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I’m using variables to control with width of table columns and I can’t seem to find a way to easily edit this value from the sidebar. Is there any way to do this without having to escape the frame and open up the variables manager and then hunt for the variable I want to edit? I would have thought I could click on this variable and there would be some way to then edit it?

Hey guys, I have one issue when it comes to variables. One of our colleagues has copied some of the elements from another design system and now we got their variables and we can not remove them. P.S. The components that were imported were immediately removed, but the variables seems to be left inside the Figma. We use only this type of variables, but if I go to the developer mode in the playground, I will get this result Does anyone know where they come from and how to get rid of them? Thank you in advance 🙂

Was there an update this past weekend? When we send links out, we tell them to use the SSO log-in but that option disappeared this weekend (Oct 19/20). On Friday: Today:

We use “Starter” Figma plan in our company, and I don’t have an access to Figma AI tools. Is it planned to provide an access to Figma AI tools for “Starter” plan users? If yes, when can we expect this? In this article, FAQ regarding Figma AI says: Can you add me to the Figma AI beta? Figma AI is rolling out gradually while in beta. If you are on an Organization or Enterprise plan, please speak with your admin or Figma account representative. Does it mean, if our company will switch “Starter” plan to “Organization” or “Enterprise” plan, we could gain an access to Figma AI tools right away, even if we haven’t sent a request to join “UI3+AI waitlist” ?

Hi, I’m trying to edit some Figma files that a company is sending to me and I can view them but I can’t edit them. I don’t know what the issue might be. They’ve assured me that they’ve set the access to “anyone can edit”. Can anyone help? Thank you very much all the best L

UI3 is absolutely unintuitive. How to make input to fill the box in autolayout? I can’t find the button. Where should i click? I don’t understand.

Some of my important files in Figma are not adding to the starred sidebar for several days. Although the files are starred. But, I’ve been having this problem ever since an update to Figma came out.

Hi there, I recently used Figmotion to animate a few layers, but after I used it my layers are not showing at all. Could someone help me? Video as shown below

Hi whenever I move my frames to arrange them in a specific order. The frame is moved but the elements on it are left behind. How can I fix them on the frame so all of them move together?

Why if I change the height of the frame now, some elements in the frame will drop down?

Hello! My colleagues and I are unable to see one particular element, but our designer can still view it and hasn’t been able to fix the issue. We don’t understand why we can’t see the element.

Adding annotations to my handover to dev, and I want to add annotations to the main frame/component frame. Ideally I want to connect it to the box blur(effect) property added to the frame. Is there any way? If not, would love the ability do add annotation to main frame 🙏

Description of problem: Assigning auto-layout to a component, with the “hug” property and padding, is broken. Component doesn’t resize to the proper size, taking padding into account. In addition, the content inside isn’t “sticky” to the autolayout like it should be, thus you can drag it manually wherever you want, and it doesn’t snap back into place. SOLUTION TO TRY Select the content frame within the problematic component Drag it around (this shouldn’t be possible in auto-layout, but that is part of the bug) [Optional: “Undo” (command + z), so that your content frame is back in its original position before dragging - this fix does still works when you “undo”] “Absolute Position” button will have “selected itself” Deselect “Absolute Position” button = The issues should resolve themselves (i.e. component will resize properly and content will not be draggable), assuming you have the same problems you’re trying to solve.

For the past few weeks my team and I have been noticing this issue where we apply auto layout to a set of items and one of the items will randomly take absolute position property by default. Then you have to go digging around in your layer panel to find which item took the absolute position and turn it off in order for the auto layout to order things as expected (the way it was working previously). Anyone else experiencing this or know how to fix it?

How can I delete version history? Right now the option to delete version info can not be selected.

Hi, Since UI3 I have trouble re-ordering the list of properties in a Variant. See example below: Sometimes the properties won’t change and I don’t think there is an alternative way to do it? Thanks!

I still can not access Figma UI3 Update + Ai from anywhere, however Figma announced that it is officially released on October 10,2024. So why it is not updating on my Figma app?pper right to search.

When i try to grab and move an object, it moves normally up and down, but the movement is inverted to the sides (moving the mouse to the right moves the element to the left). I don’t know if this is a feature, and if so, how do i change it to move where i move my mouse?

I am working with an employee who experienced complications with gaining access to Figma causing her to have to be removed and added back. She has lost her files and is unaware of how to have them restored. May we get assistance?

Hey Figma, I have made a ticket and am looking for swift help so our subscription does not time out.

So not sure if my work is messing with the functionality or not but the bottom middle floater bar is missing on my work laptop but my personal is still on 124.4.7 and the bottom floater is there. Any idea why?

I have forgotten my login email address, but I remember my public homepage address, may I ask the official staff to help find my email address in this case?

A Figma Noob here (Literally i started using Figma about a week or less(am also a noob on UI/UX design)) I´m creating an add to cart function. i have a Main component “Product card” and a main component “Add remove buttons” this component has a number to display the amount of items per click between to the + icon and the - icon. I´ve added a duplicate version of the add&remove component to the dupe product card and change some of the properties of the elements in the cards (images, titles, prices) to match each individual item, so i have a burguer, nachos, tacos, you get the point, each with its price and whatever.The basic idea is that when a user clicks on a product card the items are added to the cart and the number of items per card is display on the screen., the thing is that i do not undertand why when i duplicate the components and click on the plus button, the number increses on every card, i´ve tried to detatch the instance and no success. i´ve followed some youtube tutor

The ability to decide which sides of a square or rectangle have been removed. I would like to confirm if its a glitch on my end or if it is intentional.

I lost all of my draft files after the update, but I can see some files in recent, not draft. What can I do? please help me