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Hello guys, I’m trying to activate the Figma Education plan but I’m stuck:  Attempting to verify shows “Verification Limit Exceeded.” I reached out to SheerID, and they responded they were unable to process my request and that the ticket is permanently closed. So I can’t retry from their side.  I also tried to email Figma education team but still got no response at this point.  Thank you so much   

I’m noticing that some but not all videos in one of my prototypes flash black before playing, but only in Figma iOS app, not Figma desktop or web. Is this a known issue and any recommendations on how to fix it?

 Hello everyone Since the update for the Figma site came out, I've been wondering how to run a carousel, whether based on an image or text. The Figma site doesn't support on drag. What solutions have you been providing for this? I have prototyped many complex carousels where each slide change causes radical changes to the page, something that excites me a lot when browsing, now how do I bring this to the Figma website?  

 Hi everyone, I try to attach the number with number variable as I want to make a functional counter. I already do the variable as in the picture below, but when attaching the number with variable, there are no variable detect(Pic 1). So, I need to type the variable. After type it in search box, the variable appear(Pic 2). Which my question is it normal? Because on my first attempted it the variable option was available and the process went smoothly ok. The prototype mode on + and - went smoothly (Pic 3). But when I try to test the prototype, only + and - are functional. “1” are not functional  

I have a design library with multiple color variable. I’ve published all colors for our local team to use in their design files and for the longest time, all color variables were available for use inside these design files. But recently (past month or so) some colors are not appearing inside the design files. As in, they do not make themselves present during a Fill, Stroke, nor Text color selection effort. I also noticed I’m unable to nudge these variable (change color, name, etc) in order to trip the library into including them for publishing. It’s as if they don’t exist—even though they do in the library. Column 1 Column 2 Name Primary-050 E6E9F5 Primary-100 C1C9E7 Primary-200 98A6D6 Primary-300 6E84C6 Primary-400 4C69BB Primary-500 244FAF Primary-600 1D47A6 Primary-700 103E9A Primary-800 00358E Primary-900 002379 Specifically, variables “Primary-050” through “Primary-300” are being ghosted (ignored) by Figma publishing. While “Primary-400” through “Pr

Hi,I was trying to use variables to change the hover color of a button, but the problem is I can select the color of the base button using the tokens, the change to field only allows for hex colors; I can’t point to the hover token.It works for a single mode, light or dark, because I can just put the hover hex color, but that’s not great when using light and dark.  

Hello everyone, what cool plugins can you recommend for creating mockups? I would appreciate the advice.  

Hey everyone,I’m really surprised this issue still exists after all these years. We’re paying for Figma and using it professionally, but the problem has been there for almost 2 years now!Whenever I change the color of a swapped instance in the main component, the color doesn’t update in the other instances.For example, when I swap an icon instance inside a component, it doesn’t inherit the color of the original icon that was in the main component — I have to manually change each color one by one, which is really time-consuming.I’ve uploaded my Figma file so you can take a look and see what I mean.Please fix this — it’s been a long time and it really affects our workflow.Thank you.

I am getting a message that says “Library assets may need to be republished for modename mode to show.” There is also a little icon next to the mode name in all of my files when selecting a palette mode. We use a single design system file that has all of our variables and the other palettes don’t seem to have the same problem. The error message is not very helpful and I have cleaned up all of the files and resolved everything I can find but this message never goes away. Can anyone help me understand what is going on? I have included a couple of images as an example of what I am seeing.

So I just updated my Figma recently. Now I can’t seem to find the auto align feature of an auto aligned element, for example, this text has auto-layout enabled but I need to manually tweak the padding of the frame in order for the text to be aligned fix to the left. Does anybody here encountered the same situation? I appreciate your feedback. Thanks

I have design Landing page for my website and design with some image and I had apply blend modes on image after that I try to export all the Image design element in separately for developer it come out with darker on image. Any way to solve it?  Set up SettingExport result below:Export result 

Hey everyone!Our team has built a multi-brand design system that supports three different brand themes, each with both light and dark modes.All our icons are created as unions. This helps preserve the color override when an icon is swapped inside a component. For example: all icons use the “icon” color variable by default, but within a success inline message component, the icon is overridden with the “icon-success” color variable (green), as the icon should always be green in that context. Swapping, say, a checkmark icon with “icon-success” applied for a shield icon retains the correct “icon-success” variable. So far, so good.However, when we re-theme the inline message component from Brand 1 to Brand 2, the icon switches to a different brand-specific variant from the icon component set. Here’s where things break: in component instances, the color override (“icon-success”) is lost during this brand switch, and the icon falls back to the default “icon” color variable — which in our case

Since Figma Make became publicly available, I’ve noticed a significant drop in performance and overall intelligence. I’m not sure if it’s a coincidence, but I no longer see the “Claude Sonnet 4” label next to the prompt area. Everything I try now leads to poor results. Just yesterday, during the beta phase, the AI was much more capable and consistently delivered great outcomes. Today, I’m stuck for hours on simple tasks that were handled effortlessly before.Anyone noticing the same?

Hello dear Community, As we’re continuously working with clients, our team was really fond of the setting “can view prototypes only”: sometimes we would invite specific people to view a prototype, other times we would allow anyone with the link and password to view the prototypes. This allowed us to be sure not to share the actual design file with the client (sometimes because they wouldn’t need it, or because we would prepare a specific file for the client). Here is a screenshot I found online for reference: We recently figured out that Figma updated the Share modal: So, the text in the bubble seemed clear, but then the settings texts just got me a bit confused, I guess it’s because they use similar wording which might seem contradicting at a first glance (keep in mind my team and I are not native English speakers): Furthermore, we got quite overwhelmed as we’re working with files which are 2+ years old and those are shared with clients, therefore we wanted to check if any settings

Hi,How can I make this word cloud effect with editable text and colors? This one is made with AI and the text is not always correct needs editing.Thanks!

I was testing figma code connect with mcp and Cursor and unfortunately found that i cannot refine component that is already connected - because “suggested code” is not returns, it only contains my connected infoI tried to run ‘figma connect unpubish --node’, command returns :Unpublishing Code Connect files from Figma...Successfully deleted:--- (React)--- (storybook)* my code is vueBut then mcp again returns my code connect snippet instead of real “react code” as it was before connection

Hello fellow Figma friends,For the life of me, I can’t understand why I can’t see the MCP setting under Preferences. I can’t see it in Dev Mode or Design mode. Thanks in advance :)  

Hello allI could do with some help on a fixed scroll animation.I have a small graphic with a round, yellow circle that simply pulses every 5-10 seconds. It’s made with 6 small frames, and converted to a component set. I’ve added it to my prototype, and have set the scroll behaviour to Fixed (Stay in place). But when I scroll, the graphic flickers. Can anyone shed any light on why this might be happening? It’s as if the first frame in the animation works with the Fixed Scroll behaviour, but frames 2-6 will not, causing a flicker effect. I’ve added a link to the prototype, hopefully you can view it?Kind regards  https://www.figma.com/proto/MYdBxT7JlncQzRVmSCGBsa/Desktop-v1?page-id=17624%3A1542&node-id=17624-1560&viewport=8925%2C-176%2C1.02&t=hwhcSWqpLL7bxcG2-1&scaling=scale-down&content-scaling=fixed&starting-point-node-id=17624%3A1560   

Since it’s now possible to upload WOFF files to a Figma Sites project, i wanted to ask if you can also embed Adobe fonts? This would be such an essential feature for any brand work. 

I’m working on some mobile app mockups with very few frames in the prototype trying to test a few gestures. When I load it onto my phone using the mobile app it runs very poorly. I thought it might be image sizes so I compressed them by exporting them at the right size and still terrible performance. Then I removed the images entirely and just used vector shapes, still awful. I am running it on a Pixel 7 Pro with the app updated. I have deleted and redownloaded the app and used new files with just simple frames. Nothing seems to make the Figma app work well. Is there a better way to test mobile gestures on a device with touch? PS. I saw other topics like this one Here that is very similar to my issues from a year ago with no solutions.

Is there a way I can convert my Figma Make design to Figma design?  

Hello, I have built a Figma Make Project which is working beautifully. I have following questions about the same: How can I duplicate the project? I can see the option to download the Figma Make file but how can I use it to duplicate the project? Even the code can be downloaded but how to use the downloaded zip file again to create another similar project? Will the code be stable and scalable? Should I just treat it as MVP or I can rely on it to build a scalable business. I am not a coder, therefore, I want to know how much I can rely on Figma Make only.  Can you provide a feature to directly create Github repo from Figma Make project. Many other platforms like Replit provide it.  

Hello Community,I need advice on how to manage time handling with variables currently attached to text styles.In my design process, I created a single variable for letter spacing and applied it across both header and text styles. However, for another project, I need to treat them separately. The challenge is quickly assigning a new variable to the default text styles (especially for bulk edits) without having to click through each text style one by one.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!Many thanks in advance. 

I’m unable to publish changes to my library. I keep getting a message to reload the page to publish. After reloading, there’s a record that a component was indeed published; but there’s no updates available or any changes on the Figma files where I’m using this library. Any idea what I’m missing or is there an issue?

Hi. I’m having some issues with auto layout and map scrolling.I’ve created a map and a bottom nav bar, got it to scroll correctly, and using auto layout to make it responsive (the map and nav bar resizes and displays correctly).The problem is that the HUD (map zoom etc.) layer wont resize with the the screen.To make it stay on top of the map, I’ve set it to fixed position, and therefore the auto layout don’t work. I’m a complete newbie with Figma, but i know this is possible to achieve, I just don’t know how.Attached a screenshot of the Layer view, and two screens showing the issue.Appreciate any help.