Branch as a separate file/tab

Hi @Sasha1, you can open Main and its branches in different tabs. There are several ways to do this:

1. Through a file browser
   https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360063144053-Create-branches-and-merge-changes#File_browser

2. By using the “Open File URL From Clipboard” function.

There was a new branching update that took away the ability to see the master branch. In the past, I was able to have all of my branches opened in tabs as well as the parent/master version opened. Now I can’t do this anymore which is really inconvenient because I always have to close a tab of a branch in order to switch back to master.

I would like ability to have them all open again so that its easier to do a side by side comparison of master vs branch.

Yeah I guess that’s one work around…it’s extra steps from the way it was before though 😦

Before, I could:

1. I am in a master file, then I open up one of the branches
2. The branch would open in a new tab on the same window (but now it just replaces the tab)

So it went from 1 click to now a few clicks just to have both tabs coexist.

Yes, I agree with Jen. Now once I’m in the Main file and want to create a branch but keep the Main open at the same time, I need:

1. Create branch (file reloads to open the newly created branch)
2. Click on Main file name in the header to reopen the Main file (since if I go directly to dashboard to open Main file, it still sends me to the opened branch tab).
3. Go to Dashboard, select branch in drop-down of the file, open it.

This makes loading of everything very long. Would be really great to return the previous process.
Also a strange thing is when you do this process, the Main file keeps a branch icon next to the name in the tab…

Hi folks! Thanks for reporting this.

This looks like a bug that has popped up recently – I’ve reported it and the team and I hope we can have it fixed soon. That would restore the old behavior of opening branches in separate tabs.

/Oscar