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Hi! I’ve been using text variables to help map each text field to a specific string ID for localization - but when I select a text variable in a component with a text property, inspecting that text field won’t show the variable in dev mode. My current workaround is to detach all components with a text property, but I was wondering if anyone had better solutions. Thanks!

To begin with, I want to clarify, that I love Figma, it is literally the tool for web designers… sorry for the other aps, but Figma is, by its philosophy and its disposition, it is like that… so we have to collaborate to improve it as much as possible. The work that you team have done… pufff… is BRUTAL, you have really created something beautiful. Reflection: Well, as designers, or programmers we like Figma❤️…we really love it… It’s a beautiful tool. Why else would we spend time learning it and come to want more sophisticated and efficient workflows to be developed? This only happens when you have exhausted all the known methods that the program itself offers you to do what you can do… What I mean by this? In summary: the main question is clearly in the title of this topic… But really… Why is it taking so long? Is there anything we as developer

Hi, I finally figured out conditional prototyping and this is a game changer to me.Now I can use component with only one variant, but conditionally prototyped.(If you need some example: it’s a check box, and when check an additional input field “Please, specify” appears)… By default, my variable is false (unselected checkmark) and the input is hidden.This is great for prototype and usability testing using the prototype, However, I have concerns about how my PM will comment my designs and also how developers will discover that?Do I still need to create another variant to show checked view? How do you solve this? 

I’m working on a project in Figma and would like to align my elements using smart guides with percentages as the units. Currently, they display in pixels, but I need them to be in percentages to create a responsive design. Can someone guide me on how to change the units of smart guides to percentages in Figma? Your help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi I want this component to be opened in the blue arrow direction but no matter what I do, it will open in the red line. When I click on the chat button, it should go up right, not down left.

Hello,I am writing to you as a loyal and professional Figma user for several years. I would like to express my interest in the new UI3 and Figma AI features that you recently introduced.I'm a designer who uses Figma on a daily basis to create designs, logos, website models, branding and many other creative projects. I'm also registered with Figma Pro through my school, which allows me to take full advantage of your platform's features.Having followed Figma announcements and updates closely, I quickly expressed my interest in Figma AI by activating it in my account settings as soon as possible. However, despite using Figma intensively for several hours each day, I still haven't had access to this feature.I understand that Figma AI is being rolled out gradually and randomly, and that some people have been lucky enough to get it before me. Nevertheless, I've been looking forward to using Figma AI for several months now, and I'm convinced that this feature wo

I just purchased a professional subscription today, but I cannot find any AI features on my interface, How can I fix this? do I need. to enable them or do sth about it?

Can you do it with gradient perhaps? This far haven’t figured it out yet.

Hello, I’m working on a UX analysis work that will contain a lot of screenshots from different competitor websites. Which type of file will be more suitable for that - Figma or Figjam? Thank you  

Seems like Figma on browser does not identify that I have the desktop app installed.

I alternately work on my laptop and my desktop computer. I worked with Figma on my laptop computer, and the ‘Inspect’ panel was showing. Now I installed Figma on my laptop computer, and I can access the project I was working on, but the ‘Inspect’ panel doesn’t show. I can use the ‘View’ menu to show both the ‘Design’ and the ‘Prototype’ panel, but not the ‘Inspect’ panel. What’s wrong?

How to download background image only, ignore/hide other components

Not sure if I’m going crazy or missing something completely basic but I have a component which contains several nested component instances for . The expandable nav is simple enough with 2 states of OPEN and CLOSED and I have several of these inside a auto-layout frame, which allows each nav to be expanded or collapsed. The interaction works fine until I convert the into a component, then the nested interactions no longer work! Here is an example file containing an instance of the component which do NOT work and a detached instance which works perfectly! Figma – 8 Oct 24 Any ideas welcomed!

Is it possible use two different UI kits on one project?I am trying to use the Fluent UI kit and the SharePoint UI kit at the same time to create a project

Hi, I’m totally a new user of Figma. And now I’m studying an auto layout toping. And watching video I found out that there is a resizing botton on the screen in this video, but I don’t have it (my laptop have windows system).

I’ve uploaded a font to Figma organization (Admin > Resources > Fonts) which is an updated version of an existing font we have.The font shares the same name as the existing font, however Figma does not give the option to ‘replace’ when uploading and still shows the previous version in the font list.I’ve tried clearing my cache and restarting and don’t want to remove the existing font as it’s used everywhere. Any advice on steps to take? Thanks

 I’m trying to find ‘frame’ to use ‘Fixed’ feature.Where can i find this panel?   

I have files in a defunct company account that I want to completely move to a different Pro team account. Can I move/copy those files? If yes, please point me to the right help pages.

 I created a component. Currently, the transition for "show less" is instant, and "expand" uses a smart animation. I was hoping to have the page move out more smoothly. Is this possible in Figma? Why does everything reload to the top of the page when I see the screen in prototype?  

I’m seeing some unexpected behavior with an OAuth token and it’s requests. I’ve a Token fetch setup that works as expected. But after having recived said token and go to make API requests with it, none of them return with good data. They all return with an error of 430: invalid token. Below is a snippet of my user `/me` request. It returns a a 403 with a fresh tokenconst fetchUserData = async (token: string) => { fetch(`https://api.figma.com/v1/me`, { headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`, } }) .then(response => response.json()) .then(response => { if (response.status === 403) console.log(`${response.status}: ${response.err}`) else { console.log(`Logged into Figma as ${response.handle}`); setUserData(response); } }) .catch((error) => { throw

In a few words, I have my text styles set up in a library file which I after imported into my child project file. However, I would like to change the line height of the specific text style instance that I’m editing. Is it possible to do that without detaching the component?(I know that it is possible to override things like alignment, decorations, etc, but I don’t see how I would do that for the font family, font size, line height, letter spacing, etc)Given I changed the line height property in the library project, all instances of that property would be updated, except for the specific instance where I manually overrode the line height.Thanks in advance.

This may be an embarrassing question to ask, but hey how do you actually make each intersection point a vertex without manually adding them using the pen tool? I’ve tried union → flatten, but then it creates 4 vertices there(packed together) instead of 1 since a union turns paths into surface areas.

Hello! I’ve already reached out to Support for this and submitted a ticket, but I wanted to post this here as well. Files from the past three (3) months have disappeared from my Figma account, many of which I regularly open and use. They are not in my deleted drafts, nor are they files that have been shared with anyone else. Here are the things I’ve already tried: Checked deleted folder - they’re not there. Adjusted filters to “Created by anyone” - nothing shows. Checked teams and sub-folders within teams - nothing. Used the search bar to find by title - nothing appears (and I name all my files, so I know how to find them). Tried logging out and logging back in - no change. Some users had the same issues in other forum posts and chalked it down to a bug that hides a bunch of files, making them appear as if deleted even though they’re not. I’ve tried just about everything and nothing can find them.

My employees have 2 accounts logged into figma. One is enterprise, the other is free. Is there an activity log that tracks whether the user has copied objects from a file in the enterprise account to the free one?