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rsms2
rsms2
Apr 22, 2021 6:34 PM UTC
Question

Text flow bugs

1. Describe the bug/issue you’re running into?
Text in paragraphs break words instead of reflowing words when space is limited

2. Are you able to consistently reproduce it? If so what are the steps?
Yes.
Make a post it and type some text with multiple words that cause soft line breaks

3. Share a screenshot, recording, console log, link to the file, etc.

Screen Shot 2021-04-22 at 11.32.24

4. Is the issue only happening in desktop app or a specific browser , or both?
Chrome

5. What OS/version and/or browser/version are you using?
Chrome 89, macOS 10.15

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    6 replies

    Josh
    Josh
    Former Community Manager
    Apr 22, 2021 6:38 PM UTC

    Hi @rsms2 👋
    I believe we have this logged already but will double check with the team!

      rsms2
      rsms2Author
      Apr 22, 2021 6:43 PM UTC

      Nice! Yeah, seem to happen a lot so not surprised you know about it. I didn’t see it from a search in the bug list though.

      Screen Shot 2021-04-22 at 11.42.48

        edukamp
        edukamp
        New Member
        Aug 4, 2022 8:14 AM UTC

        I encountered this problem today for the first time, too. And i think i found it.
        It happened when i copied text from one particular website to Figma. This Website was built with the CMS Government Sitebuilder.
        I could not see anything in the code that would indicate hidden symbols. I removed all formatting in textedit and checked the code in an editor.
        After that i copied the text out of the source code into word and back into figma. And then i could see spaces between all syllables. My guess is that the CMS inserts invisible spaces in UTF-8 to make correct hyphenation possible.

        Bildschirmfoto 2022-08-04 um 10.12.05

        Santiago_Mansilla
        Santiago_Mansilla
        Apr 19, 2023 9:17 PM UTC

        This happens in Figma with truncated texts. I need the words to separate in syllables.

        Matt104
        Matt104
        Oct 21, 2024 2:18 AM UTC

        HACK THAT WORKS! – “Remove Formatting” (Command + \ in Mac) tool in Gmail. I still have the problem of the line breaking in the middle of words when I paste text from different sources (Copilot) into Figma. I tried making it plain text in Text Edit first, but that didn’t even work. What DOES work is pasting it into Gmail and using the tool “Remove Formatting” (Command \ on Mac). Then, when I paste it into Figma, there is no issue.

        gabriel.jorby
        gabriel.jorby
        New Member
        Dec 12, 2024 5:20 AM UTC

        Got the same issue with someone sharing a PowerPoint document.

        CleanShot 2024-12-12 at 12.52.02

        Copy/pasting from PowerPoint to Word shows the space difference…
        The first paragraph shows how it is formatted in the PowerPoint. After copy/pasting in Word, and using the app Pure Paste the odd space char has been removed

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