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Hi there, I’m relatively new to Figma and trying to prototype an idea. Does anyone know if/how I could create a component that you slide with your finger and as you do it rotates a dial? Here’s a rough visual of what I’m after. 

When i pusblish my figma site, it is SO incredibly slow and not responsive at all. Furthermore the interactions are either moved or completely missing, when i go into my design file and run the prototype it is completely different. Also is there a prototype share link for the figma site or does it have to be published??

Hi, Community,  I am looking for an advice to implement the following solution of the prototype:a chatbot on the desktop screen.  The screen is not scrolling - only the content of the bot.  Please, see the screenshot attached. Thank you in advance, Natasha 

Hi,I am trying to move files and projects into an Enterprise account with different workspaces and teams.Is there a way to do this as I have tried to move file and even though there is edit access on the files it is not working.Thanks

Hey everyone, I’ve been reading a lot about serverless architecture and its potential in shaping the future of eCommerce platforms. With scalability, reduced infrastructure costs, and faster deployments, it seems like a solid option for businesses that want to grow without worrying too much about backend maintenance.Companies have been exploring serverless setups for eCommerce web development projects, and it got me thinking: is this really the future?On the plus side, serverless promises cost efficiency, automatic scaling during peak traffic, and less operational overhead. But on the flip side, there are concerns about vendor lock-in, debugging complexity, and whether serverless is truly reliable for high-volume, transaction-heavy eCommerce websites.So, I’d love to hear from this community:1. Do you see serverless architecture as the next big leap for eCommerce?2. Or do you think traditional cloud-hosted solutions still make more sense for stability and control?Looking forward to your

I created a site om Figma Make and purchased the domain from Netlify and more than 48 hours have passed and when i type in my domain i get an error message, please see picture attached). I contacted netlify and they told me it is a Figma issue. Can anyone help?

Hi all!First post here, but I’m looking to do some prototyping with vibe coding tools, but can’t seem to get my libraries to be accurately recreated in these tools.I want to export my figma design tokens/components but am wondering what the best way to do this is? If i want to export to lovable.Thanks

last few months i used figma edu plan, now that plan has been expired. now i want to unlock my account and downgrade to free planhow do i do that?

This what I keep getting after Iteration 273. I literally cannot do any other prompts!

When I draw a straight line, the coordinate of the line remains on the edge even when i set the stroke position to centre. This make it difficult to align perfectly. See this example where I am making a cross. Alignment is imperfect even when I use the align tools. You can see the bounding box of the line is on the edge rather than the centre. Can I fix this?Object aligns to the selection bounding box rather than centre of line. This is the result of align both lines with the position align options. I’m trying to make a perfect cross, this is the result. 

To reduce component weight, my design system team has been exploring using variable modes to toggle between different “variants” of a component, rather than just using variants. The benefit of this is that for these “style” specific properties, where just styles are changed like fill and stroke, using modes significantly reduces the weight of a component in the system. In this example I use a Badge component, and variables to change between the colors of the badge.However, my component code still has a “color” prop. Because I don’t have a color prop on my Figma component, but rather a “BadgeColor” mode that controls this property, is there a way in which CodeConnect can still map this to the correct code property? Currently it doesn’t seem like CodeConnect can read anything that is not a property. Realistically all I need is the CodeConnect to be able to read the string value of the mode, and map that to the actual code prop.

Accidentally, I can’t see added component annotations in any other file or page besides the one where the component was created. This makes it difficult to keep documentation centralized and to inform stakeholders about specifications.Is there any workaround to view component annotations across different Figma files?

Hello! I’m trying to create one layout guide that can be used across multiple formats. Is there a way I can scale down a layout guide without maintaining a 50px margin/ gutter, i.e. I want the grid structure to look the same at different dimensions.

My control button is not working in combo with my mouse, has anyone else seen this? I can do ctrl+c and open the color-picker, and I can do ctrl+cmd+m and make a mask, but if I want to ctrl+click something I can’t. So the ctrl button itself is fine, it’s just that combination that’s stopped working. And I didn’t notice how often I do this until I suddenly can’t, lol. I can right-click (using my mouse) fine, but it’s as if ctrl-click has gotten mapped to something else in Figma. And this is only in the Figma app - it works normally everywhere else, including Figma in a browser. 🤷 Anyone else done this before?

Driving me coconuts! When I create a new frame, the frame will be automatically named “Frame 48095626” How do I reset the latter number to 0 or 1? This happens when I create shapes, the layer will be called “Oval 109384” or “Rectangle 12341239” I’ve tried checking and unchecking file>preferences> renaming duplicated layers.

Hi, Let’s start a conversation about how best to prompt Figma Make. I can see it’s going to be a very useful tool but it has some frustrations. (e.g. Today it kept changing layouts and functions when I give it something unrelated, then it won’t revert back. It say’s it has reverted back but it hasn’t.)I find feeding it little bits at a time works best. However, sometimes I give it a big task and it doesn’t it perfectly. Like today I supplied it 6 screenshots of questions to add to a form - about 120 questions and it performed the task perfectly.What do you find works best?

Hello!Will the free plans for students and teachers include AI tools in Figma Design? Unfortunately, it hasn't appeared for me yet.Thank you! 

Figma team, please, I want access to Figma AI.

We are using the licensed Font Awesome in our team. Recently I started to use Figma Make but it turns all the FA icons into regular text. I have flatten the icons to shape layer before adding to Figma Make; but it’s not very sustainable for the long run. Has anyone managed to connect FA or any other font in the FM guidelines?

Hi everyone,I’m currently exploring data visualization and would love to hear about the best tools and techniques for creating effective visualizations.A few things I’m curious about: What are your favorite tools for data visualization? (e.g., D3.js, Tableau, Power BI, etc.) How do you ensure clarity and engagement in your visualizations? What are some tips for optimizing performance and handling large datasets? If you’ve worked on any interesting data visualization projects or have recommendations for best practices, please share!Looking forward to learning from your experiences!

I installed Microsoft Yahei.ttf and Microsoft Yahei Bold.ttf on my computer. They work fine in Word, but in Figma only Regular shows up, not Bold. Does anyone know why?

Hi,I have an existing project with five slides that I think can look much better than it does. I had another designer create my slides using the fake 3D rotation technique (my choice). They look fine but I think they can look much better! Is there anyone willing to help me out with adding some quick edits to make them look better? I will give you a shout out on my clients website as the designer of the slides and give you all of the future design work that is related to Figma if you can help me to make this particular project a winner. I have 4 more 3D slides (single slide per project) and two other new website projects that need some intro animation starting up in two weeks time. That’s 6 new Figma related projects you can do for me, paid of course. 

I’m a Figma Admin and was given ownership of a file but I’m unable to change access (view, edit, owner) to someone else? I keep getting a message saying “You don’t have permission to do that. Contact Your Team Administrator.” What can I do?   I have a full seat and my edit access  says “All” to both projects and files. 

I have a user which cant share Figma Make Boards.Another user can, both have same license. The user who cant share gets following msg while click on share button.  If the user request this .. i get a request for full seat in figma.What is wrong here, because the second user also have collab seat and can share.