diff --git a/src/quickAddApi.test.ts b/src/quickAddApi.test.ts
index 30161867..98675e97 100644
--- a/src/quickAddApi.test.ts
+++ b/src/quickAddApi.test.ts
@@ -526,9 +526,9 @@ describe("utility selection helpers", () => {
 		expect(api.utility.getSelection()).toBe("");
 	});
 
-	it("getSelectedText reports an error and returns undefined with no view", () => {
+	it("getSelectedText reports an error and returns '' with no view", () => {
 		const { api } = getApi();
-		expect(api.utility.getSelectedText()).toBeUndefined();
+		expect(api.utility.getSelectedText()).toBe("");
 		expect(mocks.reportError).toHaveBeenCalled();
 	});
 
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ describe("utility selection helpers", () => {
 			},
 		});
 		const { api } = getApi(app);
-		expect(api.utility.getSelectedText()).toBeUndefined();
+		expect(api.utility.getSelectedText()).toBe("");
 		expect(mocks.reportError).toHaveBeenCalled();
 	});
 
diff --git a/src/quickAddApi.ts b/src/quickAddApi.ts
index d1639798..d069c9a4 100644
--- a/src/quickAddApi.ts
+++ b/src/quickAddApi.ts
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ export class QuickAddApi {
 							new Error("No active view"),
 							"Could not get selected text",
 						);
-						return;
+						return "";
 					}
 
 					if (!activeView.editor.somethingSelected()) {
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ export class QuickAddApi {
 							new Error("No text selected"),
 							"Could not get selected text",
 						);
-						return;
+						return "";
 					}
 
 					return activeView.editor.getSelection();
diff --git a/src/services/choiceService.test.ts b/src/services/choiceService.test.ts
index 77ff0ba4..c26ba405 100644
--- a/src/services/choiceService.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/choiceService.test.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,23 @@ describe("choiceService", () => {
 			expect(copy.id).not.toBe(original.id);
 		});
 
+		it("preserves command and onePageInput when duplicating a Multi", () => {
+			const original = createChoice("Multi", "M") as IMultiChoice;
+			(original as unknown as { command: boolean }).command = true;
+			(original as unknown as { onePageInput: string }).onePageInput =
+				"always";
+			original.choices = [createChoice("Capture", "Child")];
+
+			const copy = duplicateChoice(original) as IMultiChoice;
+
+			expect(copy.command).toBe(true);
+			expect(
+				(copy as unknown as { onePageInput?: string }).onePageInput,
+			).toBe("always");
+			// children still duplicated with fresh ids
+			expect(copy.choices[0].id).not.toBe(original.choices[0].id);
+		});
+
 		it("deep clones a Macro's macro and regenerates ids", () => {
 			const original = createChoice("Macro", "Mac") as IMacroChoice;
 			original.macro.commands.push({
diff --git a/src/services/choiceService.ts b/src/services/choiceService.ts
index 59255155..3b327a1f 100644
--- a/src/services/choiceService.ts
+++ b/src/services/choiceService.ts
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ export function duplicateChoice(choice: IChoice): IChoice {
 	if (choice.type === "Multi") {
 		const newMulti = newChoice as IMultiChoice;
 		const sourceMulti = choice as IMultiChoice;
+		// Preserve command/onePageInput/placeholder/collapsed etc. (symmetry with
+		// the other choice types). `choices` is excluded here and set via the
+		// recursive map below so children get fresh ids, not the source's.
+		Object.assign(newMulti, excludeKeys(sourceMulti, ["id", "name", "choices"]));
 		newMulti.choices = sourceMulti.choices.map(duplicateChoice);
-		newMulti.placeholder = sourceMulti.placeholder;
-		newMulti.collapsed = sourceMulti.collapsed;
 		return newMulti;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/services/packageImportService.test.ts b/src/services/packageImportService.test.ts
index 2fda0800..201d9051 100644
--- a/src/services/packageImportService.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/packageImportService.test.ts
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ describe("parseQuickAddPackage", () => {
 		);
 	});
 
-	it("throws when schema version is newer than supported", () => {
-		// isQuickAddPackage requires schemaVersion === current, so a too-new
-		// version is rejected by the validator before the explicit version check.
+	it("throws a version-specific error when the schema version is newer than supported", () => {
 		const future = {
 			...makePackage(),
 			schemaVersion: QUICKADD_PACKAGE_SCHEMA_VERSION + 1,
 		};
-		expect(() => parseQuickAddPackage(JSON.stringify(future))).toThrow();
+		expect(() => parseQuickAddPackage(JSON.stringify(future))).toThrow(
+			/newer than this plugin supports/,
+		);
 	});
 
 	it("rejects a package whose choices are missing required fields", () => {
diff --git a/src/types/packages/QuickAddPackage.ts b/src/types/packages/QuickAddPackage.ts
index bb73c839..663c327b 100644
--- a/src/types/packages/QuickAddPackage.ts
+++ b/src/types/packages/QuickAddPackage.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export interface QuickAddPackageChoice {
 }
 
 export interface QuickAddPackage {
-	schemaVersion: typeof QUICKADD_PACKAGE_SCHEMA_VERSION;
+	schemaVersion: number;
 	quickAddVersion: string;
 	createdAt: string;
 	rootChoiceIds: string[];
@@ -85,8 +85,13 @@ export function isQuickAddPackage(value: unknown): value is QuickAddPackage {
 		assets,
 	} = value;
 
+	// Structural check only — parseQuickAddPackage owns the version-range check so
+	// a too-new package gets a specific "newer than supported" error instead of
+	// this generic one.
 	const schemaMatches =
-		schemaVersion === QUICKADD_PACKAGE_SCHEMA_VERSION;
+		typeof schemaVersion === "number" &&
+		Number.isInteger(schemaVersion) &&
+		schemaVersion >= 1;
 
 	return (
 		schemaMatches &&