# Sketch's textbox copy to another sketch **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** sketch\ **Created:** [April 13, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketchs-textbox-copy-to-another-sketch/3095 "2021-04-13T19:37:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scott\_Davidson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/scott_davidson/32/488_2.png) [@Scott\_Davidson](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Scott_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketchs-textbox-copy-to-another-sketch/3095/1 "2021-04-13T19:37:48Z")
Is there a way to use the background:sketchLayer… CL to have the text in a sketch be copied into another sketch? ---
**Author:** ![avangundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@avangundy](https://cl.desmos.com/u/avangundy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketchs-textbox-copy-to-another-sketch/3095/2 "2021-04-13T20:33:43Z")
yes. Name the first sketch (I named mine **s3** here) then in the CL of the next sketch type background: sketchLayer(s3.sketch) ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Grubbs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/daniel_grubbs/32/719_2.png) [@Daniel\_Grubbs](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Daniel_Grubbs)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketchs-textbox-copy-to-another-sketch/3095/3 "2021-04-13T22:16:52Z")
Was this fixed? I know they were working on it, but textboxes and equation boxes don’t copy as far as I know as of yet. ---
**Author:** ![JayChow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jaychow/32/1674_2.png) [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketchs-textbox-copy-to-another-sketch/3095/4 "2021-04-14T04:13:46Z")
Not yet, but working on it. ---
**Author:** ![valeriek](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/valeriek/32/851_2.png) [@valeriek](https://cl.desmos.com/u/valeriek)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketchs-textbox-copy-to-another-sketch/3095/6 "2021-05-07T11:48:35Z")
I am looking to be able to do this, too. Is the answer still “working on it”? ---
**Author:** ![JayChow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jaychow/32/1674_2.png) [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketchs-textbox-copy-to-another-sketch/3095/7 "2021-05-07T14:09:45Z")
Still are, yea. This is a very popular request so I’ll make sure to announce it here when we release something. ---
**Author:** ![avangundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@avangundy](https://cl.desmos.com/u/avangundy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketchs-textbox-copy-to-another-sketch/3095/8 "2021-05-10T17:13:43Z")
My bad! I definitely read the issue incorrectly. Looking forward to when this is possible for the textboxes and equation boxes. ---
**Author:** ![Bryn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/bryn/32/40_2.png) [@Bryn](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Bryn)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketchs-textbox-copy-to-another-sketch/3095/9 "2021-08-10T05:50:12Z")
I’m assuming this is still in the “working on it” category? I was keen to build something up over a number of screens but can’t think of any workaround. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Holcomb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jeff_holcomb/32/433_2.png) [@Jeff\_Holcomb](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Jeff_Holcomb)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/sketchs-textbox-copy-to-another-sketch/3095/10 "2022-06-19T02:16:03Z")
Any progress. Would be really helpful.