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After pressing the copy command (on my iOS, e.g. cmd + c, having Figma open in Firefox) while having marked some specific part in the code view css text box, the clipboard remains empty or rather *is emptied*, if before there was something in it. The quick-copy buttons work as expected, but not always do I want to copy the whole code, but only certain values or texts.

 

e.g. I would only mark “var(--Typography-Bold, 600)” in the following text and press CMD + C, but it won’t copy. I always have to use the quick-copy buttons and paste it somewhere, then cut out the not needed rest.

overflow: hidden;
color: var(--Font, #ffffff);
text-overflow: ellipsis;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: var(--Typography-Bold, 600);
line-height: var(--Typography-Line-Height, 16px);
 

Hi ​@Raphael Ulrich,

 

I understand you're trying to copy part of a code snippet, but it's not working as expected on iOS.

Just to confirm — are you using an iPad?

 

I don’t have an iOS device on hand at the moment to test this directly. On macOS, you can select part of the code, right-click, and choose “Copy” from the context menu.

I'll check with our team to see if a similar right-click equivalent is supported on iPad that would allow you to access the copy menu when selecting part of a code snippet.

 

Thanks,

Hi Junko3,

I’m actually using MacBook Pro (macOS Sequoia 15.6.1), but I had it on my older MacBook, as well. But it hasn’t always been like that. It changed about some months to a year ago. Before that, I could copy normally.

That’s just the thing, even when selecting a part of the text and Copy by Rightclick > Copy, it’s just empty when I paste it. It’s not that I don’t have “Copy” available.

And it goes without saying, that I can copy and paste normally everywhere else on my laptop; in any browser, website or program. It’s just this specific copy-code does not work there, in those code-snippets.

I left an important thing out: It’s in firefox! In Chrome it works fine. Would be great to have a fix for this in firefox, though, since it’s my main browser.

Hi there,

 

Thanks for the additional info. I understand that you’re having trouble copying individual lines of code in Firefox.

Since Firefox is your main browser, I can imagine how much more convenient it would be if the copy function worked the same way as it does in other browsers.

 

I’ve seen similar reports, and our product team is already tracking this issue. I’ve added your post to the existing report to help bring more visibility and hopefully increase its priority.

Unfortunately, we can’t provide an exact timeframe for when this will be fixed, but we really appreciate you bringing it to our attention.

 

In the meantime, I know it’s not ideal, but please try using the clipboard icon next to the code block to copy the full code, or use a different browser if possible.

 

Thanks,

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