--- a/UIPainterView.st	Mon Dec 17 12:04:57 2007 +0100
+++ b/UIPainterView.st	Mon Dec 17 12:05:23 2007 +0100
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@
 
 !UIPainterView methodsFor:'copy & cut & paste'!
 
+changeSelectionAfterPasteOf:sel
+    sel notNil ifTrue:[
+        self select:sel.
+    ].
+!
+
 commonContainerOf:someComponents
     |container|
 
@@ -329,10 +335,7 @@
     |sel|
 
     sel := self pasteSpecifications:(self getClipboardObject) keepLayout:false.
-
-    sel notNil ifTrue:[
-        self select:sel.
-    ].
+    self changeSelectionAfterPasteOf:sel.
 !
 
 pasteKeepingPosition
@@ -348,9 +351,7 @@
         keepPosition:true
         at:nil.
 
-    sel notNil ifTrue:[
-        self select:sel.
-    ].
+    self changeSelectionAfterPasteOf:sel.
 !
 
 pasteSpecifications:aSpecificationOrList keepLayout:keepLayout
@@ -388,7 +389,7 @@
         ] ifFalse:[
             containerToPasteInto := self
         ].
-        self selection:containerToPasteInto.
+"/        self selection:containerToPasteInto.
     ].
 
     (self canPasteInto:containerToPasteInto) ifFalse:[
@@ -401,14 +402,16 @@
                     containerToPasteInto := containerToPasteInto container.
                 ].
             ].
-            self selection:containerToPasteInto.
+"/            self selection:containerToPasteInto.
         ].
     ].
     containerToPasteInto isNil ifTrue:[
         containerToPasteInto := self
     ].
 
-    (self canPaste:aSpecificationOrList) ifFalse:[
+    (self canPaste:aSpecificationOrList into:containerToPasteInto)
+    "(self canPaste:aSpecificationOrList)" 
+    ifFalse:[
         Dialog warn:'Cannot paste into selected component (not a container ?)'.
         ^ nil
     ].
@@ -418,7 +421,7 @@
     ] ifFalse:[
         paste := Array with:aSpecificationOrList
     ].
-    self setClipboardObject:nil.
+"/    self setClipboardObject:nil.
 
     newSel  := OrderedCollection new.
     builder := UIBuilder new isEditing:true.
@@ -495,10 +498,7 @@
     |sel|
 
     sel := self pasteSpecifications:(self getClipboardObject) keepLayout:true.
-
-    sel notNil ifTrue:[
-        self select:sel.
-    ].
+    self changeSelectionAfterPasteOf:sel.
 ! !
 
 !UIPainterView methodsFor:'drag & drop'!
@@ -529,6 +529,12 @@
 canPaste:something
     "returns true if something could be pasted"
 
+    ^ self canPaste:something into:(self singleSelection)
+!
+
+canPaste:something into:containerToPasteInto
+    "returns true if something could be pasted"
+
     |el size|
 
     ((size := self numberOfSelections) <= 1 and:[self enabled]) ifFalse:[
@@ -543,7 +549,7 @@
     ].
 
     size == 1 ifTrue:[
-        ^ self canPasteInto:(self singleSelection)
+        ^ self canPasteInto:containerToPasteInto
     ].
     ^ true
 !