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Figmate
seniManager, Community Support
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Figmate
17 days ago
iamjamesjamesisme
iamjamesjamesismeNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Aligning anchor points on two separate lines?

I use a ton of arrows with descriptions whenever I am doing a user flow. I do a line for this, with an arrow tip. Quick and dirty by eye then go back and make sure everything is beautifully aligned and precise throughout the flow.I used to be able to select the anchor on Line A and the anchor on Line B and use the alignment panel to make sure those lines terminated in the exact same spot. I no longer seem to be able to do this and it’s driving me insane. With basic straight lines with only two points, I know I can just set the width evenly, but if the lines branch with out from straight lines I can no longer line the anchor points up.I want both of these blue lines to touch the pink line precisely using the alignment too. Not moving the entire line, just the anchor point of one to be aligned perfectly with the other. When I double click on Line A, I can only edit the anchors on Line A. If I hold shift and double click Line B after Line A is selected, there is no duel vector edit mode.

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iamjamesjamesisme
40 minutes ago
TheCommonTiger
TheCommonTigerNew Participant
asked in Ask the Community
Unable to edit font styles

I’ve been trying to edit a font style in Figma and the changes are not applying.  How can I get it to work?I’ve edited the font multiple times, and don’t see the change reflected in my selected instance or other instances. I’ve tried quitting and restarting. I’ve also tried applying a different text style, but the font doesn’t change then either.  

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Avokadomos
1 hour ago
Feedlike
Feedlike
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Добро пожаловать на форум (RU)

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Ivan46
1 hour ago
Rijashah
RijashahNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Why do the Figma hover and clicked effects not work together? Is there any solution to these problems?

I'm facing an issue in Figma. I want my button to have a hover effect with a click. But unfortunately, I can't do these 2 things together in Figma. Is this only in Figma design, or does this type of button not work in development as well? Thanks 

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Rijashah
3 hours ago
Daraa_Design_Team
Daraa_Design_TeamNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Overlay from origin destination

Hi, I am struggling with the overlay feature, and the alternative option feels brutal.  I simply want the drop down of an input row to produce a modal. Some issues I’m having include: (1) height dimensions and managing a scrollable overlay and (2) using smart animate such that the dropdown modal appears from the bottom of the input bar rather than the top of the screen. Is this not possible? The alternative would be to create a frame hide it and switch between A LOT of variants. Has someone figured out how to manage overlays in a reasonable and dynamic manner? I’m not having much luck.

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Daraa_Design_Team
4 hours ago
Louise Urquhart
Louise UrquhartNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Editable text turning into vector by itself bug

Has anyone else encounted editable text turning into uneditable vectors - even though you haven’t manually converted it. A lot of the text on my page is now uneditable - and I’m struggling to figure out why it’s happened…!

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Avokadomos
4 hours ago
MiloW
MiloWNew Participant
asked in Ask the Community
Copying starts history - WHY?

OK, so a common thing, at least for me as a designer, is going back some steps, copying something and then going further to the “present” and using what I have copied. Now I don’t know if it’s in Figma (probably yes) but just now in FigJam it turned out going back and copying resets history which is a big NO NO. Why would copying start new history feed in the file?

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Avokadomos
4 hours ago
a23Marcos
a23MarcosNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Text exported as PNG does not have the same width and height that text that in the figma file

Hello, I spent some time trying to find a response in existing question but wasn’t able to. Here’s my problem: I have a text object that would show 593x89 (width and height) in the properties panel.  But, when I export the element to PNG, the file I get is smaller (cropped) 587x61 px The exported file is used to create HTML code to replicate the figma file, so when we set the asset to the same position that in the figma file (e.g. top: 219px, leftL 56px), it’ll look off position, because of the missing “padding”. Here is the exported “cropped” asset on top of the original image:  Is there a way to export the asset with a size matching the figma object, or to find out the “cropped” top and left pixels so it can be added to the top and left position? Thanks a lot in advance 

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Avokadomos
5 hours ago
Hannah Mclaughlin
Hannah MclaughlinNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Issue with getting a button click to navigate to another page

Hi there, I’m having an issue with being able to click a button an navigate to another screen. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong but when I select the play button and ad interaction - on tap - navigate to, there is no option to navigate to the “Game UI” screen? I’d really appreciate any advice, thank you!  

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GodMode9
6 hours ago
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Yenny_Moon
asked in Ask the Community
Exporting all assets in selected area in dev mode

Hi, I’m curious if there’s a way to export ALL assets or specific file types (like SVG or PNG) within a selected area in Figma’s Dev Mode. Currently, I’m only able to download assets one by one on the assets panel. if there’s a feature I might have missed, I’d love to know. Thank you

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Guembri Raslen
6 hours ago
noona
noonaNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
How do I connect multiple pages in figma?

I am able to connect multiple frames in figma, But how do I connect multiple pages ? 

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Gleb
11 hours ago
MikeGorgone
MikeGorgoneNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Component animation

Hi Everyone,Hoping to get some help with component animation. I have two components. The first component has a bar in it that uses after delay and smart animation to change the color of the bar from green to yellow to red over 10s.The second component uses the first component and animates the first component across the screen, left to right, over 10s. Basically I’m trying to make it look like a timer that is counting down and changing colors the closer it gets to zero.However, when I drop the 2nd component into a frame and run the prototype the 2nd component animation runs first and the once it’s done moving left to right THEN the 1st component’s animation of changing the bar’s colors runs. Is there a way to get the animations for both components to run at the same time?I’ve added some screen shots to hopefully help visualize things. In the bottom right you can see the green bar moved across the screen, once that was done then it changed from green to yellow to red. Again I’d like that

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MikeGorgone
12 hours ago
jkvx
jkvxNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Grabbing colors from figma libraries (colors from both Styles & Variables) via plugin API possible?

I’m doing some plugin development and have a figma document that has a couple libraries added to the file, and these libraries contain both variables and styles with different color values. I am trying to access the color values for all these variables and styles from both libraries programmatically via the plugin API. Ex:  Is this even possible currently? Or is there any workaround to access the color values associated with variables & styles from libraries associated with your document? I know the plugin has a teamLibrary API designed to work with library files, but I only see two available methods (getAvailableLibraryVariableCollectionsAsync and getVariablesInLibraryCollectionAsync), and I don’t think either of these are able to give me the color values associated with the variables in the library. And in addition, neither of these methods work with Styles in the libraries (only variables). Any input is appreciated, thanks!

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jkvx
13 hours ago
edtang
edtangNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Text variables don't show up in dev mode if input in a text property

Hi! I’ve been using text variables to help map each text field to a specific string ID for localization - but when I select a text variable in a component with a text property, inspecting that text field won’t show the variable in dev mode. My current workaround is to detach all components with a text property, but I was wondering if anyone had better solutions. Thanks!

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edtang
15 hours ago
KennLucas
KennLucasActive Member
asked in Ask the Community
Swap Component Won't Expand to Fit the Content

First, so sorry to bring this up again. I know we have all struggled with this for a long time. Gleb seems to be the only master to have really nailed it!​@Gleb ,had this solved pretty well in a previous answer to someone. I have made it work in the past, but this time I am at my wits end!I tried a lot of different options. I tried making EVERYTHING hug. I tried the fix to fixed size without auto layout. It just is not working for me.I have a navbar component with a round “seal” logo displayed. However there are times where a different size or shape logo will have to be swapped there. I will not be the one controlling the logo, so vendors could throw in anything really.Here is the file that I have along with a video showing how I tried to do it. Figma is being weird about uploading the file so you can view and get my Figma file directly here.  I REALLY do not want to have someone detach the instances in order to customize that, but I am close to scrapping the whole thing.  I am exhaust

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KennLucas
16 hours ago
dei_bit
dei_bit
asked in Ask the Community
Why do many shortcuts take so long to implement?

To begin with, I want to clarify, that I love Figma, it is literally the tool for web designers… sorry for the other aps, but Figma is, by its philosophy and its disposition, it is like that… so we have to collaborate to improve it as much as possible. The work that you team have done… pufff… is BRUTAL, you have really created something beautiful. Reflection: Well, as designers, or programmers we like Figma❤️…we really love it… It’s a beautiful tool. Why else would we spend time learning it and come to want more sophisticated and efficient workflows to be developed? This only happens when you have exhausted all the known methods that the program itself offers you to do what you can do… What I mean by this? In summary: the main question is clearly in the title of this topic… But really… Why is it taking so long? Is there anything we as developers can do about this? Should we stop insisting on wanting specific shortcuts that will never be implemented because it is not the

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Diogo_Figueira
19 hours ago
mvasilieva
mvasilievaNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Communicating Components with conditional prototyping with hidden elements

Hi, I finally figured out conditional prototyping and this is a game changer to me.Now I can use component with only one variant, but conditionally prototyped.(If you need some example: it’s a check box, and when check an additional input field “Please, specify” appears)… By default, my variable is false (unselected checkmark) and the input is hidden.This is great for prototype and usability testing using the prototype, However, I have concerns about how my PM will comment my designs and also how developers will discover that?Do I still need to create another variant to show checked view? How do you solve this? 

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mvasilieva
20 hours ago
Gopichand
Gopichand
asked in Ask the Community
How to change units of smart guides to Percentages

I’m working on a project in Figma and would like to align my elements using smart guides with percentages as the units. Currently, they display in pixels, but I need them to be in percentages to create a responsive design. Can someone guide me on how to change the units of smart guides to percentages in Figma? Your help would be greatly appreciated!

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Morris_Joe
21 hours ago
Artaherzadeh
Artaherzadeh
asked in Ask the Community
Change open/close direction for auto animate

Hi I want this component to be opened in the blue arrow direction but no matter what I do, it will open in the red line. When I click on the chat button, it should go up right, not down left.

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Avokadomos
22 hours ago
PandaUser
PandaUserNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Request for early access to Figma AI

Hello,I am writing to you as a loyal and professional Figma user for several years. I would like to express my interest in the new UI3 and Figma AI features that you recently introduced.I'm a designer who uses Figma on a daily basis to create designs, logos, website models, branding and many other creative projects. I'm also registered with Figma Pro through my school, which allows me to take full advantage of your platform's features.Having followed Figma announcements and updates closely, I quickly expressed my interest in Figma AI by activating it in my account settings as soon as possible. However, despite using Figma intensively for several hours each day, I still haven't had access to this feature.I understand that Figma AI is being rolled out gradually and randomly, and that some people have been lucky enough to get it before me. Nevertheless, I've been looking forward to using Figma AI for several months now, and I'm convinced that this feature would be a great help in my day-t

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PandaUser
22 hours ago
Ouso
Ouso
asked in Ask the Community
AI features

I just purchased a professional subscription today, but I cannot find any AI features on my interface, How can I fix this? do I need. to enable them or do sth about it?

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John55
23 hours ago
Stenly
StenlyNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
How do I create this text effect in Figma

Can you do it with gradient perhaps? This far haven’t figured it out yet.

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Avokadomos
1 day ago
haijing.zhang
haijing.zhangNew Member
posted in Ask the Community
Figma vs Figjam for competative research that contains a lot of website images

Hello, I’m working on a UX analysis work that will contain a lot of screenshots from different competitor websites. Which type of file will be more suitable for that - Figma or Figjam? Thank you  

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haijing.zhang
1 day ago
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Kenny_Pee
asked in Ask the Community
[Apple Silicon] Opening a Figma link on browser does not open in Figma App

Seems like Figma on browser does not identify that I have the desktop app installed.

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KoWi
1 day ago
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