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Peter_Bartos1
Peter_Bartos1
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Swap library - reset overrides

We maintain a living design system that our customers, outside of our Figma organization, use in their projects. When we release a new version of the design system, our customers must use the Swap library feature to update their projects with the latest version. The issue is that the property setup on component instances used in projects is often reset to default values after the swap. This occurs on components where we added or removed, a property, or if a variant was removed or added. Ideally, this should not affect the untouched properties, but it does. Figma has been notified of this problem, and they have stated that it is a product limitation, which appears to be a bug. We are open to any suggestions on how to optimise our workflow and the distribution of the design system.

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Peter_Bartos1
5 months ago
AFEI
AFEI
asked in Ask the Community
Making background move in responsive

Hi everyone, I’m stuck here… I want the background of my page (stadium + dark blue rectangle + gradient rectangle) to move down along with the changes when the page is below a defined width… The background elements are currently in absolute position. So, here is the problem: The title, subtitle and frame with the EAGLES jersey are in auto-layout, when the width of the page is less than a defined width, the text will go above the image. This is exactly what I want. When the text moves above the image, all elements below move down except the background which is in absolute position. Then the perspective between the uniforms and the stadium is wrong. If the background images had moved down along with the rest of the page, there would be a problem. I don’t seem to find a solution by myself. I would take any ideas and advice to make it work. You can check the problem here → Home Thanks

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y_toku
Figmate
5 months ago
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Aaron_Xu
asked in Ask the Community
What is the tail in SolidPaint's boundVariables.color.id

I am develop a plugin that can apply variable colors by some rule. I found I need to assign the value like this: I know that “e1b04111db373f08ec909607224cbaf0ff8aa032” is the variable’s id, but what is the “/2671:40” , and how do I acquire it? I am using const tokensCollection = libraryVariableCollections.find(collection => collection.name === "Tokens"); if (tokensCollection) { const libraryVariables = await figma.teamLibrary.getVariablesInLibraryCollectionAsync(tokensCollection.key); const hoverlibraryVariable = libraryVariables.find(variable => variable.name.includes("Hover")); console.log(hoverlibraryVariable.key) } but it only get “e1b04111db373f08ec909607224cbaf0ff8aa032” part

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tank666
5 months ago
Anwesha_Majhi
Anwesha_Majhi
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I have applied component in a frame which has layer blur. The blur effect ratio is getting changed automatically. Can someone help me with this.

I created a square frame, which has layer blur behind a text sentence. I made it a component to use it accordingly. But right now the layer blur value has changed automatically. Is anyone facing the same problem. My purpose is to create templates for social media and which has color layer blurs behind the text. Initially it was working fine, but now the color is bleeding to the whole frame. Can it be because of file getting heavy?

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Anwesha_Majhi
5 months ago
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Vuyi_Marambana
asked in Ask the Community
How do i paste my work into a submission template. i have created my buttons already.

I have created my buttons for assignment one, however I am struggling to paste them into the assignment.

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y_toku
Figmate
5 months ago
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rawa
asked in Ask the Community
Interaction doesn´t show up in preview but exists in prototype

I´m creating a prototype for a touch-display, and the user can switch between frames and interact with the information. In the prototype editor, I´ve connected all the nodes correctly, made sure to add the right settings (click on > navigate to > …). It should all work, hypothetically. But when I preview the prototype (the play button in the upper right corner), some of my interactions don´t seem to show up. The icon that I connected the interaction from doesn´t even show up as a clickeable shape. Does anyone know why this could be and how I can fix it? It´s only the icon that doesn´t work, unfortunately, it´s on nearly every frame so that´s a bit of a bummer. I´ve checked, and it´s not a component either, just a normal shape.

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y_toku
Figmate
5 months ago
KB11
KB11
asked in Ask the Community
Smart selection do not appear

The red guidelines for smart selection do not appear anymore on the canvas when I select multiple objects. Is there an update or a new version of Figma that addresses this issue?

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y_toku
Figmate
5 months ago
Kathleen_Domingo
Kathleen_Domingo
asked in Ask the Community
Layout grid disappears in figma slide design mode?

Im not sure if im doing anything wrong? But when in design mode, it has happened often that the layout grid in the side panel disappears and suddenly appears again. How do I get it back, and am i doing something that makes it disappear?

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y_toku
Figmate
5 months ago
Faizaliso
Faizaliso
asked in Ask the Community
Why does the outline in the text become irregular when its value is changed?

I’m trying to outline some text, but when I adjust the outline settings, the outline doesn’t seem to be following the shape of the text consistently. Why is that?

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y_toku
Figmate
5 months ago
Vigram
Vigram
asked in Ask the Community
Ctrl + V paste as a plain text in Figma

Hi, when I try to copy & paste using the keyboard shortcut in Figma web version it always pastes as a Plain text. How can I fix this, I tried allowing/blocking access to Clipboard but still, it isn’t fixed. As a workaround I had to right click then copy and use the same right click and use paster here option as you can see it is quite painful. Please advise me on how to fix it this in my Windows 11 W360 VDI machine.

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y_toku
Figmate
5 months ago
neo6
neo6
asked in Ask the Community
Problems with strokes on text with letters containing a circular shape

Hi, I’ve encountered a problem with strokes while trying to make texts that contains letters with a circular shape. I haven’t found any solution to this except just simply filling the holes with shapes, so I was wondering if there’s somebody that knows how to fix this. Thanks.

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y_toku
Figmate
5 months ago
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Mail_One
asked in Ask the Community
Gradient Color Is not working

Gradient Color Is not working, there is massive problem. Pleasse solve that issue ASAP.

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dvaliao
Figmate
5 months ago
Robin_H
Robin_H
asked in Ask the Community
How do I achieve Selection color?

Hi Guys! I am new to this. I know how to fill the color and no idea how the selection color gets filled? What I want is Primary (fill)color for the object and secondary color for the corners. Any help would be appreciated.

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dvaliao
Figmate
5 months ago
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Pranhav
asked in Ask the Community
After Delay interaction not working on Initial Frame

I’m encountering an issue with my Figma prototype. I’ve attached a screenshot for reference. When I apply the “After Delay” interaction on “Frame 1 Love,” the animation does not work in the prototype output. However, if I set the interaction to “While Hovering” on “Frame 1 Love” and then apply “After Delay” interactions for “Frame 2 Health” and “Frame 3 Abundance,” the animations work as expected. I’m not sure why the “After Delay” interaction isn’t working for the initial frame. Could you please guide me on how to resolve this issue?

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P
5 months ago
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haydengw
asked in Ask the Community
Why does scaling not properly work

Whenever I try to rescale my projects to fit within a specific frame (i.e. a SharePoint webpart) I always run into discrepancies with my graphic animations. Can someone explain why when I highlight all my frames (which should include all objects within them) I can’t perfectly resize them to say 0.75x without something not getting messed up? Thank you.

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H
5 months ago
Bartosz3
Bartosz3
asked in Ask the Community
Can anyone help - my 2 plugins

I made 2 plugins , i created pay system with license key . The plugins are popular and people install them often . As I see no one buys the first plugin with use limits. Please , if any one can at least point me . The Chart Generator plugin : https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1358159585557549106/chart-generator I was trying to get answer before , but no one answered .

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Bartosz3
5 months ago
grrr.z
grrr.z
asked in Ask the Community
[Need help] Negative space grid (partial duplicate of the inactive one topic)

Sorry for a duplicate topic, the original one was not active and not specific enough. I want to make negative space and so that the space clearly corresponds to the grid in terms of the number of columns and rows, so that there are only four guides taken into account. Is there any plugin or something for it?

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grrr.z
5 months ago
Machiel1
Machiel1
asked in Ask the Community
File keeps saying "Changes you made to [file name] while offline heven't synced yet"

Hi, I have a fairly large file in Figma. To reduce it, I transferred sections to another file. However, these changes seem to have required quite a bit of memory causing me to get the message “Changes you made to [file name] while offline haven’t synced yet.” No matter how long the file keeps syncing nothing happens. In the browser app I can open it just fine so here I was able to get an old version out but this means that all the different teams working in this have non-working links in huge numbers of tickets. Hope someone can help.

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ksn
Figmate
5 months ago
gmcisaac
gmcisaac
asked in Ask the Community
Should my UI kit in Figma match my UI component in code?

My team is currently building a design system but we are running into the same conversation on building a component in Figma vs building it in a code base. Full transparency, I am a designer and have only a small amount of knowledge when it comes to how a developer might take a design and code it. It is my understanding that “a Design System is the complete set of standards, systems and processes a company will use to implement a design at scale” and a UI Kit is purely a representation to be used when creating these products (ie. putting components in a mockup). For context, designers and developers are discussing how to make a list item with a divider. Designers want to use a HR component but developers would prefer to attach a bottom border. How crucial is it for the component in Figma to match the code, or is it ok for them to share a name but be built differently.

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KennLucas
5 months ago
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Chanel2
asked in Ask the Community
Prototype - Drag elements around the screen?

Hi, Within my prototype, I need to show the ability to drag events around the page, multiple elements. Image a bunch of Polaroid photos on a table and trying to drag them around and place them in the right order. Is there a way of showing this? Keep in mind this is not just one element need to be able to move, it’s many. Thanks in advance.

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Jen13
5 months ago
Ben_Buckley
Ben_Buckley
asked in Ask the Community
Update Variables from other files/designs

Design files 1: all the primitives, colour typography etc Design file 2: building buttons and other components. I have the typography size as a variable for desktop/Mobile connected to the text style on design file 1. Desktop: 24 Mobile: 14 When creating a outer frame with a collection of different text and change it from desk to mob on Design 1. all the text change to the smaller size, perfect! My issue is when im moving to design file 2. add in the library from D1, create variable sizes desk and mobile for let say a button, add in the text using the text styles from D1 then apply that layer/button with mobile or desktop. Figma has given me two sets of variables. one for the current file im working in and one from D1. Im probably doing something wrong but what i was hoping was to use D1 to create the primitives. colour, typography etc and then use the other files to design everything else. so in the end i would like a full desktop page i can change at the top frame to desktop/mobile a

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Ben_Buckley
5 months ago
Tom_K
Tom_KNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Preview / mirror mode crashes at random moments

The last few days the mirror/preview mode has been crashing for me and a colleague, a hover effect freezes the entire tab and then give " Something went wrong - Reloading Figma may fix this.’ Reason: crashed. This happens in de desktop app as well as in the browser mirror on both pages that have no interactions and pages that have hoverstates for e.g. content cards. Have re-installed the app, used different browsers but noting seems to fix. Any experience with this?

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dvaliao
Figmate
5 months ago
Renan_Malato
Renan_Malato
asked in Ask the Community
Variant 2+ does not interact with current Prototype

Why does Variant 2 doesn’t accepts interaction in the current Prototype? As an example, a Scroll Bar component in it roots you click the scroll move to right, click back move it to the left So in the Prototype, you use this scroll bar when click - scroll offset some table Then you (changed Scroll Bar to variant 2) but you can’t insert interactions for this variant 2 as an example scroll it back I tried create variables as well but the only interaction that works in the prototype is from Variant 1 - so in a conditional case, it is not Variant 2 anymore, it changed And if you change in the Design to Variant 2 - try to set up interactions - but need to change component back to default to start the prototype, the interactions you set in Variant 2 doesn’t work… I got various example cases that this functionality made a confusing confusing prototype with variants… should just simple allow Variant 2 interact How can I make a feature request for that?

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Renan_Malato
5 months ago
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paulBL
asked in Ask the Community
Missing data cards

I made a screen on Figma, and try to convert it to Power App. However it prompts that "cannot create app. One or more forms are missing data cards. In Figma, add data cards to your forms, then try converting again. " I followed exactly the tutorial from Microsoft. and ensured that I did use the data cards when I designed app on Figma learn.microsoft.com Anyone has encountered the same issue? Thank you, Paul

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A
5 months ago
Fred_Tinsel
Fred_TinselNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Can a file be edited by an account from another team without charging the owner team?

Hi! I’m in an agency and I work with a lot of clients. Each time I’ve tried to onboard a client in the Figma process, the edit account of my client is added to my bill… I want them to manage their own accounts while keeping the file property till the end of the job. Do I miss the right way to share ??? ———————————————————— Edit 01/02/2024 Now that I know, I have very well understand… I hope that this dark pattern will not be applied to the dev mode 🙏 Because I work with a lot of external companies and so with a lot of developers

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Kh_i_L_u
5 months ago
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