Not able to use gif as background

Hey there!
To cover some grounds, animated GIFs only play in presentation view.

Have you received any error message? Can you share a video recording / screenshot of the steps you have done to set your GIF as the background?

As reminder, you can apply animated GIFs to layers as fills.

Here are some additional tips from our guide that may be helpful:

I hope this helps!

Thanks for the screenshot! This looks like a specific issue in your file. I can’t replicate on my end. I have filled out a support ticket on your behalf so the support team can investigate and try to replicate it with a copy of your file.
Please check your inbox via email, you should have received my message. (for your reference, your ticket number is #1116614)

In the email, please include a link to the file, and share it with support-share@figma.com as an Editor, so we can take a closer look. Thank you!