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Rianne van Diemen
Rianne van Diemen
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July 23, 2025
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Can't copy and paste images as background fill anymore

  • July 23, 2025
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Since the last update, it’s impossible to copy and paste the image fill, into another component.

I’m working with Auto Layout and I used to be able to select the fill > copy this > open another component > select the fill > paste.

This doesn’t work anymore. It’s a feature I use all the time. Does anybody else experience this?

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    Best answer by Tom Reem

    Hi everyone, quick update from our side: We’ve been in touch with the engineering team, and they’ve pushed a fix to production that should resolve this issue. ✅

    💡 If you haven’t already, try giving the tab you’re working in a quick refresh → copy/paste functionality should now behave as expected.

    Thanks again for your patience while we worked to get this resolved. Let us know how it goes, and if any questions remain.

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    Lauren_Griffin
    Lauren_Griffin
    New Member
    August 6, 2025

    It’s working for me now, thank you so much!

      Matt_Smaldone
      Matt_Smaldone
      New Participant
      August 6, 2025

      It’s fixed. Thank you Figma Dev team.

        Bryon_S
        Bryon_S
        New Member
        September 16, 2025

        Sept 16 2025: 
        I had not had this issue before, but it just started this morning for me. I have checked for updated, reloaded tabs and quit Figma, but am having no luck. 

        djv
        Figmate
        djv
        Community Support
        September 17, 2025

        Hi ​@Bryon_S, thanks for letting us know this is happening! 

        Our team definitely pushed a fix for this in early August, so this may be a new bug.

        To help our team narrow down their investigation:

        • How are you attempting to copy + paste?
        • Are you using a shortcut or right click menu?
        • What OS are you using and is this happening both in the browser and with the desktop app?
        • Was this working consistently for you before?
        • Any other issues with pasting images as a background fill previously?


        With these details, I can send this over to the team to see if there were any recent regressions. 

        Juan Martín Lusiardo
        Juan Martín Lusiardo
        New Member
        October 17, 2025

        I’m also experiencing this issue. You’re at this point, trying to paste a image copied in the clipboard to the image Fill space, but nothing will happen. Previously you could easily paste images copied to the clipboard to Image Fill. Now I have to:

        1. Copy the image and paste it as a frame in figma
        2. Then cut/copy the image fill, and paste it. But this breaks component elements.

        Are you planning to fix this soon? It’s SUPER annoying.

         

         

          djv
          Figmate
          djv
          Community Support
          October 20, 2025

          Hi ​@Juan Martín Lusiardo, thanks for chiming in here! 

          Are you still having issues? If so, as I asked previously, can you please let us know the following?

          • How are you attempting to copy + paste?
          • Are you using a shortcut or the right-click menu?
          • What OS are you using and is this happening both in the browser and with the desktop app?
          • Was this working consistently for you before?
          • Any other issues with pasting images as a background fill previously?

           

          The team needs these details to accurately reproduce the bug.

          tomjonesrocks
          tomjonesrocks
          New Member
          October 29, 2025

          This is still not fixed and is an absolute time shredder.

          djv
          Figmate
          djv
          Community Support
          October 29, 2025

          Hi ​@tomjonesrocks, thanks for chiming in here! 

          As I’ve asked both Byron and Juan, to help our team narrow down their investigation:

          • How are you attempting to copy + paste?
          • Are you using a shortcut or the right click menu?
          • What OS are you using and is this happening both in the browser and with the desktop app?
          • Was this working consistently for you before?
          • Any other issues with pasting images as a background fill previously?


          With these details, I can send this over to the team to see if there were any recent regressions to allow them to reproduce and fix. 

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