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Yulia
Yulia
May 11, 2021
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In prototype mode, the hover effect ("while hovering") sticks and does not disappear

  • May 11, 2021
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In prototype mode, the hover effect (“while hovering”) sticks and does not disappear after hovering over an element. As a result, when hovering over several objects, all hover effects remain on the screen. What is the bug? : worried:
Closing and reopening the prototype helps solve the problem.
But after some time, the bug may appear again.
It looks like some kind of memory problem, in general, prototypes and files take a long time to load and sometimes slow down. It’s very unpleasant to work. In Figma via macOS app

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    Joshua_Davis
    Joshua_Davis
    March 18, 2024

    Just ran into this issue. To see it’s been an issue for this long is disconcerting. Does anyone know if this goes away if you use the prototype for site creation?

    Uqualo
    Uqualo
    March 25, 2024

    Alright, then what is the “while hovering” option for?

    Jk, I get that many here just need their pt to work and these workarounds may get a good dose of appreciation. Kudos to those who provide them.
    Allow me to rant for those of us who just want things to work the way they’re supposed to, though.

      Uqualo
      Uqualo
      March 25, 2024

      thanks, this worked for me.

      Still quite annoying

        Thomas_Fischer
        Thomas_Fischer
        New Member
        March 28, 2024

        Years into this thread. Still hopelessly broken.

        At times, it seems to be related to nested components (which have always caused as many issues as they solve). However, even if you detach the parent level in nested components, they still seem to retain residual linkages that totally foul up the hover interaction.

          David_Garcia2
          April 10, 2024

          Same issue here!

          Until they fix it, the best workaround I’ve found is to close the prototype tab/window and open it again.

            Victor_Paredes
            Victor_Paredes
            June 7, 2024

            Same issue. It’s really rough.

              Leonardo_Falaschini
              Leonardo_Falaschini
              New Participant
              July 16, 2024

              Figma doesn’t seem to fix any of these bugs, nor update the variables panel. Nothing. It’s like they don’t care and they have to put AI instead of making the UI and the prototyping work properly. (Shrugs)

                kauheaa
                kauheaa
                New Participant
                July 25, 2024

                worked fine so far, now stuck all the time. really annoying and difficult to work with.

                djv
                Figmate
                djv
                Community Support
                July 25, 2024

                Hey All, thanks for flagging this and apologies for the lack of acknowledgement here!

                This topic was created 3 months before I joined Figma, and during that time, the forum was primarily run by the community.

                If none of the suggested workarounds above fix the issue for you, your best option would be filing a bug report with support directly, as mentioned by @Fernando_Lins.

                You can submit a bug report to our support team directly via the form here: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360001744374

                Please use your Figma account email, include a link to the file, and share edit access with support-share@figma.com, so the team can take a closer look at how you’ve set up your prototype.

                  Kolodziej_Ashley
                  Kolodziej_Ashley
                  Active Member
                  September 12, 2024

                  I am still experiencing this problem and have opened a support ticket with Figma as instructed above.

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