diff --git a/apps/figcraft/src/services.rs b/apps/figcraft/src/services.rs
index eb585551..8ee5c3aa 100644
--- a/apps/figcraft/src/services.rs
+++ b/apps/figcraft/src/services.rs
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ impl Services for Desktop {
     fn clipboard_get_text(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
         self.clipboard.as_mut()?.get_text().ok()
     }
+    fn clipboard_get_html(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.clipboard.as_mut()?.get().html().ok()
+    }
     fn clipboard_set_png(&mut self, w: u32, h: u32, rgba: &[u8]) {
         if let Some(c) = self.clipboard.as_mut() {
             let _ = c.set_image(arboard::ImageData { width: w as usize, height: h as usize, bytes: std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(rgba) });
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
index 2c767b93..21f09569 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
         spec!("edit.copy", "Copy", "{ids?}", false, copy),
         spec!("edit.cut", "Cut", "{ids?}", true, cut),
         spec!("edit.paste", "Paste", "{parent?, x?, y? (page coordinates of the pasted top-left)}", true, paste),
+        spec!(
+            "edit.pasteDesignLayers",
+            "Paste design layers",
+            "{html (the clipboard's HTML) | data (base64 of the clipboard's design data, at most 256 MB), parent?, x?, y?}  layers copied from another design app (a .fig canvas in the clipboard's HTML), read like a .fig file (best effort, with `warnings`), pasted as edit.paste pastes",
+            true,
+            paste_design_layers
+        ),
         spec!("edit.pasteOver", "Paste over selection", "{}", true, paste_over),
         spec!("edit.pasteReplace", "Paste to replace", "{ids?}", true, paste_replace),
         spec!("edit.copyProperties", "Copy properties", "{id?}", false, copy_props),
@@ -498,7 +505,20 @@ fn bump_name(n: &str) -> String {
 /// The copied form of the selection.
 pub fn copy_to_clipboard(s: &mut Session, ids: &[NodeId]) -> Result<()> {
     let ds = s.ds()?;
-    let doc = &ds.doc;
+    let (nodes, images, bounds) = copied(&ds.doc, ids);
+    let (source, source_path, uid) = (ds.doc.clone(), ds.path.clone(), ds.uid);
+    s.clipboard.source = Some(source);
+    s.clipboard.source_path = source_path;
+    s.clipboard.source_doc = uid;
+    s.clipboard.nodes = nodes;
+    s.clipboard.images = images;
+    s.clipboard.bounds = bounds;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+type Copied = (Vec<(NodeId, Vec<Node>)>, BTreeMap<String, ImageData>, Option<figcraft_geom::Rect>);
+
+fn copied(doc: &Document, ids: &[NodeId]) -> Copied {
     let ids = z_sorted(doc, &roots(doc, ids));
     let mut nodes = Vec::new();
     let mut images = BTreeMap::new();
@@ -521,16 +541,59 @@ pub fn copy_to_clipboard(s: &mut Session, ids: &[NodeId]) -> Result<()> {
         nodes.push((*i, sub));
     }
     let bounds = doc.bounds_of(&ids);
-    let uid = ds.uid;
-    let source = Some(ds.doc.clone());
-    let source_path = ds.path.clone();
-    s.clipboard.source = source;
-    s.clipboard.source_path = source_path;
-    s.clipboard.nodes = nodes;
-    s.clipboard.images = images;
-    s.clipboard.bounds = bounds;
-    s.clipboard.source_doc = uid;
-    Ok(())
+    (nodes, images, bounds)
+}
+
+/// The markers around the copied layers in the clipboard's HTML, spelt as that format spells them.
+pub const CLIP_OPEN: &str = "(figma)";
+pub const CLIP_CLOSE: &str = "(/figma)";
+/// Largest design data read from the clipboard: the `.fig` import's own canvas cap (256 MB). Its
+/// base64 is checked first, so neither the text nor the decoded bytes can pass it.
+const MAX_CLIP_DATA: usize = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
+const MAX_CLIP_BASE64: usize = MAX_CLIP_DATA.div_ceil(3) * 4;
+
+/// Base64 `text` (whitespace ignored, padding optional) when it fits [`MAX_CLIP_DATA`].
+fn clip_base64(text: &str) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    use base64::Engine as _;
+    if text.bytes().filter(|b| !b.is_ascii_whitespace()).count() > MAX_CLIP_BASE64 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let b64: String = text.chars().filter(|c| !c.is_ascii_whitespace()).collect();
+    base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.decode(&b64).or_else(|_| base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD_NO_PAD.decode(&b64)).ok()
+}
+
+/// Layers copied from another design app travel in the clipboard's HTML as a `.fig` canvas in
+/// base64 between [`CLIP_OPEN`] and [`CLIP_CLOSE`]. This gives those bytes, or `None` when the HTML
+/// holds no readable design data (it may just mention the marker).
+pub fn design_clipboard_buffer(html: &str) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    let start = html.find(CLIP_OPEN)? + CLIP_OPEN.len();
+    let len = html.get(start..)?.find(CLIP_CLOSE)?;
+    let bytes = clip_base64(html.get(start..start + len)?)?;
+    figcraft_format::fig::is_fig(&bytes).then_some(bytes)
+}
+
+fn paste_design_layers(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+    const CMD: &str = "edit.pasteDesignLayers";
+    let bytes = match (string(p, "html"), string(p, "data")) {
+        (Some(html), _) => design_clipboard_buffer(&html).ok_or_else(|| bad(CMD, "the HTML holds no copied design layers"))?,
+        (None, Some(d)) => clip_base64(&d).ok_or_else(|| bad(CMD, "`data` is not base64 of at most 256 MB"))?,
+        (None, None) => return Err(bad(CMD, "pass `html` or `data`")),
+    };
+    let other = super::file::load_fig(&bytes, "Pasted layers").ok_or_else(|| bad(CMD, "the data is not copied design layers"))??;
+    let doc = std::sync::Arc::new(other.doc);
+    let tops: Vec<NodeId> = doc.pages.iter().filter_map(|pg| doc.node(*pg)).flat_map(|pg| pg.children.iter().copied()).collect();
+    if tops.is_empty() {
+        return Err(EngineError::Disabled(CMD.into(), "the copied layers came in empty".into()));
+    }
+    let (nodes, images, bounds) = copied(&doc, &tops);
+    let props = s.clipboard.props.take();
+    // No open file has id 0. So paste treats this copy as a copy from a different file.
+    s.clipboard = crate::Clipboard { nodes, images, props, bounds, source_doc: 0, source: Some(doc), source_path: None };
+    let mut out = paste(s, p)?;
+    if !other.issues.is_empty() {
+        out["warnings"] = json!(other.issues);
+    }
+    Ok(out)
 }
 
 fn copy(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/file.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/file.rs
index 12e93f16..4254f435 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/file.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/file.rs
@@ -523,10 +523,8 @@ fn load_with(
             Ok((doc.into(), false))
         }
         _ => {
-            if let Some(r) = figcraft_format::fig::try_import(bytes, &file_stem(name_hint)) {
-                let (mut doc, warnings) = r.map_err(|e| EngineError::Other(e.to_string()))?;
-                link_instances(&mut doc);
-                return Ok((figcraft_format::Loaded { issues: warnings, ..doc.into() }, true));
+            if let Some(r) = load_fig(bytes, &file_stem(name_hint)) {
+                return Ok((r?, true));
             }
             if let Some(r) = figcraft_format::rest::try_import_with(bytes, variables, images) {
                 let (mut doc, warnings) = r.map_err(|e| EngineError::Other(e.to_string()))?;
@@ -542,6 +540,15 @@ fn load_with(
     }
 }
 
+/// Gives `None` when `bytes` are not a `.fig` file. Then other readers can try.
+pub(crate) fn load_fig(bytes: &[u8], name: &str) -> Option<Result<figcraft_format::Loaded>> {
+    let r = figcraft_format::fig::try_import(bytes, name)?;
+    Some(r.map_err(|e| EngineError::Other(e.to_string())).map(|(mut doc, warnings)| {
+        link_instances(&mut doc);
+        figcraft_format::Loaded { issues: warnings, ..doc.into() }
+    }))
+}
+
 /// Link imported instances to their mains (layer sources, overrides found by comparing values),
 /// innermost first so outer instances settle last.
 fn link_instances(doc: &mut Document) {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/design_paste_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/design_paste_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89de80ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/engine/src/design_paste_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+//! Paste of layers copied from another design app: the clipboard's design data (a `.fig` canvas in
+//! its HTML) read through the `.fig` import and pasted as Paste pastes our own layers.
+
+use base64::Engine as _;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use super::*;
+use crate::cmd::edit::{CLIP_CLOSE, CLIP_OPEN, design_clipboard_buffer};
+
+const B64: base64::engine::GeneralPurpose = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD;
+
+fn id(v: &Value) -> NodeId {
+    params::id_of(&v["id"]).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn copied_file() -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let frame = id(&s.execute("frame.create", &json!({"x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 200, "height": 100, "name": "Card"})).unwrap());
+    s.execute("node.create", &json!({"type": "rectangle", "x": 10, "y": 10, "width": 40, "height": 20, "parent": frame, "name": "Badge"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("node.create", &json!({"type": "ellipse", "x": 300, "y": 0, "width": 50, "height": 50, "name": "Dot"})).unwrap();
+    let r = s.execute("file.export", &json!({"format": "fig"})).unwrap();
+    B64.decode(r["data"].as_str().unwrap()).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn clipboard_html(buffer: &[u8]) -> String {
+    let mut wrapped = B64.encode(buffer);
+    wrapped.insert(8, '\n');
+    format!(r#"<meta charset="utf-8"><span data-buffer="<!--{CLIP_OPEN}{wrapped}{CLIP_CLOSE}-->"></span>"#)
+}
+
+fn names(s: &Session, ids: &[NodeId]) -> Vec<String> {
+    let doc = s.doc().unwrap();
+    ids.iter().map(|i| doc.node(*i).unwrap().name.clone()).collect()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn buffer_is_found_in_the_html() {
+    let file = copied_file();
+    assert_eq!(design_clipboard_buffer(&clipboard_html(&file)), Some(file));
+    assert_eq!(design_clipboard_buffer("<p>plain</p>"), None);
+    assert_eq!(design_clipboard_buffer(&format!("{CLIP_OPEN}not base64!{CLIP_CLOSE}")), None);
+    assert_eq!(design_clipboard_buffer(&format!("{CLIP_OPEN}{}{CLIP_CLOSE}", B64.encode(b"hello"))), None);
+    assert_eq!(design_clipboard_buffer(&format!("{CLIP_OPEN}ZmlnLQ")), None);
+    // Web text that only mentions the markers holds no design data.
+    assert_eq!(design_clipboard_buffer(&format!("<p>see {CLIP_OPEN} and {CLIP_CLOSE} in the docs</p>")), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn oversized_design_data_is_refused_before_decoding() {
+    // Just past the cap (256 MB of data, as base64), made of valid base64 characters.
+    let big = "A".repeat((256 * 1024 * 1024usize).div_ceil(3) * 4 + 4);
+    assert_eq!(design_clipboard_buffer(&format!("{CLIP_OPEN}{big}{CLIP_CLOSE}")), None);
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let e = s.execute("edit.pasteDesignLayers", &json!({ "data": big })).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(e.to_string().contains("256 MB"), "{e}");
+    assert!(s.clipboard.nodes.is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn layers_paste_into_the_page_and_undo() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let page = s.page().unwrap();
+    let r = s.execute("edit.pasteDesignLayers", &json!({"html": clipboard_html(&copied_file())})).unwrap();
+    let ids: Vec<NodeId> = r["ids"].as_array().unwrap().iter().map(|v| params::id_of(v).unwrap()).collect();
+    assert_eq!(names(&s, &ids), ["Card", "Dot"]);
+    assert_eq!(s.selection(), ids);
+    let doc = s.doc().unwrap();
+    assert!(ids.iter().all(|i| doc.node(*i).unwrap().parent == Some(page)));
+    let card = doc.node(ids[0]).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(names(&s, &card.children), ["Badge"]);
+    assert_eq!((card.width, card.height), (200.0, 100.0));
+    assert!(s.undo().unwrap());
+    assert!(ids.iter().all(|i| !s.doc().unwrap().contains(*i)));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_second_paste_repeats_the_copied_layers() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    // `data` may be wrapped and unpadded, like the HTML's base64.
+    let mut data = B64.encode(copied_file()).trim_end_matches('=').to_string();
+    data.insert(8, '\n');
+    s.execute("edit.pasteDesignLayers", &json!({ "data": data })).unwrap();
+    let r = s.execute("edit.paste", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    let ids: Vec<NodeId> = r["ids"].as_array().unwrap().iter().map(|v| params::id_of(v).unwrap()).collect();
+    assert_eq!(names(&s, &ids), ["Card", "Dot"]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn pastes_into_the_selected_frame() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let host = id(&s.execute("frame.create", &json!({"x": 1000, "y": 0, "width": 800, "height": 600})).unwrap());
+    s.execute("select.set", &json!({"ids": [host]})).unwrap();
+    let r = s.execute("edit.pasteDesignLayers", &json!({"html": clipboard_html(&copied_file())})).unwrap();
+    let first = params::id_of(&r["ids"][0]).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().node(first).unwrap().parent, Some(host));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn other_content_is_refused_without_changes() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let before = s.doc().unwrap().nodes().count();
+    assert!(s.execute("edit.pasteDesignLayers", &json!({})).is_err());
+    assert!(s.execute("edit.pasteDesignLayers", &json!({"html": "<b>hi</b>"})).is_err());
+    assert!(s.execute("edit.pasteDesignLayers", &json!({"data": B64.encode(b"PK not a zip")})).is_err());
+    assert!(s.execute("edit.pasteDesignLayers", &json!({"data": B64.encode(b"fig-kiwi\x00\x00\x00\x00junk")})).is_err());
+    assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().nodes().count(), before);
+    assert!(s.clipboard.nodes.is_empty());
+}
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index f4274aec..e5fc41f6 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -1520,6 +1520,8 @@ mod cursor_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod dark_page_text_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod design_paste_tests;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod dev_resources_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod devcompare_tests;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/cs.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/cs.toml
index 61c84e01..eb698507 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/cs.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/cs.toml
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "Vložte odkaz na týmovou knihovnu (odkaz pro prohlížení)"
 "Paste here" = "Vložit sem"
 "Paste to replace" = "Vložit a nahradit"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { one = "Vloženy vrstvy návrhu; vynechán {n} druh obsahu", few = "Vloženy vrstvy návrhu; vynechány {n} druhy obsahu", other = "Vloženy vrstvy návrhu; vynecháno {n} druhů obsahu" }
 "Pattern" = "Vzor"
 "Pattern alignment" = "Zarovnání vzoru"
 "Pattern scale" = "Měřítko vzoru"
@@ -1784,6 +1785,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "edit.duplicate" = "Duplikovat"
 "edit.findReplace" = "Najít a nahradit"
 "edit.paste" = "Vložit"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "Vložit vrstvy návrhu"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "Vložit přes výběr"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "Vložit vlastnosti"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "Vložit a nahradit"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/de.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/de.toml
index 1516699b..857c2eb5 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/de.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/de.toml
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "Link einer Teambibliothek einfügen (ein Ansichtslink)"
 "Paste here" = "Hier einfügen"
 "Paste to replace" = "Zum Ersetzen einfügen"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { one = "Designebenen eingefügt; {n} Art von Inhalt wurde ausgelassen", other = "Designebenen eingefügt; {n} Arten von Inhalt wurden ausgelassen" }
 "Pattern" = "Muster"
 "Pattern alignment" = "Musterausrichtung"
 "Pattern scale" = "Musterskalierung"
@@ -1730,6 +1731,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "edit.duplicate" = "Duplizieren"
 "edit.findReplace" = "Suchen und ersetzen"
 "edit.paste" = "Einfügen"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "Designebenen einfügen"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "Über Auswahl einfügen"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "Eigenschaften einfügen"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "Zum Ersetzen einfügen"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/en.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/en.toml
index 993e90ff..9c0b775f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/en.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/en.toml
@@ -955,6 +955,7 @@ name = "English"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "Paste a team library link (a view link)"
 "Paste here" = "Paste here"
 "Paste to replace" = "Paste to replace"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { one = "Pasted design layers; {n} kind of content was left out", other = "Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" }
 "Pattern" = "Pattern"
 "Pattern alignment" = "Pattern alignment"
 "Pattern scale" = "Pattern scale"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/es.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/es.toml
index 15ff741b..1b59f07e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/es.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/es.toml
@@ -956,6 +956,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "Pega el enlace de una biblioteca de equipo (de lectura)"
 "Paste here" = "Pegar aquí"
 "Paste to replace" = "Pegar para reemplazar"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { one = "Capas de diseño pegadas; se omitió {n} tipo de contenido", other = "Capas de diseño pegadas; se omitieron {n} tipos de contenido" }
 "Pattern" = "Patrón"
 "Pattern alignment" = "Alineación del patrón"
 "Pattern scale" = "Escala del patrón"
@@ -1809,6 +1810,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "edit.duplicate" = "Duplicar"
 "edit.findReplace" = "Buscar y reemplazar"
 "edit.paste" = "Pegar"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "Pegar capas de diseño"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "Pegar sobre la selección"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "Pegar propiedades"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "Pegar para reemplazar"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/fr.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/fr.toml
index 1256ab72..ab1f4687 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/fr.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/fr.toml
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "Collez le lien d’une bibliothèque d’équipe (un lien de consultation)"
 "Paste here" = "Coller ici"
 "Paste to replace" = "Coller pour remplacer"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { one = "Calques de design collés ; {n} type de contenu a été omis", other = "Calques de design collés ; {n} types de contenu ont été omis" }
 "Pattern" = "Motif"
 "Pattern alignment" = "Alignement du motif"
 "Pattern scale" = "Échelle du motif"
@@ -1721,6 +1722,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "edit.duplicate" = "Dupliquer"
 "edit.findReplace" = "Rechercher et remplacer"
 "edit.paste" = "Coller"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "Coller des calques de design"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "Coller par-dessus la sélection"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "Coller les propriétés"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "Coller pour remplacer"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/id.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/id.toml
index 24ac1070..e614512c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/id.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/id.toml
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "Tempel link pustaka tim (link akses lihat)"
 "Paste here" = "Tempel di sini"
 "Paste to replace" = "Tempel dan ganti"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { other = "Layer desain ditempel; {n} jenis konten tidak disertakan" }
 "Pattern" = "Pola"
 "Pattern alignment" = "Perataan pola"
 "Pattern scale" = "Skala pola"
@@ -1788,6 +1789,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "edit.duplicate" = "Duplikat"
 "edit.findReplace" = "Cari dan ganti"
 "edit.paste" = "Tempel"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "Tempel layer desain"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "Tempel di atas pilihan"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "Tempel properti"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "Tempel dan ganti"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ja.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ja.toml
index 9b17e92a..0657cfa8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ja.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ja.toml
@@ -949,6 +949,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "チームライブラリのリンク（閲覧リンク）を貼り付け"
 "Paste here" = "ここに貼り付け"
 "Paste to replace" = "貼り付けて置換"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { other = "デザインレイヤーを貼り付け済み。{n} 種類のコンテンツは含まれていない" }
 "Pattern" = "パターン"
 "Pattern alignment" = "パターンの配置"
 "Pattern scale" = "パターンの拡大縮小"
@@ -1799,6 +1800,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "edit.duplicate" = "複製"
 "edit.findReplace" = "検索と置換"
 "edit.paste" = "貼り付け"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "デザインレイヤーを貼り付け"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "選択範囲の上に貼り付け"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "プロパティを貼り付け"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "貼り付けて置換"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ko.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ko.toml
index 825ca0c2..99135832 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ko.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ko.toml
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "팀 라이브러리 링크(보기 링크) 붙여 넣기"
 "Paste here" = "여기에 붙여 넣기"
 "Paste to replace" = "붙여 넣어 바꾸기"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { other = "디자인 레이어를 붙여 넣음. 콘텐츠 {n}종은 제외됨" }
 "Pattern" = "패턴"
 "Pattern alignment" = "패턴 정렬"
 "Pattern scale" = "패턴 배율"
@@ -1721,6 +1722,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "edit.duplicate" = "복제"
 "edit.findReplace" = "찾기 및 바꾸기"
 "edit.paste" = "붙여 넣기"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "디자인 레이어 붙여 넣기"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "선택 항목 위에 붙여 넣기"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "속성 붙여 넣기"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "붙여 넣어 바꾸기"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/pt-BR.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/pt-BR.toml
index 29e3dc4c..750a30d2 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/pt-BR.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/pt-BR.toml
@@ -902,6 +902,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "Cole o link de uma biblioteca de equipe (um link de visualização)"
 "Paste here" = "Colar aqui"
 "Paste to replace" = "Colar para substituir"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { one = "Camadas de design coladas; {n} tipo de conteúdo ficou de fora", other = "Camadas de design coladas; {n} tipos de conteúdo ficaram de fora" }
 "Pattern" = "Padrão"
 "Pattern alignment" = "Alinhamento do padrão"
 "Pattern scale" = "Escala do padrão"
@@ -1720,6 +1721,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "edit.duplicate" = "Duplicar"
 "edit.findReplace" = "Localizar e substituir"
 "edit.paste" = "Colar"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "Colar camadas de design"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "Colar sobre a seleção"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "Colar propriedades"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "Colar para substituir"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ru.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ru.toml
index a7f0e646..57578117 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ru.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ru.toml
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ name = "Русский"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "Вставьте ссылку на командную библиотеку (для просмотра)"
 "Paste here" = "Вставить здесь"
 "Paste to replace" = "Вставить с заменой"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { one = "Слои дизайна вставлены; пропущен {n} тип содержимого", few = "Слои дизайна вставлены; пропущены {n} типа содержимого", many = "Слои дизайна вставлены; пропущено {n} типов содержимого", other = "Слои дизайна вставлены; пропущено {n} типа содержимого" }
 "Pattern" = "Паттерн"
 "Pattern alignment" = "Выравнивание паттерна"
 "Pattern scale" = "Масштаб паттерна"
@@ -1785,6 +1786,7 @@ name = "Русский"
 "edit.duplicate" = "Дублировать"
 "edit.findReplace" = "Найти и заменить"
 "edit.paste" = "Вставить"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "Вставить слои дизайна"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "Вставить поверх выделения"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "Вставить свойства"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "Вставить с заменой"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/sv.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/sv.toml
index 3295c4e3..b463daa6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/sv.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/sv.toml
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ name = "Svenska"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "Klistra in en länk till ett teambibliotek (en visningslänk)"
 "Paste here" = "Klistra in här"
 "Paste to replace" = "Klistra in och ersätt"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { one = "Designlager inklistrade; {n} typ av innehåll utelämnades", other = "Designlager inklistrade; {n} typer av innehåll utelämnades" }
 "Pattern" = "Mönster"
 "Pattern alignment" = "Mönsterjustering"
 "Pattern scale" = "Mönsterskala"
@@ -1667,6 +1668,7 @@ name = "Svenska"
 "edit.duplicate" = "Duplicera"
 "edit.findReplace" = "Sök och ersätt"
 "edit.paste" = "Klistra in"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "Klistra in designlager"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "Klistra in över"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "Klistra in egenskaper"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "Klistra in och ersätt"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/tr.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/tr.toml
index 436372f0..5b0edcf5 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/tr.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/tr.toml
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ name = "Türkçe"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "Bir ekip kitaplığı bağlantısı yapıştırın (görüntüleme bağlantısı)"
 "Paste here" = "Buraya yapıştır"
 "Paste to replace" = "Değiştirmek için yapıştır"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { other = "Tasarım katmanları yapıştırıldı; {n} tür içerik dışarıda bırakıldı" }
 "Pattern" = "Desen"
 "Pattern alignment" = "Desen hizalaması"
 "Pattern scale" = "Desen ölçeği"
@@ -1788,6 +1789,7 @@ name = "Türkçe"
 "edit.duplicate" = "Çoğalt"
 "edit.findReplace" = "Bul ve değiştir"
 "edit.paste" = "Yapıştır"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "Tasarım katmanlarını yapıştır"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "Seçimin üzerine yapıştır"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "Özellikleri yapıştır"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "Değiştirmek için yapıştır"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-Hans.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-Hans.toml
index 4f81f485..3ed358ac 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-Hans.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-Hans.toml
@@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "Paste a team library link (a view link)" = "粘贴团队库链接（查看链接）"
 "Paste here" = "粘贴到此处"
 "Paste to replace" = "粘贴以替换"
+"Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out" = { other = "已粘贴设计图层；有 {n} 类内容未包含" }
 "Pattern" = "图案"
 "Pattern alignment" = "图案对齐"
 "Pattern scale" = "图案缩放"
@@ -1722,6 +1723,7 @@ status = "draft — needs native review"
 "edit.duplicate" = "创建副本"
 "edit.findReplace" = "查找和替换"
 "edit.paste" = "粘贴"
+"edit.pasteDesignLayers" = "粘贴设计图层"
 "edit.pasteOver" = "粘贴到所选项上方"
 "edit.pasteProperties" = "粘贴属性"
 "edit.pasteReplace" = "粘贴以替换"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/design_paste_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/design_paste_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad33e005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/design_paste_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use figcraft_engine::Session;
+use figcraft_engine::cmd::edit::{CLIP_CLOSE, CLIP_OPEN};
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use crate::{FigApp, Services};
+
+struct Clip {
+    html: String,
+    text: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl Services for Clip {
+    fn clipboard_get_html(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
+        Some(self.html.clone())
+    }
+    fn clipboard_get_text(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.text.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+/// The HTML another design app puts on the clipboard for copied layers (a `.fig` canvas inside).
+fn copied_html() -> String {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    s.execute("node.create", &json!({"type": "rectangle", "x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 40, "height": 20, "name": "Copied layer"})).unwrap();
+    let r = s.execute("file.export", &json!({"format": "fig"})).unwrap();
+    format!(r#"<span data-buffer="<!--{CLIP_OPEN}{}{CLIP_CLOSE}-->"></span>"#, r["data"].as_str().unwrap())
+}
+
+fn selected_names(app: &FigApp) -> Vec<String> {
+    let doc = app.session.doc().unwrap();
+    app.session.selection().iter().map(|i| doc.node(*i).unwrap().name.clone()).collect()
+}
+
+fn pasted_text(app: &FigApp) -> String {
+    let doc = app.session.doc().unwrap();
+    let id = app.session.selection()[0];
+    doc.node(id).unwrap().kind.text().unwrap().characters.clone()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn paste_takes_layers_copied_in_another_design_app() {
+    let html = copied_html();
+    let mut app = FigApp::new(Session::new(), Box::new(Clip { html, text: Some(String::new()) }));
+    crate::menus::paste(&mut app, None);
+    assert_eq!(selected_names(&app), ["Copied layer"]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn html_from_other_apps_pastes_as_before() {
+    let clip = Clip { html: "<b>Hello</b>".into(), text: Some("Hello".into()) };
+    let mut app = FigApp::new(Session::new(), Box::new(clip));
+    crate::menus::paste(&mut app, None);
+    assert_eq!(pasted_text(&app), "Hello");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn html_that_only_mentions_the_marker_pastes_its_text() {
+    let text = format!("Markers {CLIP_OPEN} and {CLIP_CLOSE} explained");
+    let clip = Clip { html: format!("<p>{text}</p>"), text: Some(text.clone()) };
+    let mut app = FigApp::new(Session::new(), Box::new(clip));
+    crate::menus::paste(&mut app, None);
+    assert_eq!(pasted_text(&app), text);
+    assert!(app.ui.last_error.is_none(), "{:?}", app.ui.last_error);
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 1eb9ac78..ae8e38ec 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ mod comments_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod cursors_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod design_paste_tests;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod dev_mode_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod duplicate_paint_tests;
@@ -231,6 +233,9 @@ pub trait Services {
     fn clipboard_get_text(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
         None
     }
+    fn clipboard_get_html(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
+        None
+    }
     fn clipboard_set_png(&mut self, _w: u32, _h: u32, _rgba: &[u8]) {}
     /// An image on the system clipboard as (width, height, straight RGBA).
     fn clipboard_get_image(&mut self) -> Option<(u32, u32, Vec<u8>)> {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
index 31b53429..6a2ea0ea 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use serde_json::json;
 
 use crate::FigApp;
 use crate::a11y;
-use crate::i18n::{self, tr, tr_noop, trf};
+use crate::i18n::{self, tr, tr_noop, trf, trn};
 use crate::icons::{self, Icon};
 use crate::theme::{ACCENT, Tokens, regular};
 use crate::toolbar::pretty_shortcut;
@@ -30,10 +30,21 @@ pub const UI_COMMANDS: &[&str] = &[
 ];
 
 /// Run a menu item: some open dialogs or use platform services, the rest go to the engine.
-/// Paste: the system clipboard wins when it holds something newer than our own copy (an image, SVG
-/// or text from another app); otherwise our copied layers. `event_text` is the text the platform
-/// handed over with the paste event (the browser has no other way to read it).
+/// Paste: the system clipboard wins when it holds something newer than our own copy (layers copied
+/// from another design app, an image, SVG or text from another app); otherwise our copied layers.
+/// `event_text` is the text the platform handed over with the paste event (the browser has no
+/// other way to read it).
 pub fn paste(app: &mut FigApp, event_text: Option<&str>) {
+    // Only HTML that holds readable design data takes this path; other HTML pastes as before.
+    if let Some(html) = app.services.clipboard_get_html().filter(|h| figcraft_engine::cmd::edit::design_clipboard_buffer(h).is_some()) {
+        if let Some(r) = app.run("edit.pasteDesignLayers", json!({"html": html})) {
+            let left_out = r["warnings"].as_array().map_or(0, Vec::len);
+            if left_out > 0 {
+                app.toast(trn("Pasted design layers; {n} kinds of content were left out", left_out, &[]));
+            }
+        }
+        return;
+    }
     let sys_text = app.services.clipboard_get_text().or_else(|| event_text.map(str::to_string)).filter(|t| !t.is_empty());
     let ours = sys_text.is_some() && sys_text == app.ui.last_copy;
     let (cx, cy) = app.session.ds().map(|d| (d.view.cx, d.view.cy)).unwrap_or((0.0, 0.0));