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i used to be able to just drag and drop a new design on top of the main component and it would change all instances, but now when i try to drag and drop a new design into the main component it just places it over top of the old design. its starting to frustrate me because i think i’ve tried everything… thanks in advance

Framing QuestionSometimes, you might discover that a layer, which appears to be inside a frame, is actually outside of it—placed directly on the canvas. It just happens to share the same x and y coordinates as the frame. When you move the frame, some layers suddenly lose their positions because they weren’t part of the frame. This can be quite frustrating.Usually, when I encounter an orphan layer like this, I have to find it in the layer list and drag the item into the frame list item. Alternatively, I drag the layer outside the frame and then back again to its original position. This is also an annoying process.However, I’ve noticed that when I drag a layer that isn’t part of the frame, the frame underneath sometimes highlights with a blue line, suggesting there’s a way to add the layer to the frame directly.So, is there a shortcut or similar method to add a layer that is atop a frame to the frame easily?

I created a component with two variants: State: Collapsed and State: Extended. Basically, the first one is when it’s not clicked, and the second one is when it is clicked. I changed the text in the second variant, but in presentation mode, the text doesn’t seem to update. In the prototype, I picked “change to” to switch from collapsed to extended and vice versa. I’ve attached a video to show the issue. This is the first time I’ve run into this little hiccup, so I think I might have forgotten something or overlooked a detail.Figma question

Hi guys! I'm trying to prototype this section, and i wanted to know if it's possible to change the image A, for an image B when it's aligned to the SECOND TEXT. I attached a gif so you guys can understand better what I mean.

Found nothing regarding this in a Search, so asking here. The Help doc shows an icon to adjust Paragraph Spacing just below the Line Height icon. But in my settings panel this Paragraph Spacing icon/adjustment is not visible. Has it moved somewhere? Thanks.

My Right Side Panel Menu disappeared! HELP! Control+\ does not bring it back!.

I have a file with a design system, and I want to preserve the properties of the components in Figma into new file and create new components in the design system with the same properties but with different tokens. Essentially, I need to detach the old components from the old design system into a new one. I need variants of the old components. May be we have some plugin? Or I can do it just in Figma?

Hello I’m using a professional plan on Figma I’ve enabled the AI feature in the settings, but it doesn’t show up in the toolbar. Could this be a bug, or is there a way to make it appear?

I was wondering if there is any way to drag and drop and image from your desktop in a FigJam so it swaps the image out, rather than stacking on top. Any help is appreciated!

 How to filter search results by Drafts only? 

Currently making a prototype for book reserving. Upon clicking check in, it’s supposed to toggle a variable checkActive to true. It’s supposed to look like this but instead it toggles the two other windows from some reason?  What’s the issue here when I have affixed the appropriate variables to each window’s visibility? 

In my design library, I’ve created a component a component with a light transparent image background, I want it to switch to a dark transparent image background if in dark mode - This seemed the only way to add transparency that didn’t apply to the child elements inside of the component. This usually works fine for most elements using local color variables in this design library… but I can’t make an image a variable.How have others solved this challenge? I don’t want to do this with interaction triggers, because this is a library element, and I don’t want to create a variant, because that defeats the purpose of having a mode. 

Figma flickers when loading or when switching between tabs or zooming. I couldn’t find how to fix the issue on the internet. I use the application on Windows. This is not visible in the screen recording. I have a video on my phoneaccounts.google.com

I am running into a bug only in the past 2 hours. Any instance of a component with variants that has text from a variable now won’t show the text. Is anyone else seeing this problem? I can re create this with a very simple 1 text component.

I designed a site design from Figma Desktop and then due to an app update, I couldn’t use the Desktop version anymore and had to use the browser version. This could be relevant to the problem. Now its time to build the site but I can’t export any images or text without changing the fonts to something else (which I would rather not). I select an image and shift command E or File/Export but nothing happens. 0 out 0 exported. Inconvenient because all my source files and text are handy within the FIgma file. For the fonts issue where I cannot extract text without installing the Font Agent.I have downloaded and installed “Figma Agent.app”, cleared cache and restarted browser and computer but still the same. If I click on my Account profile, then Settings, under Font’s it says: “Local fonts are currently not enabled. Install font service to enable local fonts” I am en experienced graphic designer but a Figma novice so maybe I am missing something. Seems broken though. Cheers, Waynos 

The need for custom shortcuts remains: Customizable shortcuts Share an idea They are customisable on Mac but not all shortcuts work. E.g. you can’t CMD + 1 for “Zoom to Fit”. Instead it switches to the first Figma tab. You can’t override it. In the meantime, I’ve been using the System Preferences of MacOS to create custom shortcuts: Those shortcuts have stopped working a while ago. This is important - it needs to be fixed.

As above, doesn’t seem to be a clear and obvious solution in the Figma UI

Hey everyone,I want to create a simple plugin: I have a frame called “Canvas” which contains all the elements that I use for a project.I have a frame called “Design System” which contains all elements that I designed. Every element in both frames are instances. The plugin should compare both frames for the names of the instances and hide all instances from the “Design System” frame that are not also used in the “Canvas” frame. Only the ones with the same names should stay. This is the code:  figma.showUI(`<p>Processing...</p>`, { visible: false });(async () => {    try {        // Ensure all pages are loaded        await figma.loadAllPagesAsync();        // Get references to the pages        const designSystemPage = figma.root.children.find(page => page.name === "Design System Page");        const canvasPage = figma.root.children.find(page => page.name === "Canvas Page");        if (!designSystemPage) {            throw new Error("Design System page not found."); 

Hello! I am fairly new to figma so bear with me.I understand the click and hover interactions by using variable elements, but I was wondering if I could use one component as a button to toggle visibility of a separate component within the same prototype?I have attached a screenshot of the mechanic I am looking to implement - a button within a set of images highlights their location on a map when clicked.I have had some success following other forum responses by using conditional statements to turn the attributes of the target map marker from true to false - visible to hidden, but I am not fully understanding the process so when a problem arises I am lost.I will also include some screenshots of the direction I have been heading in for reference.Any direct help would be great, or if anyone can point me to a good tutorial I would be very grateful. I need it step by step to understand everything.Thanks in anticipation! Concept view of button and target marker to show/hidelocal variable app

Hello,I need to automatically import multiple local images into FigJam. Each image should have a text field above it containing the image's filename. Is there an existing tool that can accomplish this?I've attached a screenshot showing what I've done manually as an example. Thanks in advance,Michele 

Right now we are a team of 3 people and we are working on a design system. The problem is that with the Professional Plan we can’t share the styles and components between us and for the moment upgrading to an Organization Plan wouldn’t be the best approach for us since we are only 3 people. Is it possible to have one single account (for example designteam@company.com) and the 3 of us to be logged in and use that account with a professional plan? In that way any style and component created inside that account could be available for use it.

1. As a upgraded user, how long can we access the version history of our files? Can I see all the history since the file was created? Or just 1 year or 2 years?2. How long can we keep the history records we keep manually in the file Is it permanent?

I’ve been trying to create HTML email with the help of Marka Email Generator in Figma. I host the images on Figma itself. When I export the project as an HTML file and run it in a browser, I don’t get to see the images I’ve added. Instead I get to see broken images along with the alt text that I’ve added to each of these images.Until a few days before, the plugin was working fine. But now I don’t understand how do I fix the problem that is occurring.Seeking help to solve the issue.

I have an extremely simple prototyping example that takes forever to click through when using variables to manage select/unselect state for a layer.

I am a Webflow developer and have used Figma pretty consistently for 2 years. However, I am by no means a Figma expert. I’m pretty green.BUT… I’ve found it very challenging / annoying for a while now how painful it is to select a layer/group/frame, find the right one, etc. The most troubling is that when I am in dev mode, MOST of the time when I click on an element in the canvas …. then the Layers Panel on the left does not move at all to correspond with where I am on the canvas. How can this be? It just wastes a lot of time.If I EXIT dev mode, then the Layers Panel on the left moves correspondingly & immediately when I click elements on the canvas. This is expected behavior and Dev Mode should do the same.As a developer, I find Figma to be pretty frustrating at times UX-wise. Do other devs agree?