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After the left draft menu was moved, numerous files without folders disappeared.Where can I see them? please help me

Hi, I am new to design and also to Figma. I saw some YouTube videos and the capability of the AI features and bought Figma to create a UI for my work. Unfortunately, after paying I dint have access to “First draft” and other AI features under my actions. My actions abt also looks different from the one I saw in YouTube. Please help me understand how tot take this forward and if I have to change some settings.

I am trying to switch the team ownership from my current email to my new email. I have made my new email a “member”, but still not seeing how to change ownership. None of the instructions on this page align with what I’m seeing in my admin. Yes, I’m logged in as the owner. Yes, it is a paid account (professional team). No, I’m not a student. Yes, I looked at the other similar questions, but still didn’t see a solution. Please help. Thanks in advance.

Hello everybody, how can I zoom in the interface? NOt the canvas but the interface?? Thank you so much

Hi everyone! I’m working on formatting my thesis in Figma and want to share a prototype link with others, but I’d like to control certain display settings to improve the viewing experience. Specifically, I want to make sure that the “Enable Figma shortcuts” setting is disabled by default for anyone who accesses the link. Is there a way to enforce or preset this setting for all viewers, so they don’t have to manually disable it themselves? I haven’t found an option to do this, and any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

The file has been deleted but does not appear in the trash can. Can I recover it?

Is it possible to fix this library updating bug? I will make new components, extreme changes etc, and the file won’t detect any changes. It does indicate it knows there is a change though when clicked deeper.

Main question: I have a component that utilizes a .base component which contains another component element. When editing the top level variation I want to detach the child component instance within the .base component without detaching the parent component instance. Is this possible? Supporting Information: You can see in my image the set up of the .base/card with the “Slot” component at the bottom. Within the “Rotation Progress” component I changed the “Slot” component to the “Progress Bar” component (“slot” component is an interchangeable component to help make more variations within one .base component). Now that I have the “Progress Bar” component within my variant, I want to detach just that child component to make further edits. However, when I try to detach instance on the “Progress Bar” component, it will detach instance from the .base/card parent component as well.

If I download a local copy, will it retain the branches?

Desktop app 116.15.15 on Windows 11. Clicking on elements within a project randomly causes the project to reload/refresh. Is this a known issue? It’s a daily occurrence on my files. Notes: These files are not linked to libraries. These files are not collaborative, only I’m working on them These files are low memory use Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

As the title states, I accepted the New Beta layout, but can’t figure out how to go back to my classic layout. HELP!

i have added double "drag on"interaction in my in my image image caraousel, one to go to right i.e. to frame2, one to go to left i.e. to frame3. But in the prototype it only goes to the one side ( the interaction specified first). how to do i make it go both sides?

Projects have been infinitely loading on the Figma Desktop app for Mac specifically across my two MacBook Pro 14in M1 Pro Macs. Prototyping has been a big issue with the prototype of our product rarely opening on the app. For some reason the web app does not share the same problem. This bug has got in the way of my workflow daily and happens very often. Sometime I will have to quit and restart Figma multiple times.

I try to add border to a simple text and it shows you ran out of browser memory but when i go to recovery mode it shows I have all the memory in the world

Hi all, Does anyone know a quick way to get all the colors used in a Figma project, preferably in a json format, that I can take and plug into a tailwind.config file? I’ve tried a couple of plugins but they didn’t seem to work possibly because of the way the Figma file’s set up. Didn’t know if anyone knew of a built in method, that was quick and easy?

Hi, Hello!, I’m wondering if anyone can tell me how to extract / or export the colors from a Figma project (prefererably in json format) so I can plug them into a tailwind.config file. I’ve tried searching the internet and found a couple of plugins that were suggested but when I’ve tried using them I get nothing. Might possibly be due to how the projects set up, not sure. Just hoping there’s an easy, quick way to get that done.

When Figma shows a Font set as PTSans (created in a plain text field with no 100% opacity and no other overlays) why does the generally really good Anima app show it as a different colour? Pls see images. Figma font colours (like FFFFFF) are represented correctly by Anima for 95% of my Figma page design just not certain Text Fields? Cheers Uploading: figma font.png… Uploading: anima font.png… PS why does this comment field delete my comment above and overlay the text names/pngs?

I have a switch that needs to simultaneously control two components. If the switch is on/true - the accompanying text changes color and gains a hover state, plus a frame with content appears elsewhere on the screen. If the switch is off/false - the text appears in a disabled color, and the content frame is hidden. I can handle showing/hiding content, but I can’t figure out the Figma logic to make everything else functional. Using conditionals is not working. The challenge is that this switch will be inside a list with multiple items, each with its own switch controlling its respective components. So, I can’t apply variables at the component level; everything has to be applied to each instance. I appreciate any suggestions. Please, Figma super geniuses, save my live!

Hello! I’m writing because i have just noticed that an old, but yet pretty important draft, is completely missing, i cannot see it in my deleted drafts nor in my other associated account, but i am pretty sure i’ve never deleted it since i haven’t opened Figma in quite a while. There’s any way to recover the draft?

Hi, I’m trying to figure out if I’m using the latest version of Figma. If I click the check for Updates button nothing is happening. The current version I’m using is 116.14.4

In my Figma file the line height for a text box is always in %, but it’d be better for me to control the numbers in px. Is there a way to toggle it? I know I can enter the desired px number and it’ll adjust to the % equivalent, but when supporting devs in creating styles, it’s be better for me to provide a px number. Sometimes I also need to have the typography be comparable to a print companion piece, which never gives leading in %. Anyone know if I’m stuck with creating line heights in %? Thanks in advance

Hello. I found a related post, but have a further question. (https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/25452227367703-FigJam-and-Google-Classroom) Is it possible to have students interact collectively- as a group within a board? I used Jamboard for this collective interaction and I would just share the link to the board. Can this be done without Google classroom? I work with teachers and educators and not everybody has a google classroom account. Thank you!

When I resize an image, I want it to stretch by default not crop: I know I can go here and set this setting to “crop” to get the behavior I want. (despite the counter intuitive name of “crop”) Is there a way to make this the default behavior? It’s weird that Figma’s default image behavior is different than nearly all other software.

Hi, usually I use variable’s modes to set the spacing, width, etc. for different viewports: desktop, tablet, and mobile views of my landing page (I don’t know if it’s the best practice,btw.) If I want to have dark and light mode on top of that, how to organize my variables’ modes? What will the structure looks like since variable modes are commonly used for dark and light mode in term of colors and the have been reserved to define the three viewports’ breakpoint properties? Should I have 6 modes? e.g Desktop-Light, Desktop-Dark, Tablet-Light,Tablet-Dark, Mobile-Light,Mobile Light? Well, It doesn’t seems right to me. Thanks!

Im following a tutorial on youtube about responsive design and the video shows the option to add a collection under appearance and switch between them to change the frame size. (from the video). is this a pro-plan function only?