The importing of styles from shared libraries is broken.

I’ve tried with multiple Figma files and with multiple libraries. When I enable a library, the components import just fine, but none of the styles are imported.

Can someone else confirm they’re having the same issue?

What do you mean by “import” in this case? Enabling the library in the file simply shows its components in the Assets panel and Styles in the style picker. If you are not seeing styles in the style picker, maybe the styles are not published?

Yes, to be more precise, I mean “enabling” the library. The library is enabled but the styles aren’t showing up.

The styles are published. That’s what’s confusing me. The styles are published. I’ve 355 styles as part of the shared library. None of them are showing up.

I’ve tried this with multiple shared libraries, and multiple files (just to check that it’s not a problem with that particular file or library), and it’s a recurring bug.

In this case you probably need to report a bug to Figma support team via the bug report form. Include the screenshot above and the Style Picker screenshot where the styles aren’t shown.

Will do. But just to check, am I the only one experiencing this? In your Figma, if you enable the library, do library styles become available in the sidebar? This used to work for me a while back.

What do you mean by sidebar? They are available here, in the style picker:

Oh snap! That’s what I was confused about. When you don’t have any objects selected, you see all your local styles in the sidebar like so:

But you don’t see any library styles in the sidebar.

What I didn’t realise is that you still have access to the library styles. But you can’t see an overview of them in the sidebar. Instead the library styles are only accessible when you have an object selected.

So it’s not a bug. Just a bit weird if you ask me, that you can’t see an overview of those styles in the sidebar the way you have with local styles.

Got it! The local styles are shown there so you can manage and change them and see other objects change. This is like the source of styles. You can’t change external styles so there is no point in showing them there.

I understand why one can’t change the library styles there, but I disagree that they shouldn’t be shown. There’s value to being able to have a look through all the styles, and local and library styles could be shown there, grouped accordingly.

You can view library styles in the Libraries window. If you have a feature suggestion, I encourage you to create a topic in #product-ideas and describe your idea there.

I am actually having the same issue where a Design Library is ‘enabled’ and all the components show, but when I go into colour styles, I am unable to see the ‘enabled’ colour options from the Library…Is there a possibility that anyone can assist? In my team I seem to be the only person struggling with this ‘bug’

Having the same problem here, I’ve using a shared library for months on a project, and today sudenly Im the only one in the team who can’t see styles(text/color palette/effect/grid… styles), just components.

However my colleagues enter the project and see it perfectly or activate on other project without any problem.

Looks like something wrong with some users…

I’ve contacted with the support team but looks like it gonna take some time to reply me

I have the same problem as LLF, Marie_Pretorius and Damir. The styles from another librairy aren’t showing do to a bug. It isn’t the first time that this situation has happen to me, and I don’t know how to solve it either.

After clearing cache it solve it, the Figma Team is aware of the bug, in the mean time this may help:

1. Close the Figma desktop app.


2. Open the Start menu, and paste in this, followed by enter: %APPDATA%\Figma.


3. In the window that opens, delete the Desktop and DesktopProfile folders if they exist.


4. Launch the desktop app again.

I have a text style that I’ve been using for months and for some reason in my component library, I can’t apply the text style anymore.

I get an error that says “An error occurred while applying the style to the selection.”

Other components on the same page already have the style applied but I can’t apply any new styles on any pages in the file.

I tried:

• Restarting the app


• Reopening the file


• Editing in the browser


• Applying different text styles
  
  This file is a published library and the text styles are from a different published library (I manage both of them)

same discussion happening in the post below.

seems like Figma is having issues on the backend.

thanks, I’ll follow that discussion. Good to know this isn’t just me

looks like figma fixed this. it’s working now.

I really need this for comfortable work with the library. Under “Color Styles” (without selected object) I expect all the colors from the used libraries. This looks like a bug.

I’m having the same issue

I am having this same issue. When I go to change a style, the dropdown is empty. Tried Application, Browser version, restarting, everything. At a standstill 😕

Has anyone resolved this for Mac users?

Me too and I’m seeing people are having the same errors just now. Could it be possible that something crashed?

Same issue for me. It’s happening in the Text Styles and Color Styles, so annoying.