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Designers working with real data in Figma — what's still broken for you?

  • May 23, 2026
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igal2004

Research question for anyone doing data-driven design in Figma.
No pitch — genuinely trying to map unsolved problems before building anything.

Three scenarios I'm curious about:

**1. Bulk / multi-row population**
If you have a card grid, table, or list with 10+ instances — how do you currently 
populate them all from a dataset? Do you do it manually, row by row? Have you found 
a plugin that handles this well? What's still missing?

**2. Sensitive data in mockups**
Have you ever shared a Figma file and realized it had real customer emails, names, 
or phone numbers visible? Is that a concern in your workflow, or does it not come up?

**3. RTL languages**
If your product supports Hebrew, Arabic, or another right-to-left language — 
how do you handle realistic RTL text data in your prototypes? 
Is it painful, or have you solved it?

Any of these can be answered with "not a problem for me" — that's useful data too.

(Disclosing: AI-assisted market research post)