Copy-pasting nodes between scenes (and projects)

[lumenwrites]

Describe the project you are working on

This applies to most of the projects I'm working on, especially the ones where I want to reuse assets from old projects.

Describe the problem or limitation you are having in your project

Currently it's inconvenient to copy nodes between different scenes or projects. If I want to import a node from another project, I have to "Save Branch As Scene", use the file manager to copy-paste the node into a different project folder, import it into the scene I want it to be in, and then right click > "Make Local". If you have to do this often enough, that gets tiresome very quickly.

And since I tend to reuse the assets from my old projects, this comes up quite often. I think there must be an easier way.

Describe the feature / enhancement and how it helps to overcome the problem or limitation

Press Ctrl-C when the node is selected, it copies the node. Press Ctrl-V in another scene (or another project), and it pastes the node into the scene.

Is there a reason why this should be core and not an add-on in the asset library?

It's an enhancement to the core UX and usability of Godot.

[YuriSizov]

This was already implemented in 3.3 (godotengine/godot#34892):
https://godotengine.org/article/godot-3-3-has-arrived#node-copypaste

[KoBeWi]

Except copy-pasting between projects. The PR that implemented it was rejected: godotengine/godot#31616 and it's unlikely Godot will have this feature in core. Save Branch as Scene is sufficient though.