diff --git a/src/ant/ant/antService.cc b/src/ant/ant/antService.cc
index 37ead1bac..d4bd0acff 100644
--- a/src/ant/ant/antService.cc
+++ b/src/ant/ant/antService.cc
@@ -1766,6 +1766,7 @@ Service::edit_cancel ()
   if (m_move_mode != MoveNone) {
 
     m_move_mode = MoveNone;
+    m_selected.clear ();
     selection_to_view ();
 
   }
diff --git a/src/img/img/imgService.cc b/src/img/img/imgService.cc
index fc45ffe99..9e27d9449 100644
--- a/src/img/img/imgService.cc
+++ b/src/img/img/imgService.cc
@@ -1080,6 +1080,7 @@ Service::edit_cancel ()
 {
   if (m_move_mode != move_none) {
     m_move_mode = move_none;
+    m_selected.clear ();
     selection_to_view ();
   }
 }
@@ -1118,14 +1119,27 @@ Service::paste ()
 {
   if (db::Clipboard::instance ().begin () != db::Clipboard::instance ().end ()) {
 
+    std::vector<const db::DUserObject *> new_objects;
+
     for (db::Clipboard::iterator c = db::Clipboard::instance ().begin (); c != db::Clipboard::instance ().end (); ++c) {
       const db::ClipboardValue<img::Object> *value = dynamic_cast<const db::ClipboardValue<img::Object> *> (*c);
       if (value) {
         img::Object *image = new img::Object (value->get ());
-        mp_view->annotation_shapes ().insert (db::DUserObject (image));
+        new_objects.push_back (&mp_view->annotation_shapes ().insert (db::DUserObject (image)));
       }
     }
 
+    //  make new objects selected
+
+    if (! new_objects.empty ()) {
+
+      for (auto r = new_objects.begin (); r != new_objects.end (); ++r) {
+        m_selected.insert (mp_view->annotation_shapes ().iterator_from_pointer (*r));
+      }
+
+      selection_to_view ();
+
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lay/lay/gsiDeclLayPlugin.cc b/src/lay/lay/gsiDeclLayPlugin.cc
index 5ac999e8a..ca58818e8 100644
--- a/src/lay/lay/gsiDeclLayPlugin.cc
+++ b/src/lay/lay/gsiDeclLayPlugin.cc
@@ -1173,6 +1173,8 @@ Class<gsi::PluginFactoryBase> decl_PluginFactory ("lay", "PluginFactory",
     "\n"
     "Menu items created this way will send a configuration request with 'cname' as the configuration parameter name "
     "and 'cvalue' as the configuration parameter value.\n"
+    "If 'cvalue' is a string with a single question mark (\"?\"), the item is a check box that reflects the boolean "
+    "value of the configuration item.\n"
     "\n"
     "This method has been introduced in version 0.27."
   ) +
diff --git a/src/layui/layui/layLayoutViewFunctions.cc b/src/layui/layui/layLayoutViewFunctions.cc
index ef359aaea..a0b04f0c8 100644
--- a/src/layui/layui/layLayoutViewFunctions.cc
+++ b/src/layui/layui/layLayoutViewFunctions.cc
@@ -1191,6 +1191,8 @@ LayoutViewFunctions::cm_remove_unused ()
 void
 LayoutViewFunctions::do_cm_duplicate (bool interactive)
 {
+  view ()->cancel_edits ();
+
   //  Do duplicate simply by concatenating copy & paste currently.
   //  Save the clipboard state before in order to preserve the current content
   db::Clipboard saved_clipboard;
@@ -1199,7 +1201,6 @@ LayoutViewFunctions::do_cm_duplicate (bool interactive)
   try {
     bool transient_mode = ! view ()->has_selection ();
     view ()->copy_view_objects ();
-    view ()->cancel_edits ();
     if (interactive) {
       view ()->paste_interactive (transient_mode);
     } else {