yeehah - danke - at the 10th attempt (you REALLY need to 'AND HOLD" you also get a nice screen confirmation and helpfully it keeps you in the original pattern slot) it also works for clearing too - i don’t think i read this in the manual … c r u c i a l l y though, it doesn’t play nicely with any pattern select mode other than Sequential ! That’s a shame ! Invaluable tip
My tip to Elektron is that if you monitor (and act on) the button release, rather than the button down, it could work in other play modes - albeit at the expense of a bit of interaction latency, just a thought !
[edit] - just realised you can’t even ‘save as’ a pattern ! surprised ! It would get round the issue of working in direct change pattern modes