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I’m trying to set up an alert that shows up like an overlay, kind of how it would in a regular Figma prototype, but in Figma Sites. Since Sites doesn’t support overlays, I can get something similar working using a reveal interaction.The tricky part is that I only want the alert to appear when someone gets to this page from a specific button or page, not when they land here directly or from somewhere else. In Figma Design, I could do this by giving the button two interactions (navigate → then open overlay).I can get it to work by creating two versions of the same page, one with the alert and one without, but that’s not ideal because I’d have to keep both versions updated every time I make changes.I also tried to get this working through a code layer, but no matter what I do, it doesn’t seem to work. I don’t think the code layer has a way of knowing where the user came from.Any better way to handle this? 

Why I don't have figma AI tool after one year? how should I get it?

It’s is showing black screen without any error message. I tried to uninstall and clear all the files in file manager and reinstalled it again but still it's not opening I tried All the method listed below : 1. Clear Figma cache2. Run Figma with disabled GPU acceleration3. Update your graphics drivers4. Reset/Reinstall with full cleanup Please Help me in this !!! 

Whenever I set a frame either min or max width, ‘left and right’ constraint is disabled. Is this a bug? Or is there’s any reason?

With the official roll out and credit limits, is the limit per seat or total for the plan? 

Why after delay animations like, slide in, slide out, move in, move out & push are not working inside the components?? 

My little Figpal Disappeared. Tried to log out and log back in but still haven’t found it.

Hey, I’ve ran into a weird problem and want to see if anyone else has this problem or a solution.Right now my team is working on updating our UI library and organizing our main components into frames to display them clearly (similar to how Material Design type kits lay them out). The way we have our components set up is we apply an auto layout to the frame that’s created once you add a variant to a component.Since we’re wanting to clean up the display of the components, we’re trying to get the variables a neater layout and have tried using the grid layout as they allow you to place the variables next to one another & give you blank spaces that you cant get with an auto layout that just has a wrap.As I’ve been moving things into grids, I noticed that all of the interactions applied to the variants have been completely deleted and I’m not sure why. I know grids are still in beta so it could be a bug, but I want to double check just to make sure it’s not me doing something wrong so I

Hello. I am just learning Figma. How can you bring something to the top that is under another object.Thanks!

 I’m trying to create an absolutely placed footer that contains a form.  It can expand to 1000 and then should be centered if the screen size is greater than that.  If the screen is less than 1000 then it should shrink to a minimum of 300.  The container seen in white has auto layout applied.How do I prevent the blue box from breaking out of the layout?  

I have some buttons that have a hover effect and in the prototype there is slight movement of the content. I checked the position of the content to be the same in both instances (default and hovered) in regards to the margins and in between items I applied a “while hovering” interaction with instant animation This also seems to happen in between separate screens of a prototype for text in a header component that doesn’t have animation applied or any other interaction. Anyone has any idea?

I have a product with core components that are used across multiple clients. In each client, the component is "dressed" with the client's colors and fonts. I'd like to keep the core component connected to the library, but when used in the client file, the client's colors and fonts are applied.I tried to do this using variable modes. I created a library for the client with the color and font variables, but I can't get it to work in the client's Figma component.Is there a way to make this work? Or another way to apply the client's colors and fonts to the component?

Hi,I have 2 full seats. One billed per year, the other one monthly. I would love to change the monthly billing to yearly, but I am obviously not able to do that. Any idea? Thank you so muchBest, Kurt

Hi! A previous team member was the owner of the Figma file and was receiving email notifications from Figma normally (view request from external people). Before he left the company, I assigned myself the owner of the file.I was expecting to receive the notification emails of view requests since I got the ownership of the file. But nothing happened.My problem is: with the recent Figma upgrade, the view request panel in Figma doesn’t show the emails of the people who want to view the file (before the upgrade it did). I need that information for security reasons (that could be solved with the email notification).I already tried to adjust Figma preferences in order to receive the email notifications, but it didn’t help.Any clues?Thanks! 

Hi everyone,I recently came across the term Snapchat BSF list planets and I’m a bit confused about what it actually means. From what I understand, it seems related to how Snapchat ranks or categorizes friends, maybe like a scoring or popularity system, but I’m not entirely sure.I’ve heard that the bsf list planets play a role in this, but I don’t know exactly how it works or what criteria are used. How is a planet assigned to someone, and does it affect who sees your stories or your Snap score?Any clarification or personal experiences would be super helpful.

Hi. I have a question, is it my error or is it more of a rendering of the image when prototyping? I have a project, I divided the website sections into individual frames. I then “wrapped” these frames into one large frame. They are aligned perfectly every single pixel. Unfortunately, in the prototypes view I occasionally get such a thin gray line between the frames as below in the screenshot. How to deal with this?

Can you realistically and honestly building a working and stable website on Figma Make or is just for prototyping? I am not a developer but i managed to build about three sites on Figma Make, published them and is now live but i do not have the comfort of knowing that the sites will remain stable

Hello,I have a question about the Figma Professional plan. If I purchase this plan for one month and then decide to cancel it afterward, will I lose access to the projects I created during the Professional plan period?Thank you for your help.

Normally the library files show a little icon in the lower left of the tile thumbnail image that looks like an open book. One of my files is showing a new symbol I’ve never seen before and I don’t know what it means. Anyone know?Symbol I haven’t seen before. 

I’m facing a strange issue in Figma. Some elements in my project are completely invisible on the canvas—they don’t show up while I’m designing, and even though they are clearly listed in the layers panel. However, when I switch to Prototype mode, those same elements suddenly appear as expected. I’ve tried checking layer visibility, groups, and constraints, but nothing seems to fix it. Has anyone experienced this problem before or know a solution?  

All the semantic variables are just hex values the reference colors (primitive palette) are stored in STYLES instead of variables The semantic roles are doubled both in the vairables and the styles the components themselves consume the styles instead of the variables The option to generate the color table is not a checkbox like the documentation claims. its just a link to the plugin page? I just want a simple monochrome app with one accent color for my CTA. VERY standard stuff. I don’t want this weird multicolor rainbow library that gives me PINK cards. What is going on???…. It’s a literal nightmare. I can’t see how to use or customise it systematically, or why any of these decisions were made. Is there anybody here who has successfuly used it and actually understands how it works??

Hi, Figma Team! When prototyping in Figma, how do you usually handle transitions between mobile and tablet screens? Any tips?

I encountered this problem with gradient in editor and in preview.What is causing this? Top - What I see in editorBottom - What I see in previewGradient settings colorGradient settings in frame  

I’ve recently created a new color token library as part of our Design System, which has now replaced the old one. However, I’m running into some issues with older files.These files still contain references to the old library (which has been unpublished) alongside the new one. As a result, some components don’t work as intended, even though they’ve been updated to use the new library.When I pull in brand-new components, everything works fine. The problem only appears with components that were originally linked to the old library, it seems like there’s some sort of conflict going on.Since we’re talking about hundreds of existing components in the olf files, replacing them all with new ones isn’t really an option.Is there any advice or best practice for resolving this kind of conflict without having to manually replace every component?

Considering that document.execCommand is deprecated, what would the best way to write to the system clipboard within a custom plugin? Right now, it’s a bit hacky where one can create a temporary HTML UI, set elements like textarea with the intended value to copy, then use document.execCommand. That will likely not be supported in the future, so ideally there’d be a nice and secure way to work with the system clipboard through a Figma API.