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Tal_Levin1
Tal_Levin1
February 9, 2023
Question

Find and replace text not working

Hi there,

I’ve got a large document in which I need to find and replace a particular phrase. However, when I go to use to use the find and replace feature, it says the text has been replaced without updating the text.

I have to double-click on the text frame again or select and hit return for it to update.

Is this a bug, or am I missing something obvious? Better hitting return, it reads the text as though it’s been updated even though it shows the previous text.

See screenshots below:

  1. Finds text to be replaced

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  2. “Replaces” text (note: Figma is not seeing the initial text input)

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  3. Updated after double-clicking into the box or hitting return

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    15 replies

    Jessica_Aceret
    Jessica_Aceret
    New Member
    February 9, 2023

    I’m having the same problem right now. I realized that the replace feature is only changing the name of the layer to match what you put into the “replace” field, but it doesn’t change the text in the UI itself. So that’s why it doesn’t show up again in your search results. Sounds like a bug to me.

      martingarnett01
      martingarnett01
      February 10, 2023

      Yep! Experiencing this issue too right now. Definitely a bug.

      Rene_A_Morales
      Rene_A_Morales
      February 10, 2023

      Same here. Thanks Adobe

        Andrew_O_Hara_Aidoo
        Andrew_O_Hara_Aidoo
        New Member
        February 11, 2023

        I have the same problem.

        Tal_Levin1
        Tal_Levin1Author
        February 13, 2023

        Any updates on this? Is there a way to get a Figma team member to look at this?

        Bittle_David_Dave_IPESD
        Bittle_David_Dave_IPESD
        February 13, 2023

        Same issue. Please fix this.

        Testing_Prototype
        February 13, 2023

        Same here.

        I need to update a prototype with 20 pages with a text that needs changing around 4 times repeated in a page - quite annoying to find out now that it’s not working and I need to manually go update all these texts.

        I find this weird because just few days a go find and replace worked fine. Was this after the Figma update that this started bugging…?

        Byron_Watson
        Byron_Watson
        February 14, 2023

        Has anyone from Figma replied?

        Byron_Watson
        Byron_Watson
        February 14, 2023

        So I just double-clicked on the text itself and it appears all texts have updated. Not sure if it’s a fix or not.

        bombadillo
        bombadillo
        February 15, 2023

        Having the same problem! So frustrating, as I have over 40 instances of this issue and will have to go through double clicking them all. Could be worse, I suppose. @Figma, this is a bug!

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