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Olly_the_Designer
New Participant
May 8, 2024
Question

Copying designs from Page A to Page B resets some overrides to default

  • May 8, 2024
  • 25 replies
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This is an enormous issue as issues are creeping into client-facing designs. Figma has always been reliable as an atomic design tool, but overrides are resetting when I copy and page components within the same page or to new pages and I can’t catch all of them.

This never used to happen, and it’s fundamental that it works. Our workflow has been developed utilising Figma’s capability as a design tool. That capability now seem unreliable, and it’s throwing my design team through a loop and clients are noticing.

It’s been prevalent for about 4 months and goes unfixed while gimmicks like custom cursors get added and removed each week. This is something we have noticed across out whole team, whether on mac or Windows.

25 replies

Eddie_Stuart
October 17, 2024

@Gayani_S also experiencing issues copying components across files. Specifically instance swaps, text and colour overrides are resetting to their default states when pasting into a new files. I would welcome any immediate solutions. Thanks in advance.

Gayani_S
Figmate
Community Support
October 18, 2024

Hey everyone, regarding the issue where the overrides are not preserved when switching between variants, I understand how frustrating this can be, and I want to assure you that our engineering team is actively investigating it.

I want to be transparent with you—this won’t have an immediate resolution, as we need more time to investigate and fix it due to its complexity. While I can’t promise a quick fix, please know that it’s on our radar, and we’re committed to finding a solution.

We really appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through this, and I’ll keep you updated with any progress.

Mink
New Member
January 14, 2025

Is there an update?

Gayani_S
Figmate
Community Support
January 14, 2025

Hey ​@Mink! Unfortunately, there’s no update to share right now. I’ve flagged this with the team and will keep you posted as soon as I hear more. Appreciate your patience and feedback!

Ole1
February 7, 2025

Hey everyone, I found a workaround. If I reload the tab or file (right-click on the file name → “Reload Tab”) before pasting the component, it pastes the correct instance. Hope this helps someone else too!

Pos
New Member
February 11, 2025

help! the overrides in the old designs changed to default as well...

Wawa
New Participant
May 7, 2025

Having this same issue still!

Kristin_Parn
New Member
June 10, 2025

Same issue, this is a major problem!

Morten_Christensen
New Member
July 10, 2025

I’m facing the exact same issue here. Specifically for one component, where the content is being overwritten with the default component placeholder instead of the actual content which has been typed in. Using a design system as library to the UI and in the design system everything looks perfectly fine, but when I import the component variant in some content gets overwritten with the default placeholder text.

Is there any fix to this or do I have to detach it to get it to work properly? However, then it wouldn’t be hocked up to the design system.

Frederico Ferreira
New Member
August 6, 2025

Same issue here, any updates?