# Copy pasting expandable area widget in UMG causes multiple copies of the header/body widgets to appear

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/copy-pasting-expandable-area-widget-in-umg-causes-multiple-copies-of-the-header-body-widgets-to-appear/401519>\
**Category:** UI\
**Tags:** duplicate, unreal-engine, question, UMG\
**Created:** [August 11, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/copy-pasting-expandable-area-widget-in-umg-causes-multiple-copies-of-the-header-body-widgets-to-appear/401519 "2017-08-11T15:48:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![cyaoeu](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@cyaoeu](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/cyaoeu)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/copy-pasting-expandable-area-widget-in-umg-causes-multiple-copies-of-the-header-body-widgets-to-appear/401519/1 "2017-08-11T15:48:56Z")

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Copy pasting expandable area widget in UMG causes multiple copies of the header/body widgets to appear. Which means that if you copy paste an expandable area widget containing a text block (header) and a slider (body) you would end up with an expandable widget with a text block (header), a slider (body) and then outside of the copied expandable area widget you would have addional widgets, a text block and a slider. The values of these copies are linked with the ones inside the expandable area widget.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_e729f54e](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_e729f54e](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_e729f54e)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/copy-pasting-expandable-area-widget-in-umg-causes-multiple-copies-of-the-header-body-widgets-to-appear/401519/2 "2017-08-14T20:20:31Z")

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Hello cyaoeu,

After doing a bit of digging I was able to find a known issue. I have provided a link to the public tracker. Please feel free to use the link provided for future updates.

Link: [Unreal Engine Issues and Bug Tracker (UE-29987)](https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-29987)

Make it a great day

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**Author:** ![cyaoeu](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@cyaoeu](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/cyaoeu)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/copy-pasting-expandable-area-widget-in-umg-causes-multiple-copies-of-the-header-body-widgets-to-appear/401519/3 "2017-08-14T23:13:48Z")

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Thanks! Can you add 4.17.0 to Affects Versions?