# iOS: Pasting images using CMD+V **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [February 25, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-pasting-images-using-cmd-v/109983 "2019-02-25T01:48:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![littke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/littke/32/121532_2.png) [@littke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/littke)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-pasting-images-using-cmd-v/109983/1 "2019-02-25T01:48:38Z")
Would be super nice to have this supported. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-pasting-images-using-cmd-v/109983/2 "2019-02-25T01:51:25Z")
It already works if you touch and hold to paste. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/e/4ec64c62a76c71c41a04024036444266680575ea.jpeg) I just used tap and hold to copy, then tap and hold to paste that on my iPad Pro. ---
**Author:** ![littke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/littke/32/121532_2.png) [@littke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/littke)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-pasting-images-using-cmd-v/109983/3 "2019-02-26T20:48:03Z")
Touch and hold to paste is nice but it’s not the same as CMD-V. That being said, at the time of this writing, CMD+V does indeed work. Perhaps @sam fixed something? ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-pasting-images-using-cmd-v/109983/4 "2019-02-26T21:56:03Z")
Did not touch anything BUT if you clicked the “I am using a real keyboard” setting a big pile of hacks are removed, that could indeed fix the issue. ---
**Author:** ![littke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/littke/32/121532_2.png) [@littke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/littke)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-pasting-images-using-cmd-v/109983/5 "2019-02-26T22:25:59Z")
Super. Yes, it does indeed work now. But I’m a little confused because if I screenshot the page, I think I should be able to select “Copy” on the screenshot and then paste it into the textarea. But CMD+V does nothing, and when holding, the “Paste” option does not appear. Perhaps the screenshots are a special format that you don’t support yet? Or something. You mentioned “cut and paste of images on iPad” in the other thread being a priority so I thought I might add this. The ability to quickly screenshot and paste into Discourse is obviously a power feature that I love, but I recognize it may be niche. As always, thanks for listening. ---
**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-pasting-images-using-cmd-v/109983/6 "2019-02-26T22:45:55Z")
Are you able to paste screenshots to other sites from iOS? I’ve tried a few (where I know it works on macOS) and it doesn’t seem to work anywhere… ---
**Author:** ![littke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/littke/32/121532_2.png) [@littke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/littke)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-pasting-images-using-cmd-v/109983/7 "2019-02-26T22:58:19Z")
Good question. Yes, the composers of WordPress, Ghost and Medium are some examples of where this works. Snap a screenshot, long-press, hit “Copy”, then paste into the textarea.