# Copy, paste and duplicate > Copy layers between frames, pages and files, paste them exactly where you want, and duplicate with a keystroke. Source: https://uxdeck.app/guide/copy-paste (checked against uxdeck on 16 October 2026) Copy and paste in uxdeck goes through your computer's clipboard, so you can copy layers in one file and paste them into another tab, another file or another window. Where a paste lands depends on what you have selected when you paste, which saves you dragging things into place afterwards. ## Copy, cut and paste | Action | Keys | |---|---| | Copy | ⌘C | | Cut | ⌘X | | Paste | ⌘V | | Paste over selection | ⇧⌘V | | Paste to replace | ⇧⌘R | | Duplicate | ⌘D, or ⌥-drag | All of these except Cut are also in the right-click menu on a layer. ## Where a paste lands With ⌘V: - **One frame selected:** into that frame, at the same spot it had in the frame you copied from. If that spot does not fit, it is centred. - **Several frames selected:** into each of them. One copied layer goes into every frame; several copied layers are shared out in order, one per frame. This is how you drop the same header into ten screens in one go. - **Another layer selected:** into the same parent, just above it in the layers list, at the spot it had where you copied it. - **Nothing selected:** back where it was copied from, if that frame is in view; otherwise in the middle of your view. The other ways to paste: - **Paste here** (right-click on the canvas): at the pointer, into the frame under it. - **Paste over selection** (⇧⌘V): on top of the selected layer, at its position, not inside it. - **Paste to replace** (⇧⌘R): takes the place of each selected layer and removes it. Handy to swap a placeholder for the real thing. What you paste is selected and brought into view, so you can see where it went. ## Duplicate ⌘D duplicates the selection in place, just above the original in the layers list. A frame on the canvas is duplicated to its right, in the first free spot, so the copy does not sit on top of it. Hold ⌥ and drag a layer to drag a copy away, leaving the original where it was. Copies are numbered: "Card 2" duplicates as "Card 3", and a name with no number starts a series ("Icon" copies as "Icon 1"), so copies are easy to tell apart. ## Copy as Right-click a layer and open **Copy as…** for: - **PNG** (⇧⌘C): a picture at 2×, ready to paste into a chat or a document. - **CSS**: the CSS for one layer. - **SVG**: the selection as SVG markup. - **HTML + CSS** and **Tailwind**: the selection as code. These are on Pro. **Copy link** (⌘L) copies a link that opens the file on that layer. ## Copy and paste styles ⌥⌘C (**Copy styles**) copies one layer's fill, stroke, radius, effects, blend mode and type settings. Select one or more layers and press ⌥⌘V (**Paste styles**) to apply them. To copy just a fill, click in the space left of its swatch in the **Fill** section to pick it, then press ⌘C. Pick a fill on another layer and press ⌘V to replace it. A colour code such as `#3366FF` on the clipboard pastes the same way. ## Paste from outside uxdeck - **Pictures** copied from a browser or your computer paste as image layers. See [Images and video](/guide/images-video). - **SVG** copied from another tool pastes as editable vector layers in a frame. Several SVG files pasted together line up side by side. - **Plain text** pastes as a new text layer. - A picture pasted while an empty picture placeholder is selected fills that placeholder, at its size and in its place. Layers copied inside Figma cannot be pasted into uxdeck. To bring a whole design across, use [Import a Figma file](/guide/import-figma) instead. ## Catches - **A copy made in one browser may not carry its pictures to another.** Very large pictures may not fit on the clipboard; a layer whose picture did not come across says so, and you can add it again. - **Variables and styles stay behind.** A copy carries the layers and their pictures, not the variables or the text and effect styles they follow: in another file, apply them again. - **Fonts this browser cannot draw** are named in a toast after a paste and shown in a stand-in until you add them. See [Your own fonts](/guide/fonts). - **Cut skips locked layers.** Unlock them first if you want them to move.