diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.html b/editor/svg-editor.html
index 84ae5dd4..83687046 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.html
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.html
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@
 		<img class="tool_sep" src="images/sep.png" alt="|"/>
 		<img class="tool_button tool_button_disabled" id="tool_undo" src="images/undo.png" title="Undo [Z]" alt="Undo" />
 		<img class="tool_button tool_button_disabled" id="tool_redo" src="images/redo.png" title="Redo [Shift+Z/Y]" alt="Redo"/>
+		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_paste" src="images/paste.png" title="Paste Element [V]" alt="Paste"/>
 	</div>
 
 	<!-- Buttons when something a single element is selected -->
 	<div id="selected_panel">
 		<img class="tool_sep" src="images/sep.png" alt="|"/>
+		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_copy" src="images/copy.png" title="Copy Element [C]" alt="Copy"/>
 		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_delete" src="images/delete.png" title="Delete Element [Delete/Backspace]" alt="Delete"/>
 		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_move_top" src="images/move_top.png" title="Move to Top [Shift+Up]" alt="Top"/>
 		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_move_bottom" src="images/move_bottom.png" title="Move to Bottom [Shift+Down]" alt="Bottom"/>
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@
 	<!-- Buttons when something a single element is selected -->
 	<div id="multiselected_panel">
 		<img class="tool_sep" src="images/sep.png" alt="|"/>
+		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_copy_multi" src="images/copy.png" title="Copy Elements [C]" alt="Copy"/>
 		<img class="tool_button" id="tool_delete_multi" src="images/delete.png" title="Delete Selected Elements [Delete/Backspace]" alt="Delete"/>
 	</div>
 
diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.js b/editor/svg-editor.js
index 47f1150b..5c4c3a6d 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.js
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.js
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 
 	var moveSelected = function(dx,dy) {
 		if (selectedElement != null || multiselected) {
-			svgCanvas.moveSelectedElement(dx,dy);
+			svgCanvas.moveSelectedElements(dx,dy);
 		}
 	};
 
@@ -410,6 +410,13 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 			svgCanvas.redo();
 	};
 	
+	var clickCopy = function(){
+		svgCanvas.copySelectedElements();
+	};
+	var clickPaste = function(){
+		svgCanvas.pasteElements();
+	};
+	
 	var showSourceEditor = function(){
 		if (editingsource) return;
 		editingsource = true;
@@ -465,6 +472,9 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 	$('#tool_move_bottom').click(moveToBottomSelected);
 	$('#tool_undo').click(clickUndo);
 	$('#tool_redo').click(clickRedo);
+	$('#tool_paste').click(clickPaste);
+	$('#tool_copy').click(clickCopy);
+	$('#tool_copy_multi').click(clickCopy);
 	// these two lines are required to make Opera work properly with the flyout mechanism
 	$('#tools_rect_show').click(clickSquare);
 	$('#tools_ellipse_show').click(clickCircle);
@@ -494,6 +504,15 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 	$('#tool_redo').mousedown(function(){ if (!$('#tool_redo').hasClass('tool_button_disabled')) $('#tool_redo').addClass('tool_button_current');});
 	$('#tool_redo').mouseup(function(){$('#tool_redo').removeClass('tool_button_current');});
 	$('#tool_redo').mouseout(function(){$('#tool_redo').removeClass('tool_button_current');});
+	$('#tool_paste').mousedown(function(){$('#tool_paste').addClass('tool_button_current');});
+	$('#tool_paste').mouseup(function(){$('#tool_paste').removeClass('tool_button_current');});
+	$('#tool_paste').mouseout(function(){$('#tool_paste').removeClass('tool_button_current');});
+	$('#tool_copy').mousedown(function(){$('#tool_copy').addClass('tool_button_current');});
+	$('#tool_copy').mouseup(function(){$('#tool_copy').removeClass('tool_button_current');});
+	$('#tool_copy').mouseout(function(){$('#tool_copy').removeClass('tool_button_current');});
+	$('#tool_copy_multi').mousedown(function(){$('#tool_copy').addClass('tool_button_current');});
+	$('#tool_copy_multi').mouseup(function(){$('#tool_copy').removeClass('tool_button_current');});
+	$('#tool_copy_multi').mouseout(function(){$('#tool_copy').removeClass('tool_button_current');});
 	$('#tool_move_top').mousedown(function(){$('#tool_move_top').addClass('tool_button_current');});
 	$('#tool_move_top').mouseup(function(){$('#tool_move_top').removeClass('tool_button_current');});
 	$('#tool_move_top').mouseout(function(){$('#tool_move_top').removeClass('tool_button_current');});
@@ -524,6 +543,8 @@ function svg_edit_setup() {
 	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'shift+z', disableInInput: true}, clickRedo);
 	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'y', disableInInput: true}, clickRedo);
 	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'u', disableInInput: true}, function(evt){showSourceEditor();evt.preventDefault();});
+	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'c', disableInInput: true}, clickCopy);
+	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'v', disableInInput: true}, clickPaste);
 	$(document).bind('keydown', {combi:'esc', disableInInput: false}, hideSourceEditor);
 
 	var colorPicker = function(elem) {
diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index 42f1538a..010d7104 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -429,12 +429,12 @@ function SvgCanvas(c)
 	var selectedBBoxes = new Array(1);
 	// this object manages selectors for us
 	var selectorManager = new SelectorManager();
-	// this object holds the one-and-only selector (for now)
-	var theSelector = null;
 	var rubberBox = null;
 	var events = {};
 	var undoStackPointer = 0;
 	var undoStack = [];
+	// this holds all the currently copied elements
+	var copiedElements = new Array(1);
 
 	// This method sends back an array or a NodeList full of elements that
 	// intersect the multi-select rubber-band-box.
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ function SvgCanvas(c)
 		}
 		undoStack.push(cmd);
 		undoStackPointer = undoStack.length;
-		console.log(undoStack);
 	};
 
 // private functions
@@ -1238,8 +1237,9 @@ function SvgCanvas(c)
 						selectorManager.requestSelector(selected).showGrips(selected.tagName != "text");
 					}
 					recalculateAllSelectedDimensions();
-					var i = selectedElements.length;
-					while(i--) {
+					var len = selectedElements.length;
+					for(var i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+						if (selectedElements[i] == null) break;
 						selectorManager.requestSelector(selectedElements[i]).resize(selectedBBoxes[i]);
 					}
 				}				
@@ -1677,7 +1677,9 @@ function SvgCanvas(c)
 		}
 	};
 
-	this.moveSelectedElement = function(dx,dy) {
+	this.moveSelectedElements = function(dx,dy,undoable) {
+		// if undoable is not sent, default to true
+		var undoable = undoable&&true;
 		var batchCmd = new BatchCommand("position");
 		var i = selectedElements.length;
 		while (i--) {
@@ -1694,7 +1696,8 @@ function SvgCanvas(c)
 			}
 		}
 		if (!batchCmd.isEmpty()) {
-			addCommandToHistory(batchCmd);
+			if (undoable)
+				addCommandToHistory(batchCmd);
 			call("changed", selectedElements);
 		}
 	};
@@ -1734,6 +1737,38 @@ function SvgCanvas(c)
 			call("changed", cmd.elements());
 		}
 	};
+	
+	// this creates deep DOM copies (clones) of all selected elements
+	this.copySelectedElements = function() {
+		copiedElements = [];
+		var len = selectedElements.length;
+		for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+			if (selectedElements[i] == null) break;
+			copiedElements.push(selectedElements[i].cloneNode(true));
+		}
+	};
+	
+	this.pasteElements = function() {
+		var batchCmd = new BatchCommand("Paste Elements");
+		this.clearSelection();
+		var len = copiedElements.length;
+		for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+			var elem = copiedElements[i];
+			elem.id = getNextId();
+			svgroot.appendChild(elem);
+			batchCmd.addSubCommand(new InsertElementCommand(elem));
+		}
+		
+		if (!batchCmd.isEmpty()) {
+			this.addToSelection(copiedElements);
+			this.moveSelectedElements(20,20,false);
+			addCommandToHistory(batchCmd);
+			// re-copy the elements so we can paste again
+			this.copySelectedElements();
+			call("selected", selectedElements);
+		}
+		
+	};
 
 }