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Known limitations

Most of these come from Figma's own layout model, not from the extraction — the browser measures them fine, but Figma has no equivalent to express them. The plugin always logs a warning when it hits one, and where possible it falls back to measured absolute positioning, so the look stays right even when the behavior can't.

Layout

  • CSS Grid is not converted to Auto Layout. Grid containers import with correct measured positions but as absolutely positioned children — the log notes Grid layout detected - using absolute positioning.
  • justify-content: space-around / space-evenly have no Figma equivalent; both become SPACE_BETWEEN. Spacing inside the frame can differ slightly from the browser.
  • flex-wrap converts to Figma's wrapped Auto Layout, but the two wrap algorithms aren't identical — the log warns when a wrapped container might differ.
  • flex-basis and per-child baseline alignment have no equivalent; both are approximated from the measured geometry.
  • Negative gap is clamped to 0 (Figma requires non-negative spacing).
  • Multi-column layout (CSS columns) and vertical writing modes are not supported.
  • Table cells spanning rows or columns (colspan/rowspan) import by geometry only.

Visuals

  • Animations and transitions aren't represented — pages are captured with animations fast-forwarded to their finished state.
  • clip-path and complex clipping shapes are not converted (rectangular overflow: hidden clipping works).
  • Exotic gradient patterns (e.g. conic) fall back to a solid color from the gradient.
  • An element carrying both a border and a Tailwind ring keeps the border; the ring is skipped (one stroke set per layer).
  • Unsupported CSS filters on non-image elements are logged and skipped.

Interactivity

  • Form elements are visual only — an input imports as its rendered box and placeholder text, not as an interactive component.
  • iframe content renders as part of the capture but can't be extracted as layers when cross-origin.

If an import looks wrong

Run Parse Only and read the log — every warning above appears there with the element that triggered it. For anything that looks like a bug rather than a limitation, see Troubleshooting & support.