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If I use “ctrl + c” to copy a file from my computer, then select the layer in Figma I want to update and use “ctrl +v” to paste/replace it. The layer will inherit the name of the file on the desktop. So if it’s “IMG_ASD123” the Figma layer changes to be named this instead of what it was labeled in Figma.


Is this a recent update? It never used to happen?


It’s a bit frustrating as I used to name my layers “Asset (3:4)” or whatnot to indicate to dev what the ratio of the asset was but now I need to keep renaming it everytime I copy/paste a new assets onto the layer.


Is there a way to disable this at all?


Thanks in advance! 🙂

Noticed it too, and this is a very annoying change.



  1. I pasted an image onto a main component’s fill and it changed my component’s name to be called image.

  2. I pasted an image to a variant, and all the props names got ruined because now the variant was renames to image.

    image

    Took me a long while to understand why it happened.

    And then I saw anywhere I pasted an image I now had tons of components/layers called image, when I specifically gave them descriptive names before.

Hey All, thanks for flagging this, @Stephen_Moy1!


Apologies also for the delayed reply. I was able to repro on my end, so I’ve flagged this over to the team to investigate.


I’ll provide an update as soon as I can.

Amazing @dvaliao, it’s a strange one - I thought it was just be going mad ha.


Thanks for flagging to the team to investigate.


All the best,

Steve

It’s 2 month and still see this happening. I have just see the issue in my file. Super frustrating.

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