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Lorem Ipsum in Figma, VS Code, and Photoshop

Three quick ways to drop placeholder text into the tools designers and developers use every day, plus a copy-paste fallback that works anywhere.

Lorem Ipsum in Figma

Figma does not include a Lorem Ipsum command out of the box, so designers usually reach for a community plugin or paste text from a generator.

Option 1: Use a community plugin

  1. Open your Figma file and choose Resources, then Plugins.
  2. Search for a Lorem Ipsum plugin, for example "Lorem ipsum" by Mehmet Aydın Baytaş.
  3. Select one or more text layers, run the plugin, and pick paragraphs, sentences, or words.

Option 2: Use the Content panel in Dev Mode

In Dev Mode you can swap selected text layers for sample copy using the Content actions in the right panel, which is handy for filling cards and lists without installing anything.

Option 3: Paste from a generator

The fastest fallback is to generate paragraphs on the home page of this site, copy them with one click, and paste them into any Figma text layer.

Lorem Ipsum in VS Code

VS Code ships with Emmet, which includes a Lorem Ipsum generator. No extension required, as long as you are editing a file where Emmet is active, such as HTML, JSX, or Markdown with Emmet enabled.

Emmet shortcuts

  • lorem then Tab expands to a standard 30-word Lorem Ipsum paragraph.
  • lorem50 then Tab expands to exactly 50 words.
  • p*4>lorem then Tab creates four paragraphs, each filled with Lorem Ipsum.
  • ul>li*5>lorem3 then Tab creates a five-item list with three words per item.

Enable Emmet outside HTML

To use Emmet in file types like JavaScript or plain text, open Settings, search for "Emmet: Include Languages", and add the language ID, for example javascript mapped to html.

Lorem Ipsum in Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop has had a built-in Lorem Ipsum command since CC 2015, so most modern installations support it natively.

  1. Select the Type tool and click on the canvas to create a text layer, or select an existing one.
  2. Open the Type menu in the top menu bar.
  3. Choose Paste Lorem Ipsum. Photoshop fills the active text layer with a paragraph of placeholder copy.

If the option is greyed out, make sure a text layer is selected and the cursor is active inside it. For longer or shorter passages, generate the exact paragraph count you need on the home page and paste it in.

Which method should you use?

  • Designing in Figma: a plugin is best for repeated use, the Content panel for one-offs in Dev Mode.
  • Coding in VS Code: Emmet is fastest, no extension needed.
  • Mocking in Photoshop: Type, Paste Lorem Ipsum is built in.
  • Anywhere else: generate paragraphs here, copy, paste.

Ready to grab some copy? Open the Lorem Ipsum generator, pick your paragraph count, and copy to clipboard with one click.