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This is weird:


I have Figma open with a bunch of tabs in fullscreen mode on macOS Sonoma.


When I select another tab, this tab immediately switches/turns to its own fullscreen window.

When I then go back to the original window with the other open tabs, same thing happens when I select another tab in this window. Again, the selected tab opens its own window in fullscreen mode.


I tried restarting Figma and computer, but that didn’t change anything.


This happens only in fullscreen mode and started after system upgrade to macOS Sonoma.


Does anyone else have this strange behaviour after upgrading to Sonoma?

So, what I figured is that this happens only once, only for a day and the issue disappears for some reason.

This problem is up and annoying since September now. Honestly I don’t want to use some workarounds which would have incalculable side effects. I just want the working Figma back (!)

Me too, very annoyed with this feature/bug. I much better prefer to keep some tabs than different windows. Looking forward for the solution, would love to keep some tabs again.

Hey All, we hear you.


We know that you want a solution and not more workarounds. Through trying to find the fix over the past 6 weeks, the workarounds are what have surfaced so far, and we felt it’s better to share temporary workarounds than leave you in the dark completely with no reply, until we have a solution. But if that’s what you’d prefer, please do let us know.


Our team has been digging into this issue more and found the general culprit which involves mouse click events, so we’re getting closer to a solution.


In the meantime, another workaround has presented itself. Instead of clicking on the tab to switch, use Control+Tab or Shift+Control+Tab to switch between the tabs when in full screen mode. We know that it’s still not ideal, but it’s what we can help with for now.

Hello everyone.


I’ve been struggling these days with a bug that’s happening in Figma Beta only (standalone).


I basically cannot switch tabs without causing it to open a new window for that tab. Is like every click comes along with a drag (like you would do if you wanted to throw that tab in a new window) – the only way this won’t happen is using the keyboard shortcut.


Here’s a video of me showing in Figma Beta and then in regular Figma.




I had to switch back to regular Figma cause it’s impossible to work like that.


Anyone else having this issue?

This bug is not related to either the Plugin or the Widget API.


Related topic: macOS Sonoma: Figma in fullscreen mode - tab behaviour.

That makes sense… The categories are confusing then, because the only “Bugs” category is tied to Plugins or the Widget API.


Thanks for sharing the related topic.

Hey All, thank you for your patience!


The fix is now rolling out to all users! 🎉


If you can’t wait any longer, you can get the latest version by downloading it from our downloads page.

Yey! Can finally view multiple projects on an external monitor, on a single Figma window, without all of the projects breaking off into separate windows.

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