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Figmate
seniManager, Community Support
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READ ME: How to use the Ask the Community category?

Have a question about using a Figma product? Unsure if you’re running into a bug or expected behavior? Wondering how others might solve a specific problem in a Figma product?You are in the right place! 😉

Note: If you encountered a bug and want to report it, please use the category Report a Problem. Guidelines Please do a search first 
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Figmate
10 days ago
Tiny011
Tiny011New Member
asked in Ask the Community
How to Ask and Answer Basic English Questions - ESL

Yes or No Questions. Are you happy today? Yes, I am. Did you have fun at the party. No, I didn't. Will you come to class tomorrow? Yes, I will.

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Tiny011
23 minutes ago
Marzuq Syed
Marzuq SyedNew Member
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Hidden Next button only when conditions are met

I have made a dropbox with component sets and here is the screenshot:  As a newbie in figma… I want an interactive Next button so whenever the user clicks any of the Emirates or any of the cities the next button would appear or else it would remain hidden. Any Solutions?

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Marzuq Syed
4 hours ago
Vadim6
Vadim6New Member
asked in Ask the Community
FIGMA

Hello! Please help me to figure out the problem. Autosave doesn't work both in the web version and in the desktop app. Every time after moving files into a frame or any other actions, I'm warned that the changes have not been saved. Plugins aren't loaded, there have been situations when I was able to load them, but then the page started to freeze. I've tried logging in with and without VPN, both through the browser and through the app, it still doesn't work. I've cleaned the cache and the memory on the PC. I've tried to create a new Figma account. I've tried to log in through another PC. I've also tried to change the browser. Tried the same thing with the wi-fi.Nothing helps.I really look forward to your help in solving this issue.

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Vadim6
8 hours ago
mungbean
mungbean
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How do I make the dropdown display over other components?

Hello, newbie here I am making a table with a dropdown option on one cell on each row but the other rows seem to overlap with the dropdown box, making the dropdown hidden behind the other rows. Please help! thank you!

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Tony28
10 hours ago
Sakra
SakraNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Image doesn't scale at Bottom When Scaling Window in Figma

I'm working on a website design in Figma and have a full-screen image placed below a navigation bar. When I resize the window, the image scales correctly but gets cut off at the bottom, as if there's an invisible limit. I've already made the page longer, but the issue persists. How can I fix this so the full image is always visible when scaling?Would appreciate any help!Gif ExampleIn the following example you can see that when I drag the window to the right to enlarge the window, the image doesn't scale with it on the bottom, almost like there is an invisable limit like stated above.

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Avokadomos
11 hours ago
kevinmanleydesign
kevinmanleydesign
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Image not scaling

I’m moving from Adobe XD over to Figma, and I find working with images rather awkward. I’m currently trying to scale an image up. I set the image treatment to “crop”, but when I attempt to scale the control points, nothing happens. I’m wondering if this is a bug? Any help would be much appreciated.

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Avokadomos
11 hours ago
mmatmmee
mmatmmee
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Cannot use 'Change to' in prototype

I tried to use function change to in the component but it’s not available. What did I do wrong?

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Avokadomos
11 hours ago
Bard1
Bard1
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Text suddenly defaulting to Grey not White

I’ve created many web designs in Figma recently but suddenly in this sheet any text I paste (from my typical Apple Text Edit) is appearing as grey, ditto with the once white bullets because when I create a new bullet by hitting return on the sentence above it’s also grey? How do I set the default text to white? Thanks

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Avokadomos
11 hours ago
Matt_Miller2
Matt_Miller2
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having problems with replacing the main component

i used to be able to just drag and drop a new design on top of the main component and it would change all instances, but now when i try to drag and drop a new design into the main component it just places it over top of the old design. its starting to frustrate me because i think i’ve tried everything… thanks in advance

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Avokadomos
11 hours ago
tg1
tg1New Member
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How to copy/move a UIKit to use and change it locally?

I am using Google’s Material 3 UIKit for a project, but would like to alter styles to the project’s needs. How can i copy the UIKit with all it’s styles to use it as a local library so that i can change the library as needed?(I am on the starter plan)

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tg1
17 hours ago
Jonas1
Jonas1New Participant
asked in Ask the Community
Place a orphan layer into a frame?

Framing QuestionSometimes, you might discover that a layer, which appears to be inside a frame, is actually outside of it—placed directly on the canvas. It just happens to share the same x and y coordinates as the frame. When you move the frame, some layers suddenly lose their positions because they weren’t part of the frame. This can be quite frustrating.Usually, when I encounter an orphan layer like this, I have to find it in the layer list and drag the item into the frame list item. Alternatively, I drag the layer outside the frame and then back again to its original position. This is also an annoying process.However, I’ve noticed that when I drag a layer that isn’t part of the frame, the frame underneath sometimes highlights with a blue line, suggesting there’s a way to add the layer to the frame directly.So, is there a shortcut or similar method to add a layer that is atop a frame to the frame easily?

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Jonas1
18 hours ago
betorales
betoralesNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Dropdown-card style and override - Doing anything wrong?

I created a component with two variants: State: Collapsed and State: Extended. Basically, the first one is when it’s not clicked, and the second one is when it is clicked. I changed the text in the second variant, but in presentation mode, the text doesn’t seem to update. In the prototype, I picked “change to” to switch from collapsed to extended and vice versa. I’ve attached a video to show the issue. This is the first time I’ve run into this little hiccup, so I think I might have forgotten something or overlooked a detail.Figma question

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betorales
18 hours ago
Kebsu
KebsuNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Is there a way to swap two nested instances of the same component at the same with one swap?

I’m working on a mod for a game. The file allows to swap inventory icons for ammunition and edit them to the user’s liking. Now, i’m new to Figma and this is all a trial and error kinda learning, so far i could do everything i wanted precisely how i wanted.I’ve hit a wall which is technically only a minor inconvenience: I have a component with “bullet tips”, each variant is just one bullet tip. I have another component which are whole “bullet cartridges”, and each variant has between 1 and 3 bullets in it. Each bullet (a separate group within a component) has a nested instance for bullet tip swap, so the “cartridges” component variants have 1-3 nested instances of “bullet tips”The cartridge is then nested in the final “ammo box” instance that has all of the nested components swaps listed.Now the problem i have is that the nested instance swap shows 1-3 bullet tip swaps based on the number of bullets of course. What i want to do, since they’re supposed to be the same, is to have ONE swa

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Avokadomos
20 hours ago
Eric Matheus
Eric MatheusNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Change Fixed Image while scrolling text

Hi guys! I'm trying to prototype this section, and i wanted to know if it's possible to change the image A, for an image B when it's aligned to the SECOND TEXT. I attached a gif so you guys can understand better what I mean.

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Avokadomos
22 hours ago
Chaunuk
ChaunukNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Режимы наложения не работают, если я включаю размытие слоя.

I want to apply a blend mode to a blurred object, but when I blur it, the blend mode disappears. There was no such thing in the old versions. I would be grateful if you could help me solve this problem.(Я хочу применить режим наложения к размытому объекту, но когда я его размываю, режим наложения исчезает. В старых версиях такого не было. Я был бы признателен, если бы вы помогли мне решить эту проблему.) 

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Chaunuk
1 day ago
FigmaScott
FigmaScott
asked in Ask the Community
Where has the Paragraph Spacing setting gone?

Found nothing regarding this in a Search, so asking here. The Help doc shows an icon to adjust Paragraph Spacing just below the Line Height icon. But in my settings panel this Paragraph Spacing icon/adjustment is not visible. Has it moved somewhere? Thanks.

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Nellya
1 day ago
Yulia_Sokolova
Yulia_Sokolova
asked in Ask the Community
Right Side Bar disappeared

My Right Side Panel Menu disappeared! HELP! Control+\ does not bring it back!.

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Milad001
1 day ago
JimmyB
JimmyB
asked in Ask the Community
Vertical Trim is nice, but without CSS support it's kind of useless. What am I missing?

I love the vertical trim option that just came out. But as of now it’s not supported by any browsers. So if you enable this feature the developer you hand off too will not be able to use vertical trimming, therefore your all the designs will be off due to the larger line heights that the vertical trim was subtracting. So while this is a great idea, if you can’t actually use it on the web yet, you’re just making more work for yourself and your developer. Am I missing something here?

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Leevi Graham
1 day ago
Veronika N.
Veronika N.New Member
asked in Ask the Community
How to change old design system to the new one

I have a file with a design system, and I want to preserve the properties of the components in Figma into new file and create new components in the design system with the same properties but with different tokens. Essentially, I need to detach the old components from the old design system into a new one. I need variants of the old components. May be we have some plugin? Or I can do it just in Figma?

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Veronika N.
1 day ago
waranya.chamrat
waranya.chamrat
asked in Ask the Community
I can't find the AI option in the tools bar

Hello I’m using a professional plan on Figma I’ve enabled the AI feature in the settings, but it doesn’t show up in the toolbar. Could this be a bug, or is there a way to make it appear?

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dvaliao
Figmate
1 day ago
Sean Pecknold
Sean PecknoldNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Drag and Drop Image Replace In A Figjam

I was wondering if there is any way to drag and drop and image from your desktop in a FigJam so it swaps the image out, rather than stacking on top. Any help is appreciated!

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Sean Pecknold
1 day ago
Olivia Riggs
Olivia RiggsNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Facebook Banner

Hey everyone,  I’m making a Facebook Group banner for a client. After using the Facebook banner frame, when I upload the banner it still appears blurry. I’ve tried exporting it as .png and .jpg, at 1x-4x, and changing the size of the frame while keeping the same aspect ratio (16:9).From the research I’ve done, the reason this is happening is because the aspect ratio or size of the actual exported image is incorrect.Has anybody been able to export a Facebook banner and get it to not appear blurry? Or will I have to use a different platform. (Example of what the banner looks like. It could be worse, but it’s still unprofessional and I’d like it to be fixed.)Thanks!

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Avokadomos
1 day ago
Lorem-Possum
Lorem-PossumNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
How to search only by drafts?

 How to filter search results by Drafts only? 

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dvaliao
Figmate
1 day ago
K
Kirill11
asked in Ask the Community
Missing local fonts bug

hi everybody. I’m trying to add fonts to the web version of Figma, install FigmaAgent, everything is fine. But fonts are not enabled in the panel, the message local fonts are currently not enabled. I tried to turn on WebGL - it didn’t help. My Mac is HighSierra 10.13.6. Chrome Browser

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dvaliao
Figmate
1 day ago
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