Copy as SVG

I need to copy diagrams to Figma, and the way to do it is via SVG. Figma can paste SVG file contents in vector form, so it’s best to use SVG and not PNG.

Describe the solution you’d like An additional menu action next to Copy as Image, like “Copy Advanced…” where one can select format, borders, background, etc, same as for export. The only difference is that it is not saved to file but copied to clipboard.

A different, may be simpler approach would be to add “Copy to Clipboard” to advanced export dialog in addition to “Export” button.

Describe alternatives you’ve considered I’ve tried Embed command, and while it can gives me SVG, it is way too long to interactively integrate parts of diagrams into large design work.

[alderg]

The problem with copy as svg is that the clipboard API does not currently allow image/svg to be written to the clipboard. We tried writing an tag with a SVG data URI as text/html, but Figma and most other image editing apps are not reading text/html from the clipboard. The best solution for now is copy as image with a higher resolution, which will be available in the next release.

[turadg]

Thanks @alderg for the explanation. Maybe once https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5125790490427392# is done.

Meanwhile for users looking for a work-around: you can “File : Export as : SVG…” and then check “Selection only”. Then place that asset file where you would have pasted SVG.