190 direction:LTR sort:- comp:->

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the name is there, the unicode …

The copy data is the default implementation from the table view. So changing it would mean some extra work.

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**Author:** ![SCarewe](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/scarewe/32/18952_2.png) [@SCarewe](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/SCarewe)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/copying-glyphs-from-sidebar-list-filter/37307/5 "2026-09-20T18:01:08Z")

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I see. As long as it’s on purpose, fine. Just wanted to check. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/copying-glyphs-from-sidebar-list-filter/37307/6 "2026-09-20T19:37:41Z")

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As I said: this is just a default behavior, not actively added functionality.