Double clicking causes cloning about gaphor HOT 4 OPEN

I like that I can double-click on a relationship and it shows up in the current diagram (if the endpoints are present). I can't say I've used the double-click on other items to insert them.

However, the item doesn't get cloned (at least for block definition diagrams); it just gets added to the current diagram. If you right-click on an item, it shows all the diagrams that it's present on in your model.

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Hi @vanillajonathan, thanks for the issue report! As @tompkins-ct said, I don't think it clones the item (creates another copy), it simply puts a new instance of the object on the diagram.

What if double clicking selected the object on the diagram, or gave a message that the current element isn't on the current diagram if it doesn't exist?

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Alright but I don't like that it puts a new instance of the object on the diagram, I found it unexpected and confusing.

Yeah, I think one of those options would be better.

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+1 on selecting the object/ giving a "not in this model" message.
Particularly since repeatedly double clicking creates a perfectly aligned stack of the clicked object in the model - so you can end up with a whole lot of extra objects in the model without realising it. As a certified newbie, this is confusing!
Dragging the object into the diagram makes sense.

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