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Using Placeholder Content

The CopyDoc content library provides a bunch of placeholder text that you can use as-is (and apply them to your Figma text layers) from the Placeholders tab in your content library panel, or alternatively, you can also mix dynamic placeholder text into your own custom text snippets.

Video Tutorial: Add realistic placeholder text content in Figma

This video tutorial is a complete step-by-step guide showing you how to add realistic placeholder text content in Figma using the CopyDoc plugin.

Adding placeholder content directly ​

You can browse different placeholder categories for "fake" content snippets under the Placeholders tab, and also select your language to localize some of the content (eg. names, places etc).

You can either click on the placeholder name (eg. "First Name") button to apply it to your selected Figma text layer(s), or alternatively, you can copy/paste (or manually type) a trigger shortcut for a placeholder into your Figma text layer directly by prefixing the shortcut name with double backslashes (eg. //fake.person.firstName)

You can use your placeholder triggers in other CopyDoc features. The text expander snippet works by automatically detecting the snippet when a Figma text layer's content is updated, which means that you can use your placeholder trigger shortcuts when using CopyDoc's other text layer update methods (eg. find and replace, bulk CSV/XLSX imports, and Google Sheet sync). Just use the trigger name as part of your updated content eg. Hello //fake.person.firstName, how it's going?

Mixing dynamic placeholders inside your text snippets ​

To use a placeholder inside of a saved snippet, you can add curly brackets around either side of the shortcut name into your snippet text.

To make this easier, you can use the built-in placeholder shortcuts selector by enabling the Show Placeholder Shortcuts toggle, which will let you browse and automatically add placeholder shortcuts to your text snippets.

After you've saved your snippet, you can use it normally, in the same ways any other custom text snippet is applied; via applying it to text layers, or using it as a text expander.

Creating Custom Mixed Content Examples ​

Here are some practical examples of mixing placeholders with custom text in your snippets:

Greeting Templates:

Hello {{fake.person.firstName}}, welcome to our service!

Product Descriptions:

This {{fake.commerce.productAdjective}} {{fake.commerce.product}} is made from {{fake.commerce.productMaterial}} and costs {{fake.commerce.price}}.

User Interface Copy:

{{fake.person.fullName}} joined {{fake.company.name}} as a {{fake.person.jobTitle}} in the {{fake.company.department}} department.

Location-based Content:

Visit our store at {{fake.location.streetAddress}}, {{fake.location.city}}, {{fake.location.state}} {{fake.location.zipCode}}.

Each time you apply a snippet with placeholders, the content will be randomly generated, giving you fresh, realistic content for every use. This is particularly useful for populating multiple similar components with varied data.

Placeholder Shortcut References ​

Below is a complete list of all placeholder shortcuts that you can either use as part of your custom text snippets by adding the shortcut between double curly brackets, or, directly into a text layer while editing it by prefixing the shortcut with double slashes (eg. //fake.person.firstName)

Airlines ​

  • fake.airline.aircraftType (eg. "Airbus A320")
  • fake.airline.airline (eg. "Delta Airlines")
  • fake.airline.airplane (eg. "Boeing 747")
  • fake.airline.airport (eg. "John F. Kennedy International Airport")
  • fake.airline.flightNumber (eg. "DL123")
  • fake.airline.recordLocator (eg. "ABC123")
  • fake.airline.seat (eg. "21A")

Animals ​

  • fake.animal.bear (eg. "Grizzly Bear")
  • fake.animal.bird (eg. "Blue Jay")
  • fake.animal.cat (eg. "Siamese Cat")
  • fake.animal.cetacean (eg. "Bottlenose Dolphin")
  • fake.animal.cow (eg. "Holstein Cow")
  • fake.animal.crocodilia (eg. "American Alligator")
  • fake.animal.dog (eg. "Golden Retriever")
  • fake.animal.fish (eg. "Rainbow Trout")
  • fake.animal.horse (eg. "Thoroughbred Horse")
  • fake.animal.insect (eg. "Butterfly")
  • fake.animal.lion (eg. "African Lion")
  • fake.animal.rabbit (eg. "Holland Lop")
  • fake.animal.rodent (eg. "Squirrel")
  • fake.animal.snake (eg. "Python")
  • fake.animal.type (eg. "Mammal")

Colors ​

  • fake.color.cmyk (eg. "cmyk(24, 56, 100, 3)")
  • fake.color.hsl (eg. "hsl(187, 72%, 34%)")
  • fake.color.human (eg. "DarkGreen")
  • fake.color.hwb (eg. "hwb(333, 14%, 0%)")
  • fake.color.lab (eg. "lab(57.54, -70.17, 56.39)")
  • fake.color.lch (eg. "lch(57.54, 92.94, 146.21)")
  • fake.color.rgb (eg. "rgb(32, 178, 170)")
  • fake.color.space (eg. "rgb(255, 99, 71)")

Commerce ​

  • fake.commerce.department (eg. "Electronics")
  • fake.commerce.price (eg. "$349.99")
  • fake.commerce.product (eg. "Smartphone")
  • fake.commerce.productAdjective (eg. "Sleek")
  • fake.commerce.productDescription (eg. "This smartphone features a high-resolution display and a powerful processor.")
  • fake.commerce.productMaterial (eg. "Leather")
  • fake.commerce.productName (eg. "Wireless Headphones")

Company ​

  • fake.company.name (eg. "Acme Corporation")
  • fake.company.buzzAdjective (eg. "Dynamic")
  • fake.company.buzzNoun (eg. "Solutions")
  • fake.company.buzzPhrase (eg. "Empowering Success")
  • fake.company.buzzVerb (eg. "Transform")
  • fake.company.catchPhrase (eg. "Innovate Your Tomorrow")
  • fake.company.catchPhraseAdjective (eg. "Revolutionary")
  • fake.company.catchPhraseDescriptor (eg. "Cutting-edge")
  • fake.company.catchPhraseNoun (eg. "Solutions")

Database ​

  • fake.database.collation (eg. "utf8_general_ci")
  • fake.database.column (eg. "email")
  • fake.database.engine (eg. "InnoDB")
  • fake.database.mongodbObjectId (eg. "5f16bf99ae900e001f8b9bb5")
  • fake.database.type (eg. "NoSQL")

Date ​

  • fake.date.anytime (eg. "Sat Apr 29 2023 01:25:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)")
  • fake.date.birthdate (eg. "1995-09-15")
  • fake.date.future (eg. "2025-06-28")
  • fake.date.month (eg. "June")
  • fake.date.past (eg. "2002-03-10")
  • fake.date.recent (eg. "Sun Jul 09 2023 08:18:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)")
  • fake.date.soon (eg. "2023-07-26")
  • fake.date.weekday (eg. "Tuesday")

Finance ​

  • fake.finance.accountName (eg. "John Doe")
  • fake.finance.accountNumber (eg. "98765432")
  • fake.finance.amount (eg. "$1234.56")
  • fake.finance.bic (eg. "GENODEF1M04")
  • fake.finance.bitcoinAddress (eg. "1BvBMSEYstWetqTFn5Au4m4GFg7xJaNVN2")
  • fake.finance.creditCardCVV (eg. "123")
  • fake.finance.creditCardIssuer (eg. "Visa")
  • fake.finance.creditCardNumber (eg. "4929272040382633")
  • fake.finance.currencyCode (eg. "USD")
  • fake.finance.currencyName (eg. "Euro")
  • fake.finance.currencySymbol (eg. "$")
  • fake.finance.ethereumAddress (eg. "0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e")
  • fake.finance.iban (eg. "DE89370400440532013000")
  • fake.finance.litecoinAddress (eg. "LhWZkm3ZR1vuztrbNnFo4VLrqfUEKGZWEd")
  • fake.finance.maskedNumber (eg. "************1234")
  • fake.finance.pin (eg. "1234")
  • fake.finance.routingNumber (eg. "021000021")
  • fake.finance.transactionDescription (eg. "Payment for services")
  • fake.finance.transactionType (eg. "Credit")

Git ​

  • fake.git.branch (eg. "feature/add-new-feature")
  • fake.git.commitDate (eg. "2023-07-24T10:15:37")
  • fake.git.commitEntry (eg. "Merge pull request #42")
  • fake.git.commitMessage (eg. "Fix issue with authentication")
  • fake.git.commitSha (eg. "d86fe8f1e64870ecf89b961631f8c63eade26ca0")

Hacker ​

  • fake.hacker.abbreviation (eg. "SQL")
  • fake.hacker.adjective (eg. "cyber")
  • fake.hacker.ingverb (eg. "hacking")
  • fake.hacker.noun (eg. "firewall")
  • fake.hacker.phrase (eg. "Encrypt everything!")
  • fake.hacker.verb (eg. "hack")

Internet ​

  • fake.internet.color (eg. "#ff5733")
  • fake.internet.displayName (eg. "JohnDoe87")
  • fake.internet.domainName (eg. "example.com")
  • fake.internet.domainSuffix (eg. ".net")
  • fake.internet.domainWord (eg. "web")
  • fake.internet.email (eg. "[email protected]")
  • fake.internet.emoji (eg. "😄")
  • fake.internet.exampleEmail (eg. "[email protected]")
  • fake.internet.httpMethod (eg. "GET")
  • fake.internet.httpStatusCode (eg. "200")
  • fake.internet.ip (eg. "192.168.0.1")
  • fake.internet.ipv4 (eg. "192.0.2.1")
  • fake.internet.ipv6 (eg. "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334")
  • fake.internet.mac (eg. "00:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e")
  • fake.internet.password (eg. "P@ssw0rd123")
  • fake.internet.port (eg. "8080")
  • fake.internet.protocol (eg. "https")
  • fake.internet.url (eg. "https://www.example.com")
  • fake.internet.userAgent (eg. "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/58.0.3029.110 Safari/537.3")
  • fake.internet.userName (eg. "johndoe123")

Location ​

  • fake.location.buildingNumber (eg. "123")
  • fake.location.cardinalDirection (eg. "North")
  • fake.location.city (eg. "New York")
  • fake.location.country (eg. "United States")
  • fake.location.countryCode (eg. "US")
  • fake.location.county (eg. "Los Angeles County")
  • fake.location.direction (eg. "Southwest")
  • fake.location.latitude (eg. "40.7128")
  • fake.location.longitude (eg. "-74.0060")
  • fake.location.nearbyGPSCoordinate (eg. "40.7128, -74.0060")
  • fake.location.ordinalDirection (eg. "Northeast")
  • fake.location.secondaryAddress (eg. "Apt. 2B")
  • fake.location.state (eg. "California")
  • fake.location.street (eg. "Main Street")
  • fake.location.streetAddress (eg. "123 Main Street")
  • fake.location.timeZone (eg. "America/New_York")
  • fake.location.zipCode (eg. "10001")

Lorem ​

  • fake.lorem.lines (eg. "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.")
  • fake.lorem.paragraph (eg. "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed euismod ligula a dui tincidunt, sit amet euismod metus tristique.")
  • fake.lorem.paragraphs (eg. "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed euismod ligula a dui tincidunt, sit amet euismod metus tristique.\n\nPhasellus posuere massa vitae dui iaculis, sit amet tincidunt mauris eleifend. Vivamus vel dolor vel justo posuere egestas nec id nunc.")
  • fake.lorem.sentence (eg. "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.")
  • fake.lorem.sentences (eg. "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed euismod ligula a dui tincidunt.")
  • fake.lorem.slug (eg. "lorem-ipsum-dolor")
  • fake.lorem.text (eg. "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed euismod ligula a dui tincidunt, sit amet euismod metus tristique. Phasellus posuere massa vitae dui iaculis, sit amet tincidunt mauris eleifend. Vivamus vel dolor vel justo posuere egestas nec id nunc.")
  • fake.lorem.word (eg. "Lorem")
  • fake.lorem.words (eg. "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet")

Music ​

  • fake.music.genre (eg. "Rock")
  • fake.music.songName (eg. "Bohemian Rhapsody")

Number ​

  • fake.number.bigInt (eg. "12345678901234567890")
  • fake.number.binary (eg. "10101010")
  • fake.number.float (eg. "3.14")
  • fake.number.hex (eg. "1a4")
  • fake.number.int (eg. "42")
  • fake.number.octal (eg. "52")

Person ​

  • fake.person.bio (eg. "software engineer with a passion for technology and coding.")
  • fake.person.firstName (eg. "John")
  • fake.person.fullName (eg. "John Doe")
  • fake.person.gender (eg. "Male")
  • fake.person.jobArea (eg. "Information Technology")
  • fake.person.jobDescriptor (eg. "Senior")
  • fake.person.jobTitle (eg. "Software Engineer")
  • fake.person.jobType (eg. "Full-Time")
  • fake.person.lastName (eg. "Doe")
  • fake.person.middleName (eg. "Michael")
  • fake.person.prefix (eg. "Mr.")
  • fake.person.sex (eg. "Male")
  • fake.person.sexType (eg. "M")
  • fake.person.suffix (eg. "Jr.")
  • fake.person.zodiacSign (eg. "Virgo")

Phone ​

  • fake.phone.number (eg. "+1 (555) 123-4567")
  • fake.phone.imei (eg. "351756052471134")

String ​

  • fake.string.binary (eg. "10101100")
  • fake.string.hexadecimal (eg. "1a4f")
  • fake.string.alpha (eg. "abcXYZ")
  • fake.string.alphanumeric (eg. "abcXYZ123")
  • fake.string.nanoid (eg. "a1B2c3D4")
  • fake.string.numeric (eg. "123456")
  • fake.string.octal (eg. "147")
  • fake.string.sample (eg. "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.")
  • fake.string.symbol (eg. "!@#$%^&*")
  • fake.string.uuid (eg. "6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8")

System ​

  • fake.system.commonFileExt (eg. "txt")
  • fake.system.commonFileName (eg. "data")
  • fake.system.commonFileType (eg. "text")
  • fake.system.cron (eg. "0 * * * *")
  • fake.system.directoryPath (eg. "/home/user/Documents")
  • fake.system.fileExt (eg. "js")
  • fake.system.fileName (eg. "script")
  • fake.system.filePath (eg. "/home/user/Documents/script.js")
  • fake.system.fileType (eg. "application/javascript")
  • fake.system.mimeType (eg. "text/plain")
  • fake.system.networkInterface (eg. "eth0")
  • fake.system.semver (eg. "2.1.0")

Vehicle ​

  • fake.vehicle.bicycle (eg. "Mountain Bike")
  • fake.vehicle.color (eg. "Red")
  • fake.vehicle.fuel (eg. "Gasoline")
  • fake.vehicle.manufacturer (eg. "Toyota")
  • fake.vehicle.model (eg. "Camry")
  • fake.vehicle.type (eg. "Sedan")
  • fake.vehicle.vehicle (eg. "Toyota Camry")
  • fake.vehicle.vin (eg. "1HGCM82633A123456")
  • fake.vehicle.vrm (eg. "ABC123")

Word ​

  • fake.word.adjective (eg. "beautiful")
  • fake.word.adverb (eg. "quickly")
  • fake.word.conjunction (eg. "and")
  • fake.word.interjection (eg. "wow")
  • fake.word.noun (eg. "house")
  • fake.word.preposition (eg. "under")
  • fake.word.words (eg. "Lorem ipsum")
  • fake.word.sample (eg. "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet")
  • fake.word.verb (eg. "run")