# Copy-pasting more than just text

DevFeed: [Copy-pasting more than just text](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/copy-pasting-more-than-just-text-27370.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/copy-pasting-more-than-just-text.htm>)

Author: Khan Academy

Published: 2015-08-31T22:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Khan Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/khan-academy.md>)

Topics: [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>), [interactive website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interactive-website.md>)

Tags: [alt-text](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alt-text.md>), [copy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/copy.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [interactive-content](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interactive-content.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [web-frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-frontend.md>), [widget](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/widget.md>)

## AI overview

Sam Lau describes how Khan Academy improved copy-pasting in Perseus, its interactive exercise and article editor, by moving widget metadata alongside copied text. The change preserves information such as image URLs and a number line's starting value, making it easier for content creators to move or duplicate widgets.

## Source excerpt

By Sam Lau The Result I'll skip to the happy ending. This little feature implements more sophisticated copy-pasting ... Read more