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Ty_Fairclough
Ty_Fairclough
New Member
December 16, 2024
Question

Paste and replace not working as expected

  • December 16, 2024
  • 17 replies
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Possible bug:

Currently, when I use the paste and replace option (either via keyboard shortcut of the menu options), instead of the thing I copied replacing the thing I selected, the text of the thing I copied replaces the thing I selected.

I need it to work as before, where the entire thing I copied (component, section, frame, etc) replaced the thing I selected.

copy-replace-bug

There are a few older posts regarding the copy and paste+replace; however, I believe my experience is novel.

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    Marlena
    Marlena
    New Member
    December 18, 2024

    Same here! Did you find solution?

    y_toku
    Figmate
    y_toku
    Community Support
    December 19, 2024

    Hello @Ty_Fairclough @Marlena

    Could you share a video recording or the file link with access granted to support-share@figma.com? It won’t affect your billing. I hope to investigate this further.

    I tested it on my end but couldn’t replicate the issue.

    Thanks,
    Toku

    Hsu_Chihwei
    Hsu_Chihwei
    New Participant
    February 7, 2025

    Experiencing the same issue, it only replace with the text instead of the whole symbol I copied.

    djv
    Figmate
    djv
    Community Support
    February 7, 2025

    Hey ​@Hsu_Chihwei, sorry to hear this is happening! 

    Are you right-clicking your selection then clicking Paste to replace from the right-click menu or using the Paste to replace keyboard shortcut? What OS are you using? And is this happening in both the desktop app and the browser?

    As asked previously, are you also able to share a screen recording or a file link shared with support-share@figma.com, so we can take a closer look? 

    Hsu_Chihwei
    Hsu_Chihwei
    New Participant
    February 8, 2025


    Hey ​@dvaliao, thanks for response.
     
    Both shortcut and right-click don’t work, and it only happens on the browser. 
    Here is the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S5pvr2emGuncS7hvatS1F3PX-4xeQDzH/view?usp=sharing

    StanleyJames
    StanleyJames
    New Participant
    February 8, 2025

    That sounds frustrating! It seems like the paste and replace function is behaving differently than it should. Have you tried restarting the software or checking for updates? Sometimes, a quick update or reboot can resolve unexpected issues like this. It might also be worth exploring the settings to see if something there is affecting the behavior. If the issue persists, reaching out to support could help—hopefully, they can get it sorted out for you! Let me know if you find a fix!

    Hsu_Chihwei
    Hsu_Chihwei
    New Participant
    February 10, 2025

    Reboot did’t work, and it happens on web version so I am not able to update it. 🙂 

    djv
    Figmate
    djv
    Community Support
    February 19, 2025

    Hey ​@Hsu_Chihwei, thanks for your patience! 

    Our team confirmed that this is a bug, and they’re proactively investigating to reproduce and fix the issue. We’ll provide an update on this as soon as we can. 

      katterheinrich
      katterheinrich
      New Member
      March 25, 2025

      Any update here? I hadn’t experienced this bug until this week (Mon March 24, 2025). Exactly as OP described where plain text is pasted instead of the intended behavior where a frame/component is replaced with all styling intact. 

      Hsu_Chihwei
      Hsu_Chihwei
      New Participant
      March 27, 2025

      This issue recur today, I had no problem to use the short cut for several weeks.

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