# Does "copy-from" and "extend" work on item groups?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-copy-from-and-extend-work-on-item-groups/19574>\
**Category:** The Toolbox\
**Created:** [April 6, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-copy-from-and-extend-work-on-item-groups/19574 "2019-04-06T21:11:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![harison86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/harison86/32/10005_2.png) [@harison86](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/harison86)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-copy-from-and-extend-work-on-item-groups/19574/1 "2019-04-06T21:11:31Z")

</div>

Can I use “copy-from” to copy an item group to replace itself, and add another item with “extend” in the process?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Zhilkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zhilkin/32/3749_2.png) [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-copy-from-and-extend-work-on-item-groups/19574/2 "2019-04-07T05:40:56Z")

</div>

Did you try it by yourself?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![harison86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/harison86/32/10005_2.png) [@harison86](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/harison86)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-copy-from-and-extend-work-on-item-groups/19574/3 "2019-04-07T06:40:56Z")

</div>

I found a different solution later to what I wanted to do without copy-from and extend, but since you asked I tried it with copy-from/extend and copy-from/extend do not appear to work on item groups.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Amarin\_Reyny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/amarin_reyny/32/12396_2.png) [@Amarin\_Reyny](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Amarin_Reyny)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/does-copy-from-and-extend-work-on-item-groups/19574/4 "2023-07-05T18:47:20Z")

</div>

Hey, can you let me know what the solution you found was? I’m having similar problems with recipe groups.