Pasting of copied items from multiple folders when selection is still the same issue

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

I do not know if it is a bug or intended behavior, but if I select for examples files

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C:\folder 1\test A.txt

and

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C:\folder 2\test B.txt

and also press CTRL+C and CTRL+V, then I get such result

C:\folder 1\test A.txt
C:\folder 1\test B.txt

C:\folder 2\test A.txt
C:\folder 2\test B.txt

instead of expected by me

C:\folder 1\test A.txt
C:\folder 1\test A - Copy.txt

C:\folder 2\test B.txt
C:\folder 2\test B - Copy.txt

i.e. mirror copies of all selected files are distributed among different folders instead of being created within their source folders with appendix "- Copy"

I am using Everything 1.5.0.1351a x64 Portable on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 x64

[meteorquake]

That doesn't surprise me as the procedure is somewhat ambiguous in regards to intent.
I think it could be solved if there were a right-click menu "Duplicate Files", that made copies of the selected files as new names (each in its appropriate path) derived as a formula (option setting for) from the old name (so eg it could append timestamp as much as append "- copy").
Something VBS can do but may be generally useful built in.
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[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

So, will this be somehow resolved?

[void]

I still have this on my TODO list to fix.

For now, Everything will silently ignore copying multiple files where the destination and source are the same.

[therube]

For now, Everything will silently ignore copying multiple files where the destination and source are the same.

I think that's a very good feature, as it allows one to be lax in their selections - without surprises.