Gates can be copied to and pasted from the clipboard for use within FCS Express. This will create an identical gate with a new name that can be moved independently of the original gate.  You can also copy all gates to another layout to reuse your entire gating strategy.

 

To show a previously created gate on another plot or on a plot on which it is currently hidden, use the Show Gates command instead.

 

•Copying a Gate to the Clipboard

 

Click the mouse button when the cursor is in the gate that you wish to copy. This will activate the gate. Select the Home→Clipboard→Copy Gate command or press Cmd+C from the keyboard. Similarly, you can select the gate in the Gate View or Gate Navigator and select Home→Clipboard→Copy Gate or press Cmd+C from the keyboard.  You can also right click on the Gate and select Copy Gate from the right click menu.

 

•Cutting a Gate to the Clipboard

 

Click the mouse button when the cursor is in the gate that you wish to cut. This will activate the gate. Select the Home→Clipboard→Cut Gate command or press Cmd+X from the keyboard. Similarly, you can select the gate in the Gate View or Gate Navigator and select the Home→Clipboard→Cut Gate command or pressCmd+X from the keyboard. If you try to cut a gate from a plot, a dialog will appear asking if you want to delete the gate completely or hide it in that particular plot.  You can also right click on the Gate and select Cut Gate from the right click menu.

 

•Pasting a Gate from the Clipboard

 

Right-click on a plot, the Gate View object, or Gate Navigator, and press Cmd+V on the keyboard, or select the Home→Clipboard→Paste Gate command.  Note that in order to paste a gate as a child of another gate, the prospective parent gate should be selected in the Gate View or Gate Navigator first.  Alternatively, you may drag the gate into the prospective parent Gate (see Hierarchical Gating for details) to define it as a child gate.

 

•Copying All Gates to Another Layout

 

From the Gate View object, or Gate Navigator, press Cmd+A on the keyboard to select all, and Cmd+C to copy.  Then, in the new or second layout, open the Gate View or Gate Navigator, and press Cmd+V to paste.