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I want to change the starting points of prototype connections. For example, in the screenshot, I want the interaction I already set up between one frame to another, to start instead when I click on the arrow.


Is there an easy way to do this? Not sure if I’m missing something, but I haven’t been able to figure it out an easier way besides recreating the entire interaction from the new starting point.


Screen Shot 2022-04-08 at 2.15.49 PM

Yes, there is a way to copy and paste the interaction from one object to another.



  1. Find the interaction you want to copy (or move) and hit Command-C or Control-C to copy (or Command-X or Control-X to cut). To ensure that it works, make sure the selected interaction is highlighted in blue as shown in the screen shot.


Screen Shot 2022-04-08 at 4.33.07 PM



  1. Select the object to copy/move the interaction to (in your case, the arrow) and hit Command-V or Control-V to paste.


You should see the interaction with all the details copied over. Hope that helps!


Lifesaver! Thank you so much Nelson!


To those viewing in the future: I had a hard time finding out how to highlight the interaction in the side menu. You have to hover your mouse on the left margin of the line item until a tiny hamburger menu appears:


Screen Shot 2022-04-08 at 2.49.23 PM


Seems like it doesn’t work this way anymore: I see no hamburger button when I hover the interaction. If I select an interaction arrow (arrow!! not the component where it relates to) it copies the component, not an interaction, so when I paste, it pastes the component.


Does anyone know how to solve the problem of moving an interaction’s starting point?


Yeah this doesn’t work at all. When you copy/ it’s copying the source object where the link is connected to, so when you paste its copying the object and not the prototype link. You can’t really highlight the link alone, without the object.


Yes you can, just click at the sport whre the hambuger button used to be. Still works. You know, if you did it correctly, when the selection is highlighted in blue.


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