# Why can't you clone the settings for your columns on the overview?

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**Category:** Photon UI\
**Created:** [January 13, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-cant-you-clone-the-settings-for-your-columns-on-the-overview/391626 "2023-01-13T06:03:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gavin\_Petrie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gavin_petrie/32/381139_2.png) [@Gavin\_Petrie](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gavin_Petrie)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-cant-you-clone-the-settings-for-your-columns-on-the-overview/391626/1 "2023-01-13T06:03:01Z")

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![ui1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/8/c/d/8cddad5bb379692d1337d7584d42e28d79bc67ef.png)  
 ![ui2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/b/5/6/b56e47bee7e0a222c52b1e631aa4f4b2fc5ee698.png)  
why do I have to manually adjust the positions and column types for EACH bloody tab

Please put in a “Copy column settings from X tab” option at the very least. Doing each one and having them all be different slightly is painful.

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