alternatively, fall back to org-mark-element. I am not sure what differences in what you are trying to achieve and this are, but this should cover all org elements: (defun org-kill-element () (interactive) (org-mark-element) (call-interactively #'kill-region)) John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin (he/him/his) Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 9:45 PM Ihor Radchenko wrote: > Rodrigo Morales writes: > > > (t > > (error "The element at point couldn't be copied."))) > > I would fall back to region between :begin and :end of the element. > > Also, it might be helpful to print a short message about what element > have just been copied. > > Best, > Ihor > >