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Cristian_Banu
Cristian_Banu
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February 7, 2023
Question

Cut text styles

Hey guys,
I’m probably missing something, but hopefully someone can help me understand.
If I wanna copy/paste some text styles from one file to another, I can CUT the text styles from the original file and PASTE them into the new one. But then I have to come back in the original file and hit UNDO, because I never wanted to actually remove the text styles from the original file in the first place.
My question is, is there a reason Figma does this? Why isn’t there a COPY option instead of CUT? Not sure I get the logic behind this.
Thanks 🙂

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    neha3
    neha3
    January 27, 2024

    Figma uses cut for text style to streamline the copy/paste process but it might be more intuitive to have a COPY option to avoid unintentional removal from the original file.

      Terence_Curtis
      Terence_Curtis
      New Participant
      January 29, 2024

      Moving Styles ie cut from one file and paste into another file

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      conan_galloway
      conan_galloway
      New Member
      April 16, 2024

      Ctrl + C as well as Ctrl + Alt + C work in the browser but don’t seem to work in the desktop application, at least the Windows version, which might be the point of confusion.

      I did find that you can use the Cut option in the context-menu and then paste right back into the same document. Then you can go to another document and paste there as well. Not the greatest solution from a UX perspective but it works.

      I do agree that if one option is required it probably should be copy as that’s less prone to accidents.

        Cristian_Banu
        Cristian_BanuAuthor
        Active Member
        April 16, 2024

        Had no idea it works in the browser, I use the Windows desktop app. And it doesn’t work as you mentioned 🙂
        Cutting it is what I do now, but I duplicate the parent file first, because I risk messing up everything. Duplicate, cut, paste, delete the duplicate. Not the most elegant way to do it, but it works.

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