Hello Figma,I’m facing two challenging issues with the Replace Content feature: In a table column, when I insert a cell and duplicate it across other cells in the same column, after pressing the Replace Content option, it not only changes the name but also adds an empty link to it. My problem is: why does it add an empty link? I just want it to place text, not link everything to blank pages. When I duplicate a cell into other cells of a column and ask it to rename them, sometimes it behaves poorly and makes only very minor changes. Even though I specifically ask it to fully change the text, it doesn’t seem to understand and does its own thing. Thanks.

Javad_Saberi

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Replace Content Ai

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September 10, 2025
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Hello Figma,

I’m facing two challenging issues with the Replace Content feature:

In a table column, when I insert a cell and duplicate it across other cells in the same column, after pressing the Replace Content option, it not only changes the name but also adds an empty link to it.

My problem is: why does it add an empty link? I just want it to place text, not link everything to blank pages.
When I duplicate a cell into other cells of a column and ask it to rename them, sometimes it behaves poorly and makes only very minor changes. Even though I specifically ask it to fully change the text, it doesn’t seem to understand and does its own thing.

Thanks.

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Javad_SaberiAuthor

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@djv hello, were you able to watch the video?

Javad_SaberiAuthor

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hello, were you able to watch the video?

djv

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Hey @Javad_Saberi, sorry for the delayed reply!

I’ve been out of the office since last Wednesday, 10/15. We just took a look at the video and tried to reproduce from what we could see, but the team still isn’t able to consistently reproduce the issue unless the text node being duplicated already has a link attached to it.

Since we’re not able to reproduce it when the text node is not a link, without seeing your actual actual file, there’s not much more our team can do to work towards a fix. Replace content was not built to add links to text nodes, if/when the original text node does not have a link attached to it.

Again, if you’re able to share your file with us, so our AI team can take a closer look at your layers and what may be happening on the backend, we’d appreciate it: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Javad_SaberiAuthor

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Hello @djv
Unfortunately, I’m not able to share the file, but it’s nothing special.
Based on my tests, when there’s an empty text field in a cell, replacing the content works fine — it just generates other non-linked text nodes.
However, when there are multiple components inside a single cell, the AI mistakenly generates the new text nodes as if they contain links.
This behavior is clearly visible in the video I shared.
Please forward this to the AI team for further review. Thank you.

djv

Community Support

Thanks for the additional context, @Javad_Saberi!

The team did see what was happening in the video. They just haven’t been able to reproduce it. Thank you for clarifying that it is specifically happening with multiple components inside a single cell. I’ve passed this specific detail onto the team for further review.

carputech

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Hi @Javad_Saberi,

Just to clarify, there is no video. We’re only assuming the steps you may or may not have taken based on the screenshot you provided.

Thank you for clarifying that you created your original text and did not copy from any other source. There is absolutely no reason why the links should have been generated; it is not expected behavior. When we use Replace content in Figma, it does not create links for anyone.

In order to figure out why this is happening for you, we need to reproduce the issue, which the team hasn’t been able to successfully do yet. Again, if you’re able to share your file with us, our AI team can take a closer look at what may be happening on the backend: Dana Game

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