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Hi all. We have quite extensive UI Figma library that our organization is using. Before, for organizing the components that we have, we used to have subcategories inside our folders. For example, in “Icons” page we categorized everything by intent, to help users navigate all the icons that we have. Same with “Actions” for example, we have “Actions” page, in which we names the components in a way that they would be represented as folders in assets panel. Let’s say “Button”, and inside the folder we would list different skins exposed, as from usability that we did, we noticed it was easier to consume it like that for our designers, instead of have these properties nested inside. Is there any way to expose these subcategories in folders again? Appreciate all the help!

Hi Guys, can any one help me to fix Input Dropdown. I have created a separate component for the Input Dropdown using variant. Issue When clicking input box. The dropdown came back of the below input box. Its in auto layout, but in group, dropdown comes front. I will attach image for the reference.

For some reason, I have been limited to the access on my own personal file I was working on, was completely fine yesterday and a few days ago up until this morning. I looked through my chrome history and used the Figma file link I was using yesterday and for some reason, it says ‘Request for access’ for my own file, this is happening to multiple of my files and not sure why. Any guidance would be amazing, thanks.

Please search for existing topics before posting! Press 🔍 at the upper right to search. I worked well until yesterday, but when I woke up this morning, the file suddenly disappeared. I didn’t delete it, but a total of 2 team projects disappeared. Is there any way I can find it?

First the file I was working on has vanished. I was thrown out of the file editor while editing(on a chrome tab open from several days). I am not able to find the file in my drafts or elesewhere. No when I am trying to open the file link through my chrome history, Its saying “Request for access” for my own file. Help solve this as I am in very big trouble with this file and contents are absolutely important and urgent.

I have a page with 3 text sections that can expand to show more text. Each section has an expand icon. I’ve set the components variants so that clicking the icon toggles between the open / closed state of each section, so I have a prototype with 3 sections that the user can expand / collapse separately. Is there a way to create a prototype interaction where clicking the icon on a specific section not only expands that section, but also collapses all other open sections? Thank you in advance 🤓

how can I store the number of character I have used in the input field as a string in the variable of Figma

I want to create a similar animation in Figma. Is there a tutorial like this? I don’t know what keyword to search on this type of animation.

Figma ran into a problem,Our team is looking into it now. If refreshing the page doesn’t work, check our status page for updates. how to fix this 😥

Basically the title. I am in a college affiliated to one of the universities (which is listed in the Figma education university list), but since my college is not listed, I do not think my verification will be approved, (tried 4-5 times, it fails every time even though I have all the valid proof, admission form which says the name of the university listed, still it fails every time), I am a college grad and my graduation will end by july 2025, I think I deserve to get the Figma Education. What can I do?

Please search for existing topics before posting! Press 🔍 at the upper right to search. Figma recently released “slides” but there is no button to export them 😦

I’ve recently been brought back by a company I did work for before and was given access again to the old files to edit them, when I look at the team list I see myself listed as “can edit,” however whenever I actually open any of the files it has the “Edit File” button on the bottom bar and it’s telling me to request access. What makes it even stranger is I see an admin listed for requesting edit access that is no longer with the company and they don’t actually show up on the full team list of active members, it’s almost like the file itself is pulling from an old team list. What is going on with this?

How can I make a container/button open and expand from the top left? I can’t seem to find an example, but basically, if you look at a button, I’d want to be able to click that button and have it turn into a bigger container that takes up the entire width of the page and open from the top left. Help!

Hi everyone, I am currently evaluating whether the professional plan on Figma is suitable for my needs. Currently, another designer and I use the same account to create and edit projects on Figma. My question is, if I choose the professional plan, by paying only $15.00, can I still share the same account with another person? That way, both of us could use the professional features. Thanks in advance for your help!

How do I integrate a landing page created in figma to email?

Hi! With the new Figma update I can’t find these three icons (screenshot) for the text box, does someone know where to find them?

I created a Figma slide deck based on the default “Basic/Light” template. I customized the font styles (e.g., Title, Header 1, Header 2), replacing the default “Inter” font with a different typeface. After making these changes, I published the modified deck as a new template. Here’s where things get weird: 4a.When I create a new deck using the “Use in new deck” option from the published template, the deck appears in Drafts with my custom text styles intact (Title, Header 1, Header 2, etc.). 4b. However, if I create a new deck directly from the template gallery, the font styles are labeled as “Custom” rather than the original names (Title, Header 1, Header 2, etc.). It seems like the custom text styles aren’t being fully retained when published, causing inconsistent behavior between methods 4a and 4b.

I’m mocking up a flow of a process which contains accordions that should be conditionally expanded or collapsed based on what step the user is in the process. I know the easy way to do this is to create a screen for each step of the process with the relevant accordions manually changed to their collapsed or expanded states, but it would be lovely if there was a way to do this via variables. Ex: if a component is meant to shown on step 1, then its expanded/collapsed boolean would be tied to a conditional. Something along the lines of “If processStep = 1, show. Else, hide.” And so on for all the other components.

Recently I have major issues with component instances not being rendered correctly. Every other component instance is rendered incorrectly upon opening the file. To fix the problem I have to click into every instance, which seems to correctify it but is a major painpoint since I have hundreds or thousends of instances all over different files. This means I have no idea if the handoff to the programmer is actually correct since I don’t know which instances are incorrect or if they are rendered properly or not on the different devices.

Can any one please open the link which shows my project, once you preview my prototype, I am having a problem, where i have created a dropdown menu, and i am having some error. You can see it if you preview the " create your own cakes" page. Please help me any one…! Thanks in advance…!!! here is my project link Figma – 8 Nov 23

I wonder if there is a way to reset a particular overridden property from the list returned by calling the overrides property. I see the resetOverrides method. However it resets all of them while I need to drop only one particular override. Essentially, I need to do the same thing shown on the screenshot below (reset size), only via plugin code. It it possible?

Hi guys, I’d really appreciate it if you could help us with this challenge we’re trying to solve. To give some context: our current text field is a bit outdated. When we first created it, the way we handled things like auto layout and responsiveness was different, so now the auto layout isn’t working well. We also have duplicated variants because, back then, we solved the problem by creating a variant with an icon in the label and another without, as well as versions with and without an error state, and so on. Nowadays, we have the opportunity to optimize this. Instead of using these variants, for example, we are treating those differences as boolean properties. One example of where we use this component is a large form on a page of our product. Each field is quite different from the others, with distinct content values and properties. We have several files, each containing multiple screens that use this component. As I mentioned, we have many files that utilize this component, so we

I wanted to test conditional prototyping + multi-mode for variables. I was thinking that if I downgrade my plan after a while, what will happen to these prototypes or modes? The case is I’m not sure if my team which I’m working with will continue paying for the professional plan or not. And I don’t want to get too dependent on these tools. Is there any help link to explain the process clearly? I didn’t find anything useful. here are my questions: If I use multi-action + conditional prototype, will they work even after downgrade? (am I still able to view them or not?) If I create multi modes for my variable collections, would they still be usable or do they get locked? if they get locked, what will happen to styles that are connected to the modes? do they get detached? If I create more than 3 pages, after downgrade, would they still be visible, or they get locked? I would appreciate any explanation.

Please search for existing topics before posting! Press 🔍 at the upper right to search. Getting this error while inserting instance from design system. Any one facing same issue ?

I am having problems importing styles from a remote library. I can’t get them to display in a div inside the plugin interface. I had no problem with the variables but now I can’t import them correctly. Because I imagine that they work in a different way but I can’t find the documentation. Thank you very much in advance.