# G4: Inconsistent glyph paste order

**URL:** <https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/g4-inconsistent-glyph-paste-order/37213>\
**Category:** Glyphs\
**Created:** [September 4, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/g4-inconsistent-glyph-paste-order/37213 "2026-09-04T19:25:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![aminabedi68](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/aminabedi68/32/20105_2.png) [@aminabedi68](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/aminabedi68)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/g4-inconsistent-glyph-paste-order/37213/1 "2026-09-04T19:25:57Z")

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Hi.

When I copy and paste a glyph to duplicate it in the glyph list, the new glyph is sometimes inserted immediately after the copied glyph, but sometimes it is placed at the end of the glyph list.(without any glyph order)

In Glyphs 3, the pasted glyph was consistently inserted directly after the copied glyph, which is the behavior I would expect.

![Screen Recording 2026-09-04 at 22.40.31](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/6/86e23c827f939481c49829fac86d03937cf30915.gif)

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**Author:** ![aminabedi68](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/aminabedi68/32/20105_2.png) [@aminabedi68](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/aminabedi68)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/g4-inconsistent-glyph-paste-order/37213/2 "2026-09-04T20:00:00Z")

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Sometimes it worked after I renamed one of those new glyphs. Seems like renaming somehow refreshes the glyph order in some situations.

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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 4, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/g4-inconsistent-glyph-paste-order/37213/3 "2026-09-04T20:46:19Z")

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The difference is if the glyph already has a suffix or not.

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**Author:** ![aminabedi68](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/aminabedi68/32/20105_2.png) [@aminabedi68](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/aminabedi68)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/g4-inconsistent-glyph-paste-order/37213/4 "2026-09-04T20:58:59Z")

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Not in all cases.

I’m not aware of any user requests that would have made this change necessary, but I find the current behavior really annoying.