GraphiteEditor/Graphite

Ctrl+D inside a layer's sub-graph causes the parent layer to be placed inside itself

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#3,809 opened on Feb 23, 2026

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Description

  1. Create a new document
  2. Draw a layer
  3. Open the node graph
  4. Double-click the layer to enter its sub-graph
  5. With no layers or nodes selected, hit CtrlD (CmdD on Mac)
  6. --> The parent graph's layer, that we are currently viewing the inside of, has unexpectedly been duplicated into its own sub-graph!

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Research direction
Examine the keyboard event handler for Ctrl+D and trace how it interacts with the node graph's layer duplication logic.
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