Enhancement: Publisher copy instance settings between instances

[BigRoy]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues.

Please describe the feature you have in mind and explain what the current shortcomings are?

I'd like to be able to transfer the attribute definition values of one instance to others. That way when new instances are created I can easily transfer the settings from an instance I had already configured the way I like.

How would you imagine the implementation of the feature?

I think being able to right click on the Instance left hand side to "Copy Settings" would be great to then select multiple others, right click and "Paste Settings".

Additional nice to haves:

• Would be great if it'd support CTRL + C and then CTRL + V since it's must faster if you want to do this frequently.
• The copied settings could be a json into the (system) clipboard so that you could even paste it onto instances in another session.
  • By allowing pasting from clipboard it could even result in someone sharing an example json snippet and say "paste this onto the instance to configure it the way we need" which I think could be a nice bonus.
• When "copying" or "pasting" a notification like the "refreshed" one could appear at the top of the window to indicate that the settings were copied to clipboard or that they were applied.

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I'd expect it to only transfer the attribute definitions and NOT the variant, asset and task. I'm not sure what we'd like to do with the thumbnail; whether to copy/paste that as well - I think we might be best to exclude that as well. As such it'd only be the attribute definition values that get copied to clipboard and applied to selected instances on pasting.

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In short, allow selecting an instance, click CTRL + C, select a few others and CTRL + V to paste the same attribute definition values there.

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Describe alternatives you've considered:

The new publisher allows for "Multiselection" to change the values of multiple instances at once. But it can often happen that you have an instance configured the way you like, a new instance gets created or added and you just want to match the settings. There's currently no easy way to do that.

Additional context:

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[BigRoy]

This is especially useful e.g. when you've set up your render instances for the correct pools, priority, etc. and then create a new renderlayer. You want that new instance to basically match the others like 99% of the time.