Hi Dan,

There is no config setting or something to change this default behavior. In Umbraco.Editors.CopyController the "relate to original" option will be set to true by default. If you really want to change it you can do it here.

angular.module("umbraco").controller("Umbraco.Editors.Content.CopyController",
function ($scope, userService, eventsService, contentResource, navigationService, appState, treeService, localizationService, notificationsService) {

    var searchText = "Search...";
    localizationService.localize("general_search").then(function (value) {
        searchText = value + "...";
    });

    $scope.relateToOriginal = true;
    $scope.recursive = true;
    $scope.dialogTreeApi = {};

    etc.....

You can find it here:

https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/v8/dev/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/content.copy.controller.js

Hi Dan,

Did you ever find a solution to this that did not involved editing the standard Umbraco install and recompiling?

I agree with you that this setting SHOULD NOT be checked by default because I would wager that 99% of people copying do not see this checkbox let alone even understand the ramifications of checking it.

Cheers,

Splinx

Correct Splinx, I just did a load of copies and didn't realise, mainly because the switches were scrolled out of view in the pop up Copy dialogue. I'd have preferred them not to be related.

Seems daft to have it on by default. As well as the "Include descendants" as it's much more of an issue to sort out a load of descendants added in error than a single page that can be deleted and re-copied.

Now my question is, is there any way to switch those relationships off once the copies are done?

It would be a nice feature to be able to manage the default behavior of "Relate to original". I've made a suggestion on GitHub voor this feature: https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/discussions/13802

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