diff --git a/common/src/app/common/pages/changes_builder.cljc b/common/src/app/common/pages/changes_builder.cljc
index 0eda06bb80..c9f36baac3 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/pages/changes_builder.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/pages/changes_builder.cljc
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
   {:redo-changes (d/concat-vec (:redo-changes changes1) (:redo-changes changes2))
    :undo-changes (d/concat-vec (:undo-changes changes1) (:undo-changes changes2))
    :origin (:origin changes1)
-   :undo-group (:undo-group changes1)})
+   :undo-group (:undo-group changes1)
+   :tags (:tags changes1)})
 
 ; TODO: remove this when not needed
 (defn- assert-page-id
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/changes.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/changes.cljs
index 359922cc01..d5f39e26a1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/changes.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/changes.cljs
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
         add-undo-group? (and
                          (not (nil? undo-group))
                          (= (get-in changes [:redo-changes 0 :type]) :mod-obj)
-                         (= (get-in prev-item [:redo-changes 0 :type]) :add-obj))] ;; This is a copy-and-move with mouse+alt
+                         (= (get-in prev-item [:redo-changes 0 :type]) :add-obj)
+                         (contains? (:tags prev-item) :alt-duplication))] ;; This is a copy-and-move with mouse+alt
 
     (cond-> changes add-undo-group? (assoc :undo-group undo-group))))
 
@@ -165,15 +166,15 @@
 (defn commit-changes
   "Schedules a list of changes to execute now, and add the corresponding undo changes to
    the undo stack.
-   
+
    Options:
    - save-undo?: if set to false, do not add undo changes.
    - undo-group: if some consecutive changes (or even transactions) share the same
                  undo-group, they will be undone or redone in a single step
    "
   [{:keys [redo-changes undo-changes
-           origin save-undo? file-id undo-group stack-undo?]
-    :or {save-undo? true stack-undo? false undo-group (uuid/next)}}]
+           origin save-undo? file-id undo-group tags stack-undo?]
+    :or {save-undo? true stack-undo? false tags #{} undo-group (uuid/next)}}]
   (log/debug :msg "commit-changes"
              :js/undo-group (str undo-group)
              :js/redo-changes redo-changes
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@
          :frames frames
          :save-undo? save-undo?
          :undo-group undo-group
+         :tags tags
          :stack-undo? stack-undo?})
 
       ptk/UpdateEvent
@@ -241,5 +243,6 @@
              (when (and save-undo? (seq undo-changes))
                (let [entry {:undo-changes undo-changes
                             :redo-changes redo-changes
-                            :undo-group undo-group}]
+                            :undo-group undo-group
+                            :tags tags}]
                  (rx/of (dwu/append-undo entry stack-undo?)))))))))))
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/selection.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/selection.cljs
index fc55f8b6d6..b8f88f1064 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/selection.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/selection.cljs
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
 (defn duplicate-selected
   ([move-delta?]
    (duplicate-selected move-delta? false))
-  ([move-delta? add-undo-group?]
+  ([move-delta? alt-duplication?]
   (ptk/reify ::duplicate-selected
     ptk/WatchEvent
     (watch [it state _]
@@ -596,7 +596,9 @@
                   changes         (->> (prepare-duplicate-changes objects page selected delta it libraries library-data)
                                        (duplicate-changes-update-indices objects selected))
 
-                  changes         (cond-> changes add-undo-group? (assoc :undo-group (uuid/random)))
+                  tags            (or (:tags changes) #{})
+
+                  changes         (cond-> changes alt-duplication? (assoc :tags (conj tags :alt-duplication)))
 
                   id-original     (first selected)
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/undo.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/undo.cljs
index c9af39d0c8..e7ee3a7f46 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/undo.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/undo.cljs
@@ -67,11 +67,12 @@
       (add-undo-entry state entry))))
 
 (defn- accumulate-undo-entry
-  [state {:keys [undo-changes redo-changes undo-group]}]
+  [state {:keys [undo-changes redo-changes undo-group tags]}]
   (-> state
       (update-in [:workspace-undo :transaction :undo-changes] #(into undo-changes %))
       (update-in [:workspace-undo :transaction :redo-changes] #(into % redo-changes))
-      (assoc-in [:workspace-undo :transaction :undo-group] undo-group)))
+      (assoc-in [:workspace-undo :transaction :undo-group] undo-group)
+      (assoc-in [:workspace-undo :transaction :tags] tags)))
 
 (defn append-undo
   [entry stack?]