Import brings content into the active tab from pasted text or a file. It is the counterpart to exporting: export a tab from one design, import it into a tab somewhere else.
Importing JSON
Open the tab's menu (the ⋯ button on the active tab, or right-click the tab) and choose Import. You can also run Import… from the command palette. The Import to Tab dialog opens at JSON, which reads a livedesign tab export (a .livedesign-tab.json file) and restores it exactly, pages and all, the highest-fidelity round trip.
Paste or write the text into the box and press Import, or press Import a file instead to pick one from disk. Either way the tab updates once it parses.
Dropping a .json file straight onto the canvas doesn't import it: a small note points you to Import in the tab menu, since importing replaces the tab.
Import replaces the tab
Importing replaces the active tab's contents with what comes in, it does not merge. Because that is destructive, the dialog leads with an amber warning naming the tab about to be overwritten, so you can back out before committing. If you change your mind afterwards, undo (Cmd / Ctrl + Z) brings the previous pages back. To keep the current tab as it is, add a new tab first and import into that.
Import is greyed out while a tab is locked, since a locked tab is protected from edits, and the tab menu isn't offered on a view-only share link.
Want to combine tabs instead of replacing one? Import into a fresh tab, then copy the elements you want across to your working tab.
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