Copy text from prototypes | 2

[Robin_Poort]

I would really love to vote on this idea:

Copy text from Prototype

Hi there! On a daily basis, I make presentations and share them with the clients via the Figma prototype. It is really handy, cause you don’t need to resend numerous pdf files if something needs to be changed. Despite the convenience, it is one thing that bothers me — it is not possible to copy text from the prototype. I know that I can share the Figma file and the client can copy from there, but that is not so convenient cause usually, I don’t want to give access to the file itself. I think i…

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What I would use it for:
One of the pages of my Figma files is usually dedicated to the Design System. I would love to be able to share this page as a prototype where users could select the text. For example color values, type values, ‘class’-names etc. Typing over manually is not great.

Yes I know I can create a separate Figma file with just the Design System and publish this, so other files can use it. But this is not ideal for two reasons:

1. Most of the time I just work with one file, not separate design files. Having the styles and components library as a separate file would only complicate the workflow
2. To be able to select anything in a file (not prototype) a user would need to register a Figma account while Prototypes can be accessed without an account.

As @Vlad_Radionov said: “I think it would be a great update to the Figma prototype if you could copy text from there.”

[nikbooombb]

I am a mid-level manager currently establishing a new UI team in the company. The company has very limited knowledge of UI/UX basics, and I am creating a series of design process materials that I hope can serve as an encyclopedia. I initially tried using Canva because it can be turned into a real webpage with a URL, but its design capabilities are somewhat limited, and the process is quite cumbersome. Later, I decided to use Figma directly, but I forgot that prototypes cannot copy text, which means I have to think of another way to include the NAS path. We definitely need this functionality.