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Is anyone else experiencing that Figma is acting very sluggish? Checking the memory, it’s not using that much and I don’t have very large files. It lags when I hold down spacebar and move around, it lags when going from one page to another, it lags when I perform various tasks such as export components to SVG. In general, it lags a lot.

Drag and drop to shuffle properties of components doesnt work with new UI. It work fine on old one.

I want to add one additional annual seat, but accidentally added two. Now I need to cancel one. How can I do that?

I want to share some data between c# and Figma plugin. For example, when c# send name of a node, figmal plugin set that node’s visibility to true and I need to call exportAsync , instead of direct download png, i want to send the bytearray back to c# via some protocol. How to achieve this?

Hi, does anyone know if I can change variable type from text to numeric? I’ve encountered an issue where if the font weight is defined in variables as text (e.g.: Bold, Semibold, …) dev mode doesn’t see if as a variable but rather a static value. For dev mode to work it needs to me set as a numeric value (e.g.: for Bold the value would be 700, …) I was wondering if I could somehow change the type of variable instead of doing it manually? Thank you!

Hello please someone help. I’ve made a design but when I present my design and choose responsive my page is cut in half. What do I do everything seems okay I have applied auto layout and I can’t seem to solve it.

Please add z-index into Figma feature. its really getting difficult sometime when managing so many layers and components.

Hi, When using Figma Dev mode to export a UI component to SwiftUI, such as few buttons in a box it export only the outer most container it don’t export the sub buttons for example, is it still in beta or need some settings adjustments ? Kind Regards

Hi, Recently my Figma app has troubles with detecting installed fonts on my Laptop. One time it shows only a part of them, the other time the list is empty (“No fonts found”). I’ve tried reinstalling Figma (with deinstalling all related files, cache and register), reinstalling fonts (also for all users as admin) and installing Font Installer (and tried using browser version). All of those actions only help until first computer restart. Recently I had the update of Figma’s UI and then I update my Windows from 10 to 11. I don’t know if this problem is linked to those events, but on Windows 10 I’ve never encountered such a thing. Does anyone know how could I fix it?

Are you a Figma expert? We need your help in Figma to complete our current Alpha WebApp prototype and then covert into a suitable server-side script and put up online to a selected audience for testing.

Initially, I could switch pages in my design draft with ease. About 4 months ago, I discovered it’s no longer so. Each page now has to load a while before I can access it and it’s annoying. Please bring back the ease with which users can switch between pages. Also in UI3, I find it annoying that assets take forever to load just so I can use a component I created. I should be able to access my file’s components easily without having to load the entire universe of assets. This delay is frustrating. Please do something about it.

In our enterprise account. When I open a prototype and try to share that prototype, I do not have an option to share it with Anyone with a link. I have other options available like share it with everyone in my organization or share with everyone in the team. I do not have this problem with my free personal account. There I have an option to “Share with anyone with this link”

I’m working on creating a simple and efficient typography design system. I’ve come up with some clever tricks to make it very effective. I started by defining some variables and then applied them to a single Text Style. This allowed me to easily adjust various aspects of the typography through the “Change variable mode” layer. This method avoids the clutter of numerous Text Styles and eliminates unnecessary details, making it easier for designers to navigate through the font family and size options. would love some feedback

The new Config brought us a lot of news, but nothing regarding changes and improvements in variables. I just got access to UI3 and variables seem untouched, besides few UI things here and there. I remember at Config23 there were talks about a lot of “what’s next feature” (https://youtu.be/M0NU5QFLCl4?t=2500) which were promising, but haven’t been shipped fully (e.g. % in line-height values aren’t available, for some reason, or extended collection, which I still haven’t seen). Is there a roadmap of improvement? Or are you planning to deleting them altogether? We have a design system that heavily relies on Variables, as they’re quicker to setup and make our components lighter, but we need to know if you plan to advance the feature. Thanks.

Hi! I am currently unable to move images which are in “crop”-mode. I can still change the image to ‘fill’ or other options, and I can also insert a new image into the frame, but I can’t move it using the left, right, up, or down arrow keys. I’ve tried it with different files and both in the app and online, and it doesn’t work anywhere. I’ve closed and reopened Figma, and restarted my Mac. Over night I received the new AI image update; maybe it’s related to that? Do you have any idea what else I could try or what might be causing this?

I am working on a plugin, that clones some layers and after that I export them as images. Sometimes I get blank image and only setTimeout helps with it. But maybe there’s more elegant method? let nodeToClone:any = layerData.layerData; const bytes = await nodeToClone.exportAsync({ format: 'PNG', constraint: { type: 'SCALE', value: 1 }, }) const image = figma.createImage(bytes) const frame = figma.createFrame() frame.x = layerData.frameX; frame.y = layerData.frameY; frame.resize(layerData.width, layerData.height); const node = figma.createRectangle() frame.appendChild(node); const { width, height } = await image.getSizeAsync() node.resize(width, height); node.x = nodeToClone.absoluteBoundingBox.x - frame.x node.y = nodeToClone.absoluteBoundingBox.y - frame.y node.fills = [ { type: 'IMAGE', imageHash: image.hash, scaleMode: 'FILL' } ]; setTimeout(function() { exportImage(frame,layerData); },150); //THIS CAN EXPOR

When using the nodes endpoint form the REST files API, setting the depth to 0 seems to have no effect. Response comes with all children, as if the depth was not set. Is this the desired behaviour? I was expecting just the node I called. Ofc, I can set depth to 1, but in this use case I could avoid getting a lot of children. Here is the actual url I query: > https://api.figma.com/v1/files/mquoV4EwJmfRiTf61u3JsV/nodes?ids=911:73249&plugin_data=shared&depth=0

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I have been working on a file that I just cannot found. I have searched in my drafts, teams and even deleted drafts and nothing. I do have the link to the file and when I click it, it says "This file may be deleted, moved or made unavailable. Try reaching out the file owner. " but I was the owner. Anyone can help? Thank you!

Hi all, Island Toolbar, where I have to search for everything. If I don’t remember the correct name for the action, I won’t be able to work forward. For example, I want to combine two shapes, but I don’t remember the name of the command.

Hey guys, new here! I have a question, I’m looking for the answer and can’tr find it. What are properties used for in a color style? Everyone talks about how to create color styles, but nobody explains properties. I wonder if that’s important to know. I used to design on Xd and this function didn’t exist, so I don’t have a reference point. Thanks for your help!

Since these recent updates, I can mirror but it won’t switch screens anymore. Any one else experiencing this issue?

Hi, I’ve got a Figma plugin I want to create but I need to view the version history of a file. From what I’ve seen in the documentation this isn’t possible yet. Is there plans to let plugin developers see this information any time soon? Thanks!

Hello I’m working on this school project, and for some reason I cannot get this prototype to advance as intended. I uploaded this short clip to youtube so you can see what exactly I’m struggling with. I need it so that once I click on July 4th on the left screen for the flow to navigate to the screen on the right. However, it doesn’t do so, even though I have it set to it. I think the problem is that I have this calendar component set to a different state from the start of the flow. However, I need it to start from that default position, instead of having it from the July subsection at the start. Any ideas on how to rectify this?

I often create straight lines and arrows within my Figma files, however they often disappear, seemingly for no reason. They still appear in the Layers panel and they can be selected within the file, but they are not visible and I can’t make them visible again, no matter what I do. I have to delete them and remake them. Is there any fix for this?