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I’m unable to see the variables icon in any of the fields where they are supposed to appear. Right clicking on the field doesn’t provide the option in the dropdown either. I’m on a pro plan using the latest version of the desktop app.

I noticed that Figma has a feature in the WatchOS 11 design kit, as seen at 00:09 here: https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=new-apple-ui-kitsIt’s a circular path that has controls for growing and shrinking it along the circle. How do I create this from scratch, I can’t seem to find any tools that support it.  

I’m new to Figma make so I want to make sure the pre-existing libraries are not ruined by me playing around with Figma make. When I click in Figma make on the book and I select a library and click on rewrite styles. It will only re-write the style of my Figma make or changes that I make in Figma make in terms of style will be reflected back on the original library? Because if it’s bi-directional I won't use it, but if not, I would very much like my Figma make to have the same style as our product. Thank you all

Hi everyone 👋I’m working on a project where I’d like to place two separate PDFs (each with text) into different panes inside Figma — kind of like a side-by-side document viewer. Is there any way to add a PDF (or images of the PDF pages) so that Figma can read the text itself (OCR-style), instead of it just being a flat image? Can Figma Make (or any plugin) highlight sections of the PDF text if I search or ask for something? If OCR or highlighting isn’t possible natively, are there recommended plugins, workarounds, or integrations that can help (for example, extracting the text and keeping it synced with the PDF pages)? Has anyone done something similar in Figma or knows the best way to approach it?Thanks a lot 🙏

I am developing a Figma plugin which enable product manger to add document description and save in database, I am using figma.fileKey to distinguish files, but I checked with filekey can not be used for public plugin, so I want to know whether my plugin is public plugin? for the filekey it is only used for the user self.

Hiii, I’m considering using Figma sites instead of Framer but I couldn’t find 2 things:I want to be able to define the scroll direction between screens (vertical/ landscape). So if I’m scrolling down the screen moves to the right etc. Control the click transitions. So when I click on a button or do any action I could control the transitions (like move in/out/smart animate on prototype).What am I missing?Thanks

Hello Figma Community,I need urgent assistance regarding my Figma account. Yesterday, I accidentally deleted my account, and I am now unable to access any of my files or projects. These files are extremely important for my ongoing client work, and I’m very anxious about losing them.Details: Account email: [redacted by forum admin/moderator to remove PII] Approximate deletion date/time: [redacted by forum admin/moderator to remove PII] Account status: [redacted by forum admin/moderator to remove PII] I have already contacted Figma Support and replied to their request for details (Harshadeb’s team, I’m the owner/admin.). Since the deletion just happened yesterday, I understand that accounts remain recoverable for up to 30 days. I’m hoping the support team can help me restore access as soon as possible.I would greatly appreciate any advice, confirmation, or escalation from the Figma team or community members who have experienced this situation before.Thank you for your time and supp

If I give my friend editor access through my professional Figma plan in specific project, will they also be able to use all the premium features included in my plan?

When I try to copy and paste a frame, Figma only copies and pastes the text in the frame. When I try to copy and paste an image, an icon etc. It simply doesn’t paste anything. The copy & paste function was working perfectly and all of a sudden it stopped working.

Hi. I’m creating a website design comp in Figma. I want the main top graphic to scale with the window size, which I have working. The issue is that when it scales the distance of the intro copy below changes as well. I'd like to keep the same distance from the header graphic and the intro copy below. thx

how do i preview in mobile layout when i press the present button it always displays the laptop layout but i want to see the phone 

I got quite far into developing a project in Figma Make before I found out that you cannot go from Figma Make to Figma Design. (Brutal. When I opened Figma Make I didn’t even realize it was a coding tool. Naturally, I assumed it was for prototyping.) I tried a workaround based on exporting the Make project and using an HTML-to-Figma plugin, but the Make project doesn’t appear to have HTML files built in.Has anyone discovered any good workarounds for this?

Hi everyone,I’m currently working on a programming assignment for my class and I’ve run into a problem that I can’t seem to figure out. I’ve gone through my notes and tried different approaches, but nothing is working the way it should.I was wondering if anyone here could provide some guidance. Specifically, I’m looking for python homework help on a function that processes lists and returns unique values in sorted order. I think I might be missing something with my loops or set usage.Any advice, explanations, or code examples would be really appreciated!

Hey,I wanted to confirm what will be the deadline for the IST time zone? Right now it says the deadline is Sept 10, 11:59 PM PST, which is around Sept 11, 11:30 AM for the IST time zone.I am quite sure, but I wanted to confirm. Kindly answer this quickly 

“Anyone with the link” can view prototypes but users still have to log into Figma. Do users have to still log in? Is there a way to just share without having to log in?

Hi all! I’m having a hard time creating a responsive navigation bar to my Figma Sites. My navbar is currently set it fixed so it moves with scrolling.  I Have a parent frame that is auto-layout and inside it other frame containing navlinks.  I would like the navbar’s weight to be filled to page, but whenever I go to dropdown menu, it only gives me options for fixed weight and hug.  If I try to adjust the weight manually, it goes off-centered in every breakpoint. Can someone help me?

We use Figma Design to create case study assets like social posts, PR visuals, and webpages. What’s great about this is we can share these with the client for review in present mode. This is a key feature that Figma Buzz is missing. We’d be in a position to use Buzz exclusively for our marketing if you could enter present mode.

When I run figma connect create (using html parser) figma.ts are created just fine, but the variant properties are always missing. The boolean and string properties are created consistently. I’ve tried this on numerous different components. Anyone run into this or have any insight on how to address this? 

Hi Figma Support,Since yesterday, I can’t edit text overrides in my existing button/input components with variants. Happens in browser & desktop, multiple accounts, old file versions. New components work fine, old ones like tooltips are fine. Tested without extensions, cleared cache, restarted Figma → still broken. Attaching video demo. Looks like a regression affecting variant text overrides.Thanks,

I found many topics related to my question, but without answers and closed due to inactivity, so my hopes are really low, but give it a shot anyway. Whenever I create a Layout Grid (columns) it will be visible, and work fine toggling the visibility with L Shift + G. but for some reason, eventually the grids will just not show… the toggle is still happening (the eye icon beside the layout grid toggle open and closed) but the grid is not visible anymore, and the only way to make it work again is to delete the grid, and create the grid again… which is a bit annoying. Has anyone encounter this similar problem and had a solution? is this a bug that is beign addressed? I will appreciate any type of answer, considering that most of the similar topics where closed without a single response. Thank you! 😅

Hey there!I just published my website using Figma Sites. I connected the right domain and I had no issues with that. The problem is that the website takes forever to load in any screen, and when it comes to mobile it just doesn’t fully load. Even when I try to change my desktop windows sizes, the website crashes all the time.  Is that because I published recently, and must wait for it to “settle”? Or did I do something wrong? Here’s my website: www.deborahavila.com I appreciate immensely any help!

Hey everyone,I'm working on a Figma plugin and have hit a roadblock. My goal is to create a node on a FigJam board that contains a video with standard player controls (play, pause, scrub, etc.).I've been looking through the Figma Plugin API documentation, but I can't seem to find any method like figma.createVideo() or a way to embed a video player directly onto the board. The closest I can get is creating a shape with an image fill.Is there a way to achieve this with the Plugin API, or am I missing something? I need the video to be playable directly on the board, not just a static thumbnail that links out.

My “Change to” is greyed out ive been struggling with this for the past hour and im not sure what to do ive watched multiple youtube videos and havent gotten anywhere please anyone that can help me i need it  

Have they removed submitting support tickets on the web and there’s just this button within the Figma file now?When did they change this?WHY DO THEY MAKE MORE AND MORE CHANGES FOR THE WORSE?

My account has passed the educational certification and established a team. So if this team invites other accounts that are not educational certification accounts, can they use the dev mode?