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# Autofill

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## Description

This plugin provides "drag-down" and "copy-down" functionalities, both operated using the small square in the right
bottom of the cell selection.

"Drag-down" expands the value of the selected cells to the neighbouring cells when you drag the small
square in the corner.

"Copy-down" copies the value of the selection to all empty cells below when you double click the small square.


## Members

### autoInsertRow
  
::: source-code-link https://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/blob/4d56e68f9cb6412b841663278b2e0eb3ad181233/src/plugins/autofill/autofill.js#L90

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_autofill.autoInsertRow : boolean_

Specifies if can insert new rows if needed.


## Methods

### destroy
  
::: source-code-link https://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/blob/4d56e68f9cb6412b841663278b2e0eb3ad181233/src/plugins/autofill/autofill.js#L666

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_autofill.destroy()_

Destroys the plugin instance.



### disablePlugin
  
::: source-code-link https://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/blob/4d56e68f9cb6412b841663278b2e0eb3ad181233/src/plugins/autofill/autofill.js#L132

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_autofill.disablePlugin()_

Disables the plugin functionality for this Handsontable instance.



### enablePlugin
  
::: source-code-link https://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/blob/4d56e68f9cb6412b841663278b2e0eb3ad181233/src/plugins/autofill/autofill.js#L105

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_autofill.enablePlugin()_

Enables the plugin functionality for this Handsontable instance.



### isEnabled
  
::: source-code-link https://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/blob/4d56e68f9cb6412b841663278b2e0eb3ad181233/src/plugins/autofill/autofill.js#L98

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_autofill.isEnabled() ⇒ boolean_

Checks if the plugin is enabled in the Handsontable settings.



### updatePlugin
  
::: source-code-link https://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/blob/4d56e68f9cb6412b841663278b2e0eb3ad181233/src/plugins/autofill/autofill.js#L123

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_autofill.updatePlugin()_

Updates the plugin state. This method is executed when [Core#updateSettings](@/api/core.md#updatesettings) is invoked.