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cjfarran
cjfarran
Participant
May 4, 2020
Question

Pasting a linked component to another file removes overrides

  • May 4, 2020
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I have a master cloud document and 2 other documents (A and B) with linked assets to the master.

If I make overrides to a linked component in doc A and then pasted it into doc B, the overrides reset.

How do get linked components to maintain their overrides when pasting between documents?

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      TinchoTheGreat
      Participant
      May 11, 2023

      Have you figured this out? Has anyone reached a solution for it? I am going through this today and it's 3 years after the original post..

      Sean C.
      Sean C.
      Participant
      November 18, 2020

      I have this same experience. I had two separate XD files, and was consolidating screens into one master document. When I copied the boards from File 1 to File 2, all of the overrides were reset and I had to manually go through each board to correct the display. Super annoying. 

      Rishabh_Tiwari
      Rishabh_Tiwari
      Legend
      May 5, 2020

      Hi there,

       

      Thanks for reaching out. I tried reproducing this on Windows 10 and XD 28.8 and was unable to replicate. Will it be possible for you to share a small video of the workflow and what exactly is happening at your end? I would also request you to share the version of Adobe XD and the Operating System.

       

      Regards

      Rishabh

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      FedPi
      Participant
      July 6, 2020

      I have a similar problem.

       

      Adobe XD version 30.2.12

       

      On my Test Library I have a component like a menu that I later use in File B. In File B I'm going to override few simple things in the component (instance) that I just mention. For this example let's say the background of the first element is grey. At this point I want to KEEP the overrides and copy that instance from File B back into library, as an instance.

       

      The result is that the overrides are lost.

       

      Another simple test you can do is:

      1. Create a component
      2. Somewhere else on the SAME file use that component
      3. Apply some overrides
      4. Copy the instance of the component that has those overrides into a new file --> overrides are all good and still there
      5. Now, cmd+c or ctrl+c the instance with the overrides from the new file and paste it into the old file --> overrides are lost

       

      Here's the video https://drive.google.com/file/d/13ucd67OXXZCcJ3O4QT344Uvsw1YfhscY/view?usp=sharing

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