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Once I get in this file I can’t edit much of it because figma automatically changes my cursor to the comment tool. This has happened two times after reading some comments. I somehow make it to stop switching my tool but don’t know what is causing this and how to make it stop.

I have 3 identical grouped rectangle of elements. When I select them and choose frame selection, only the last grouped rectangle shows Frame 1. When I tick the clip content, it never clips

I am trying to fetch all variables (names and color values) from Figma via two endpoints: GET /v1/files/:file_key/variables/local GET /v1/files/:file_key/variables/published Both of them are currently in beta. Via the local var endpoint everything works fine and I am able to fetch all var names and colors in this prop: “valuesByMode” For the published endpoint on the other hand I am not able to fetch these values. The endpoint returns data, but somehow not color names and values. Also according to the api docs this doesnt seem to be intended and I am wondering why? Am I overlooking something or is there any other way how to fetch Figma variables with names and values?

My biggest pet peeve in Figma is the transparent scroll bars. Is there a way I can customize the color of the vertical and horizontal navigation scroll bars to make them more visible?

My team has noticed that Icons in our design library no longer update their color (in the Figma UI component picker) when the Figma UI is in dark-mode. Prior to the new UI update, the icons would show up as white here so they were easy to see. Now our black icons show up on a dark grey background, making them hard to find. I’m hoping to not have to update our design system to make all the icons white so I can find them, and then manually change them back to black when ever I place them on the art board. Not sure if it helps/hurts, but we have light and dark colors assigned to these icons in our library.

Hello, our team has encountered an issue in our Figma file that has not been edited for quite some time. Suddenly, all input components have reset to the main component, and the texts have changed to the master text. None of our team members have manipulated the text or pressed “Reset all changes”. Just yesterday, all text changed to the master text “John Smith”. Do you have any ideas why this happened? Is it a bug or did we do something wrong on our part? We have a very extensive design library, and sometimes components suddenly change or break without any editing. Thank you in advance! 🙏

I have an inconsistent issue with my prototype link. When I share it, some people get the prototype as per set-up (all the interactions etc). However, some people get a different page of the prototype which is our cover page for the Design File (visual attached from user testing). Sadly this has affected a few remote testing recordings as users couldn’t get further. The link to the prototype below, would be great to know if anyone else gets this issue and why is it happening? Link to the prototype When building prototype, are we only allowed to have one page in the file? But it’s inconsistency that worries me and I cannot be confident with sharing the link with anonymous users for the test. Help 🙂

Hi all, which UX design course would you suggest more? An online course and possibly also paid if it is worth. I am a beginner. Thanks a lot in advance.

Hello Figma community ! (I hope I’m posting this in the good categorie) I’m working from home (yay covid you know) and I constantly have MS Teams, Figma and Firefox opened. I’ve been done with my computer (i7 8th gen, 16gb ddr4 ram, nvme ssd) lags and all the software freezing so I started searching the problem. I figured it out quickly : my ram was full (15,6 of 16 gb). I rebooted the computer and softwares, and then my pc immediately started using 10GB. Windows uses 5gb, Teams 1gb, Firefox 2gb (I’ve got a lot of tabs) and 2GB are immediately dedicated to Figma. Isn’t that big for Figma to use immediately 2GB** (i opened only one projects) after launching ? It goes to 4.5GB if I open 2 or 3 projects… Is that normal for Figma to use that amount of RAM or am I doing something wrong ? Do I need a better pc for that usage ? I’m a student using figma for almost all of my works and buying a better computer is not an option for now. What are your tips and pros about Figma RAM (and CPU)

Hi lovely community, I’m interested in courses to learn more about Prototyping with Variables (and variables in general). Does anyone can suggest courses for me? Thanks, Leandro

make a scaled component the size of main component

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I’ve been granted access to edit a Figma file with different pages. All components are present on one page. However, every time I try to go to the main component a message appears saying “you don’t have access to this file”. On the other hand, when I go to the components’ page itself and do changes to one of the main components, the changes don’t get updated anywhere in the file. What should I do? I’m using the web-browser app from a mac. I’m on a free plan subscription I need to be able to edit components and see the updates happening

All of my HDFC credit cards are being declined for payment. I have successfully made payments using the same credit card until last month, but now Figma is not accepting the card. Has anyone else faced this issue? Can anyone help? Ask the community @Figma_Support

Hi team, I am not able to locate my drafts that are older than 6 months. Need them, can you help? I read different threads but nothing.

Hello guys, I have a problem with the data I input inside the components I created in my project. Whether I use variables or not, when I shut down Figma and I open it up again, the data I inputted are no longer there. In particular I am talking about a 3 levels navigation, composed by accordions (picture below). If everything is open, the datas of course are still there (but, obviously, I need it close in the prototype, so that I can open it there). If I close the accordions, the data disappears. Does this happen to anybody else? How can I solve it?

I am having trouble with my hi-fid prototype. The flow begins with a couple of frames for the splash page. When I view it in presentation mode it works fine. However, when I link it on my Behance project, it skips the entire splash presentation. Help!

Hello, now I’m using Figma professional plan but I didn’t see the UI3 and Figma AI feature. How to use these features and what is the wrong. Please help me if you have any ideas about this. These features are available or not When this feature are released What can I do for using these features Thanks in advance.

I have a library with defined variables - primitives and tokens. None of them is “hidden”, but when I import the library to a design file I see only a part of the primitives, but none of the tokens. It says they are hidden but they are not. Any idea? Thanks! 🙏

We need to include some features in Figma. Mouse move to increase or decrease the font size. Something like “Strock size” Font size Move the Tools bar (Bottom to top/left/right) and Hide Tools bar. Tools Thanks

Hi, I’m trying to figure out how to copy and paste an element from one page to another or from a different Figma document. I’ve tried Command + C / V but this has no effect. There is also no option under File > Edit. I’ve tried using Figma on both Chrome and Safari browsers so far. Thanks

added frames but not showing up in destinations under prototype

I want to delete the Pig Jam sheet, what should I do? I didn’t use the Pig Jam sheet, but it was created and paid for Why or how PJ sheets were made?

Hey! This should be so basic but I can’t find the answer. This is our master component: A section with width set to fill, height set to hug. Inside there is a frame set to width fill and height set to hug. Inside of this there is a placeholder image with width set to fill, height set to fixed. In my instance, I want to replace the placeholder image. I copy-paste the fill layer of my new image over to the placeholder image layer in the instance, and hide the placeholder fill layer. I set the new image fill layer to “fit”. Problem - I can’t figure out how to make the frame around the image snap to the new fill layer? It’s still huging the size of the old placeholder fill layer, even if delete it. Nothing I change in the master seems to make any difference. And when I pull the new image layer with the new fill out of the instance, it has actually changed size to be the same size as the old placeholder image layer!? It has added more transparent space around the image and made the image la

When I went back to Figma this morning and searched for some old files, they were completely gone from my work, and those files were owned by only me, no other members. They wouldn’t just show up in the recent as well as in the drafts or trash. I have no idea where those files went. Please help me find those files, as those files are very important to me.