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Ahmed10
Ahmed10
asked in Ask the Community
Have an issue with Components, instances, and variances

I have an issue with creating a component, especially since I am new to Figma. I have a component with three variances and have prototyped them to switch in between each other with a click. When I create a copy/instance of the component, I am looking to switch the pictures to make the instances unique. However, when I click presentation, it seems only the first image changes and not the other variances. If you could help me with my issue, it would mean a ton to me. I’ve looked through the forums and can’t find any solutions to my situation and thought I’d try my luck here.

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Luke-Itineris
3 months ago
Rafa4
Rafa4
asked in Ask the Community
I can no longer alt+drag elements outside of frames/groups/component sets. Bug?

I used to be able to quickly alt+drag elements outside of frames/groups/component sets, but that’s no longer possible since a few weeks ago. Even I ctrl+C and ctrl+V far away from the frame on the canvas, with the frame deselected, the pasted element still appears within the frame it’s originating from. Sometimes I need to export as files objects in a component set. Due to what seems like another bug (each time I try to export from a component set a selection of items it will only export one single item). When I try to alt+drag elements out of it or copy paste them away, they will appear in that frame still. So I have to drag them out of it manually. This also creates significant problems when all I want to do is create an instance as it forcingly creates a new master, which then I need to pull out of the frame, make another copy of it that’s actually an instance, that I then need to Detach. Is there any fix for this. Maybe a setting that’s on by default. I’m on W11, I have yet to rece

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Figmate
3 months ago
Talya1
Talya1
asked in Ask the Community
I need help with the navigation panel

Hello everyone, I need help! I used the new UI (in beta), and I really liked it, but after I used the shortcut for “minimize UI”, the navigation panel began to look different, please help me, how do I get back to the previous appearance? below I will attach a screenshot of how it looks now

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Nellya
3 months ago
Allegra_Gurfein
Allegra_Gurfein
asked in Ask the Community
Locate and delete lingering used variables

My file has “used variables” which no longer exist lingering around somewhere. No idea what assets could possibly still have these old/deleted variables still connected to them. I have tried the detach deleted variables command already but no luck. Is there any way to locate where these variables are being used without going through each layer one by one? Is this just a bug?

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y_toku
Figmate
3 months ago
Simon36
Simon36
asked in Ask the Community
Invalid image or thumbnail removed

Hi, in the last day or two I’ve noticed that some of my images have disappeared from my designs. All images are PNGs and when i try to reupload them I get the “Invalid image or thumbnail is removed” message. Now I would be OK with this if it happened to every PNG as then it may be a location issue but some of the same PNGs are showing in other frames? There doesn’t seem to any logic to it, some of them are showing, some of them are not and it wont let me reupload the PNG?! Any ideas?

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y_toku
Figmate
3 months ago
Lenora_Porter
Lenora_Porter
asked in Ask the Community
Individual vector fill displaying incorrect color in dark mode

I’m filling individual parts of the vector with different colors depending on the mode. When I switch to dark mode, the outer border of the vector continues to show the color of light mode. Do you know if I implemented this wrong?

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L
3 months ago
easyHotel_Online_Platform
easyHotel_Online_Platform
asked in Ask the Community
Slide deck presentation stuck on mobile view

Hi everyone, I am having difficultt presenting using Figma’s slide deck. When I enter presentation mode it is showing in mobile (iPhone X) and I cannot see where to change the view. I am aware of changing the device view under prototype in design files however, this isn’t available when working in slide deck. Anyone have any idea where you change the view in slide deck? Thanks!

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y_toku
Figmate
3 months ago
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Caroline_Allen
asked in Ask the Community
Components appear duplicated in asset library

After organizing my icon components I noticed some of the categories had duplications and I’m not sure why or how to delete them (pictured below with beginning of duplication selected). The only difference that I can see between the repeated components is that one has clip content selected and the other does not. Has anyone else run into this problem or know how to fix it?

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Figmate
3 months ago
Vincent_Huss
Vincent_Huss
asked in Ask the Community
counterAxisSpacing and "auto" value

Hi ! in the counterAxisSpacing property, documented here :figma.com I see no reference to auto, which is something that can be set in Figma and has an effect similar to justify-content: space-between in css/flex Am i missing something, or is it not implemented in the API? Thanks

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Vincent_Huss
3 months ago
Nova4
Nova4
asked in Ask the Community
Faced problem when accessing dev mood

I have verified education plan, but can’t access dev mood.

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J
Figmate
3 months ago
Berkay_Sutlu
Berkay_Sutlu
asked in Ask the Community
My account didn't activate

Hello. I just bought Professional team (monthly) subscription to Figma. But I can’t use my dev Mode. I need help

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J
Figmate
3 months ago
Wa_Gao
Wa_Gao
asked in Ask the Community
Does anyone encounter this issue, when you scale down a text, which will push out your text outside of the text box?

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y_toku
Figmate
3 months ago
Sophie26
Sophie26
asked in Ask the Community
Font weight bug

Whenever I use font with weight “SemiBold”, I am not able to use a text variable that equals “SemiBold” as “Display SemiBold” is used instead. Even when I remove the variable there is a bug that won’t let me select “SemiBold”, as it always selects Display

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y_toku
Figmate
3 months ago
flo_che
flo_che
asked in Ask the Community
Theme switch with variables

Hello, here is my problem: I have 2 themes (A and B) for a button with icon and label text. Depending on the chosen theme, the button automatically displays the A or B icon variant by using variables. It works very well, except that if I apply an override color on the icon of theme A, this color resets if I apply theme B. I would like this color to be preserved when I change themes. Anyone have a solution for this? Figma link here

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Dan_Flynn
3 months ago
Alex125
Alex125
asked in Ask the Community
Deep link into Figma Plugin

Hello, Is there a possibility to deep link into a Figma plugin? ie. have a URL like this www.myfigmaplugin.com/colour=ff0000 and have it open myfigmaplugin in Figma with #ff0000 selected as the default colour? I’m not too fussed about the actual format of the URL, opposed to actually implement something like that.

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Alex125
3 months ago
Roland_Tiangco
Roland_Tiangco
asked in Ask the Community
Is there a way to convert a Slides file to a Figma Design file?

I created a slide deck in Figma but would like to convert it into a regular Figma Design file (.fig). How can I do this without copy/pasting every slide individually?

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M
3 months ago
Ms_Sarlanis
Ms_Sarlanis
asked in Ask the Community
Educator account

I applied for an educator account, it said I was verified, but still has me on a free account. This is not conducive to my class. I even used my school email and again, got the verification approval. And what is with Figma not offering help/contact for issues like this stating, post it in the forum? Is this not a school friendly product? Is their support subpar? Should I be looking at another product?

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ksn
Figmate
3 months ago
Seth8
Seth8
asked in Ask the Community
Re: Prototypes — Why are sticky elements and auto-layout at odds with each other?

It’s maddening that Auto-Layout and sticky headers are at odds with each other. Auto-Layout puts the layer that visually appears at the top of a frame behind the others in the layering order, such that setting that object to be sticky makes it get covered by the other layers as they scroll past it. Forcing you to create an entirely separate design with auto-layout disabled and the layer ordering completely inverted. This seems like a massive error.

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Seth8
3 months ago
Alan_Mills1
Alan_Mills1
asked in Ask the Community
Component updates that don't really update

I see the availability to update the instances of my components (via jewel on the libraries icon button). When I press the update all button. The app tells me everything is updated. Yet, the jewel persists. When trying to update the component instance with another, I get an error (pictured) How does the community deal with the instances that don’t update? I’ve tried the old reboot approach.

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Alan_Mills1
3 months ago
Austin12
Austin12
asked in Ask the Community
Menu Button Interaction

Hey everyone, pretty new to Figma and I can’t seem to figure this out. I’m trying to create a menu sidebar that slides over when I press my menu button. I have my button and sidebar in a component and I can get the sidebar to appear when I press the menu button using changeTo. The problem I’m having is that no matter how I arrange the sidebar in the component box, when I run my prototype, the sidebar appears right where the button is in my frame. Is there a way to set where the sidebar will appear using changeTo? Thanks!

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Luke-Itineris
3 months ago
Philipp_Pistecky
Philipp_Pistecky
asked in Ask the Community
Absolute positioned element within auto layout with constraints doesnt move on scaling

I have a component with a background icon. That component needs to be able to scale and the icon should stay in the lower right corner: This is the component tree And this the setting of the Background Icon When I scale the original component it looks right But when I insert the component and scale it looks like this

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Luke-Itineris
3 months ago
Prajwal_Sharma
Prajwal_Sharma
asked in Ask the Community
How to navigate to next page after a delay of 3 seconds after clicking trigger

I have two pages P1 and P2. I want to create a prototype such that when I click on a button present on P1, after a delay of 3 seconds it navigates to P2 instantly?

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Prajwal_Sharma
3 months ago
Sara_Kashefipour1
Sara_Kashefipour1
asked in Ask the Community
recheck conditions in prototype

Hi guys I’m prototyping a filtering flow that allows users to filter a list of customers based on their tags. I’ve connected the visibility of each customer row to the activation of their related tags, and selected tags are displayed with chips. My goal is that when I click the “x” on a chip, the corresponding tag filter is disabled, and the rows associated with that tag get hidden. I’ve managed to prototype all the steps except for the part where the corresponding rows are hidden. the only solution that i have come up with has been to somehow leave and come back to the page so that the visibility conditions are checked again, but it will harm the flow do you guys have any suggestions about what I can do? thanks 🙂

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Sara_Kashefipour1
3 months ago
tara_singh1
tara_singh1
asked in Ask the Community
Unable to smart animate a draggable slider with tab

Hello everyone, I’m working on a draggable slider combined with tabs, and while the dragging functionality and tab-switching are both working fine, I’m facing an issue with smart animation. The problem arises when I switch tabs — for instance, when moving from “Tab 2” to “Tab 3,” the slider doesn’t animate smoothly with the transition. The motion effect is missing when using the tabs. Could anyone guide me on how to fix this and get the transitions working smoothly? [https://www.figma.com/design/ZwxNnfOG4sv39hHK6BVeVJ/image-carousel-using-variable?node-id=3-73&t=wPQoqyjbceUyAsUX-1]

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tara_singh1
3 months ago
Travis2
Travis2New Member
asked in Ask the Community
An interactive component inside another interactive component - can we not do this?

For company reasons I can’t link to a file, so I’ll try my best to describe what I’m wanting to do: picture a beachball rolling across the ground. The first part of this animation is the ball repeatedly spinning 360 degrees. The second animation is that spinning ball moving from one side of the screen to the other. So here’s how I did it, and I’d love if someone can tell me where I went wrong: the spinning part is an interactive component, on “after delay” (so no trigger, it starts on its own), and it repeats. In preview this component does exactly what I want: it spins. Next, I take an instance of that spinning component and put it in another interactive component: variant 1 has the spinner instance on the left, variant 2 has the spinner instance on the right, and I smart animate between them, so that the instance moves from left to right, and back again, repeatedly. And technically it does this! But here’s what happens: it moves from left to right (and back again in a loop), but ther

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Travis2
3 months ago
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