How to Copy and Paste Multiple Fields in a Web Form
Published on January 5, 2026 - 4 min read
💭 The Problem: Copying Form Fields One by One Is Painful
If you’ve ever had to fill out the same or similar web form multiple times, you already know the pain: clicking into each input field, copying and pasting values one at a time, and repeating that process over and over.
This gets especially frustrating when dealing with:
- admin dashboards
- online shop backends
- CRM or onboarding forms
- QA testing & development environments
- job applications
Manually filling fields might feel okay once or twice — but it becomes a massive time sink when you’re doing it daily.
Let’s fix that.
❓ Why Traditional Copy & Paste Doesn’t Scale
Standard copy & paste works great for text editors — but web forms are different.
Web forms are made up of many independent input elements and often dynamic web frameworks like React or Vue, which means:
- You can’t drag-select multiple inputs
- You can’t copy structured form data as a whole
- Chrome’s autofill often refuses to help on custom forms
- Not all CRM or website backends often have duplicate form feature built into their backends
That’s why field-by-field copy & paste gets old fast — and inefficient.
🧠 When Manual Methods Break Down
Most people try one of these:
- Click into a form field
- Copy
- Switch to the next
- Paste
- Repeat
Or they rely on the browser autofill — but autofill:
- doesn’t trigger reliably
- doesn’t work for non-personal data
- often isn’t available on dynamic input UIs
The result? Slow workflows with mistakes.
⚡ Fastest Way: Copy & Paste Multiple Fields At Once
Imagine:
- Selecting multiple fields together
- Copying all their values at once
- Pasting them into a different form or page instantly
That’s the transformation from: tedious repetition to effortless efficiency
This is especially useful when:
- you reuse the same data on different sites
- you’re filling long or multi-step forms
- you have to do this work every day
Tools like MultiField CopyCat let you do exactly that — drag to select multiple fields, copy them in one go, and paste in seconds.
🧩 How MultiField CopyCat Helps
Here’s what MultiField CopyCat can do to simplify the form-filling process.
- Select multiple form fields visually to copy & paste all selected values in one go:
(Video: Copy & Paste Multiple Form Fields with Dragbox)
- Copy & paste all form values on page in 1 button click
(Video: Copy & Paste All Form Data across Pages)
- Optionally use Smart Match to paste fields with different field order
(Video: Use Smart Match to Auto-Match Form Fields When Pasting)
- Save your filled form into autofill settings for future autofill on same site
(Video: Save Form for Instant Autofill)
This massively reduces time and errors compared with one-by-one approaches.
👨💻 Who Benefits Most from Multi-Field Copying
This workflow is particularly helpful for:
- QA testers & developers validating forms repeatedly
- Admins & Operations teams handling internal data entry
- Recruiters & job applicants submitting similar info across portals
- Anyone doing repeated form workflows
If repetitive forms make up even 10–20% of your daily work, this will save you measurable time.
🏁 Final Thoughts
Copying and pasting multiple fields in a web form shouldn’t feel like a chore — yet it often does.
Manual methods are slow. Autofill is limited. The better option is to use a dedicated approach that treats multiple fields as a unit, not separate items. This can turn a task that used to take minutes into something you finish in seconds.
If repetitive form work is part of your routine, optimizing this process will save you hours every month — with fewer mistakes and much less frustration. Plus more time to enjoy your life, instead of working on repetitive boring form filling tasks.
Try using MultiField CopyCat in your form-filling workflow now!
