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Hi everyone, At the company I work at, the design system has been growing over the last couple years. We’re currently trying to determine the best way to manage and organise larger illustration images ( in SVG format) in our design system so they can work with components of different sizes So far, I’ve found two approaches Defining fixed sizes for each illustration component as variables. (I.e. each illustration will have an XS, S, M… etc size variable) Using a single illustration and resizing the illustration manually when placed inside another component, without maintaining a set of consistent sizes. Across both of these methods I’ve seen design systems using different formats (usually a square and a wide format) Which methods do you think works best for organising illustrations? We are concerned if we go with the fixed sizes approach, we’ll end up with a unruly amount of sizes where we need different sizes as we introduce new components. Would appreciate any help here!

Animation is not playing after i clipped content to a frame

I’m using a copy of a template and the text inside is editable but the positioning is fixed. How do I move the text elements around to work?

Hi! Has the default cursor changed? My cursor is stuck on the move tool, and I have tried pressing Esc, V, refreshing my file, and restarting my computer, but it is still stuck on the move tool. How can I change it back to the default arrow cursor?

Hey 👋 When using the GET image endpoint to export an SVG, if you set the svg_include_id param to true the ID attribute may include whitespace if your node name has whitespace. This is invalid - Document Structure — SVG 2

Hello everyone, I’ve recently encountered a very frustrating issue while using Figma. On macOS 15.1 (version 24b5009i), using the PingFang font in Figma documents causes the application to freeze, and the font cannot be recognized. I’ve tried common solutions like clearing the cache and restarting the device, but nothing has worked. I’m currently using Figma version 124.2.9. Notably, using Figma in a browser does not cause freezing, but it still shows a missing font warning and fails to recognize the PingFang font. Has anyone else experienced a similar issue? Or does anyone have effective solutions to recommend? Your help would be greatly appreciated! Looking forward to your replies. Thank you!

Hey, I recently updated some text styles and tried to publish them, but I keep encountering this error: “Unable to publish 6 changes to the Team Library.” Also, neither of the affected text styles can be applied anymore. Has anyone else faced this issue or know how to fix it? Thank you 🙂

I’ve lost access to my old email account, so I can’t log in in my Figma account. It was alright before email confirmation codes were introduced. I filled out contact forms and still didn’t get a reply from support team.

Hi there, I need to print a banner (100x250cm), using some design elements previously built on Figma. I am exporting the assets in .svg or .pdf, but when I open them in Illustrator, some elements are missing, rounded corners and shadows disappear, everything in the layers structure is very messy. Does anyone has tips on how printing design elements from Figma, with a proper printing set-up (bleed, CMYK, etc.)< Thanks in advance!!

Hello, This might be a dummy question but I am new to Figma. I have a card footer containing 3 elements : a data source, a phone number and a button. I would like the data source to be left aligned while I want the phone number and the button to be right aligned. Do you have any idea of how to get this behavior ? Should I set something in the card footer element or in the children element ? Thanks advance ! in

I am running into a weird behavior with variables and components not reflecting variables changes. My current file structure is as following: Theme, published library with variables. Components, published library with components using variables from the Theme file. Design file, using components from Component library. The issue: If I use a component from Components somewhere, it shows the variable that’s latest as “Components” library knows them, not as they are in the “Theme” library. Here, I created “Blue” as #FFF originally, applied it to the button in Components file and published. Then I placed the “Button” component in “Theme” file and changed Blue to #5A92E5 and published the Theme, but the button still shows it as #FFF and kinda separate from the “real” blue. Despite literally being in same file where “Blue” variable is defined, but now showing its blue and Theme blue as two separate options in dropdown?. So I need to go to Components, update it with changes from Theme, the

I used to use copying part of the kanvas via context menu (Copy as - Copy as PNG) or hotkeys, which was very convenient. After a recent update only editors can copy - a notification appears.

I’ve been designing for a while now - no issues involved. But this has been an emerging problem recently. All my frames seem to be scaled down on prototype mode on the top left corner of its device. Mobile Image 1: Frame on editor mode Image 2: Frame on prototype mode (doesn’t fit the device) Desktop Image 1: Frame on editor mode Image 2: Frame on prototype mode (doesn’t fit the device) This problem seems to affect my previously existing projects that didn’t have an issue before.

Are you FIGMA smart? We need some help to complete our current Alpha WebApp prototype.

Hi, I am using variables for the radio buttons, reaction (sad and clap emoji) and quiz questions. Each quiz question has three radio buttons. Based on the selection, I want to show emojis by using variables and after few seconds the screen should move to the next question. The problem is that when it navigates to the second page then it shows the radio button selection made on the first Q1 page. The expected behaviour is to see all radio buttons unselected when navigated to the second page.

I have been using this software to post work related jobs. I import photos taken from my iPhone and edit them. Recently, I got an error that the HEIC file failed to import…file not recognized or failed to convert. I recently also upgraded phones to the 16 Pro Max. This morning, I found a picture taken from my 15 pro max and imported correctly. Both files are the same resolution. The older picture size is 1.22 MB. The new photo size is 1.46MB. I have tried the desktop and also web browser with the same results. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance for the help.

I’m trying to find the option to combine components as variants in the new UI, but for some reason it doesn’t appear. Can you tell me where I can find the option please? Thanks

I waited the verification email for new account, but don’t receive it. I checked it in the inbox and junk, but don’t receive it. I clicked on the “Let’s resend it”, but i don’t get any email verification button and email from Figma . Please check this issue and let me know how to fix it.

Video of the issue: Screen capture - 4218e043432ea4a6d9a4a17b292d6c75 - Gyazo I have your typical button component with 2 different button types. When I simply use the component instance on its own, I can change between its variants and text keeps its changes, as you can see in the video at the start. However, when I instance the button in another component, and change the button’s text in an instance of that component, the text resets if I change the button’s variant in the component. The text layers in both variants are identical. Same structure, same name, same text. I even tried tying them both to the same text property with no luck. Anyone knows what’s going on? Afaik the layers are supposed to maintain their changes between variants if they are identical. File with the issue: https://www.figma.com/design/5NLezrqSm0PLlFtw2DIBOM/Untitled?node-id=0-1&t=QNLILuvQvygxgQju-1

facing issue regarding Figma Professional plan upgrade.

When selecting layers while holding down CMD-key, as I remember it, Figma would select all layers that were completely covered by my selection marquee. And only those layers. In some recent version this seems to have changed so that Figma selects any individual layers as long as any part of any layer is merely touching the selection marquee… Can someone confirm if this change in the marquee selection is a fact? I prefer the version where only layers completely covered by the marquee become selected when holding down CMD / Ctrl - key. I think it allows for very precise selections with quick gestures, which I now find lacking with the selection behaviour change. Is there still a way to do this more precise type of selection in Figma? I’ve been trying to use some modifier keys to look for behaviour changes in selection but with no luck… Thanks.

I’m using variables to control with width of table columns and I can’t seem to find a way to easily edit this value from the sidebar. Is there any way to do this without having to escape the frame and open up the variables manager and then hunt for the variable I want to edit? I would have thought I could click on this variable and there would be some way to then edit it?

Hey guys, I have one issue when it comes to variables. One of our colleagues has copied some of the elements from another design system and now we got their variables and we can not remove them. P.S. The components that were imported were immediately removed, but the variables seems to be left inside the Figma. We use only this type of variables, but if I go to the developer mode in the playground, I will get this result Does anyone know where they come from and how to get rid of them? Thank you in advance 🙂

Was there an update this past weekend? When we send links out, we tell them to use the SSO log-in but that option disappeared this weekend (Oct 19/20). On Friday: Today:

We use “Starter” Figma plan in our company, and I don’t have an access to Figma AI tools. Is it planned to provide an access to Figma AI tools for “Starter” plan users? If yes, when can we expect this? In this article, FAQ regarding Figma AI says: Can you add me to the Figma AI beta? Figma AI is rolling out gradually while in beta. If you are on an Organization or Enterprise plan, please speak with your admin or Figma account representative. Does it mean, if our company will switch “Starter” plan to “Organization” or “Enterprise” plan, we could gain an access to Figma AI tools right away, even if we haven’t sent a request to join “UI3+AI waitlist” ?