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On my request, Figma Admin in my org recently transferred a linked Designs System (6 libraries) to different organisation. With the transfer were 150+ other Design Files. I now have no access. The other org must now link these Design Files to the completed DS. The libraries that these 150+ Design Files were connected to, during the transfer, have lost their names. The process has defaulted them to ‘missing library’. Is there a method to retrieve these library file names, so they can be re-connect to the new completed DS that has been transferred?

Hello, As the title suggests I have x3 nodes in my library file, they are different styles for multiple brands. Library file is published and up to date. Selecting all the designs and making a node override works. However but when i try at a page level i get the following error. Also “DirectLineNEW” & “PriviledgeNEW” no longer exist in the library file and i can’t seem to remove them from the list. Any help would be greatly appreciated as it’s driving me loopy. Thanks

Created a prototype with desktop dimensions (1377 x 768 px). When the prototype link is viewed on mobile phones, the prototype dimensions are suddenly stretched to the full height of the mobile screen it is being viewed on. This bug applies across mobile browsers and the Figma app. In contrast, no such issue exists when the prototype is viewed on a desktop, even when the desktop browser is resized to resemble mobile proportions. The only workaround I could find at present is to crop the frame/artboard to match the intended prototype resolution.

I have an issue with creating a component, especially since I am new to Figma. I have a component with three variances and have prototyped them to switch in between each other with a click. When I create a copy/instance of the component, I am looking to switch the pictures to make the instances unique. However, when I click presentation, it seems only the first image changes and not the other variances. If you could help me with my issue, it would mean a ton to me. I’ve looked through the forums and can’t find any solutions to my situation and thought I’d try my luck here.

I used to be able to quickly alt+drag elements outside of frames/groups/component sets, but that’s no longer possible since a few weeks ago. Even I ctrl+C and ctrl+V far away from the frame on the canvas, with the frame deselected, the pasted element still appears within the frame it’s originating from. Sometimes I need to export as files objects in a component set. Due to what seems like another bug (each time I try to export from a component set a selection of items it will only export one single item). When I try to alt+drag elements out of it or copy paste them away, they will appear in that frame still. So I have to drag them out of it manually. This also creates significant problems when all I want to do is create an instance as it forcingly creates a new master, which then I need to pull out of the frame, make another copy of it that’s actually an instance, that I then need to Detach. Is there any fix for this. Maybe a setting that’s on by default. I’m on W11, I have yet to rece

Hello everyone, I need help! I used the new UI (in beta), and I really liked it, but after I used the shortcut for “minimize UI”, the navigation panel began to look different, please help me, how do I get back to the previous appearance? below I will attach a screenshot of how it looks now

My file has “used variables” which no longer exist lingering around somewhere. No idea what assets could possibly still have these old/deleted variables still connected to them. I have tried the detach deleted variables command already but no luck. Is there any way to locate where these variables are being used without going through each layer one by one? Is this just a bug?

Hi, in the last day or two I’ve noticed that some of my images have disappeared from my designs. All images are PNGs and when i try to reupload them I get the “Invalid image or thumbnail is removed” message. Now I would be OK with this if it happened to every PNG as then it may be a location issue but some of the same PNGs are showing in other frames? There doesn’t seem to any logic to it, some of them are showing, some of them are not and it wont let me reupload the PNG?! Any ideas?

I’m filling individual parts of the vector with different colors depending on the mode. When I switch to dark mode, the outer border of the vector continues to show the color of light mode. Do you know if I implemented this wrong?

After organizing my icon components I noticed some of the categories had duplications and I’m not sure why or how to delete them (pictured below with beginning of duplication selected). The only difference that I can see between the repeated components is that one has clip content selected and the other does not. Has anyone else run into this problem or know how to fix it?

Hi ! in the counterAxisSpacing property, documented here :figma.com I see no reference to auto, which is something that can be set in Figma and has an effect similar to justify-content: space-between in css/flex Am i missing something, or is it not implemented in the API? Thanks

I have verified education plan, but can’t access dev mood.

Hello. I just bought Professional team (monthly) subscription to Figma. But I can’t use my dev Mode. I need help

Whenever I use font with weight “SemiBold”, I am not able to use a text variable that equals “SemiBold” as “Display SemiBold” is used instead. Even when I remove the variable there is a bug that won’t let me select “SemiBold”, as it always selects Display

Hello, here is my problem: I have 2 themes (A and B) for a button with icon and label text. Depending on the chosen theme, the button automatically displays the A or B icon variant by using variables. It works very well, except that if I apply an override color on the icon of theme A, this color resets if I apply theme B. I would like this color to be preserved when I change themes. Anyone have a solution for this? Figma link here

Hello, Is there a possibility to deep link into a Figma plugin? ie. have a URL like this www.myfigmaplugin.com/colour=ff0000 and have it open myfigmaplugin in Figma with #ff0000 selected as the default colour? I’m not too fussed about the actual format of the URL, opposed to actually implement something like that.

I created a slide deck in Figma but would like to convert it into a regular Figma Design file (.fig). How can I do this without copy/pasting every slide individually?

I applied for an educator account, it said I was verified, but still has me on a free account. This is not conducive to my class. I even used my school email and again, got the verification approval. And what is with Figma not offering help/contact for issues like this stating, post it in the forum? Is this not a school friendly product? Is their support subpar? Should I be looking at another product?

It’s maddening that Auto-Layout and sticky headers are at odds with each other. Auto-Layout puts the layer that visually appears at the top of a frame behind the others in the layering order, such that setting that object to be sticky makes it get covered by the other layers as they scroll past it. Forcing you to create an entirely separate design with auto-layout disabled and the layer ordering completely inverted. This seems like a massive error.

I see the availability to update the instances of my components (via jewel on the libraries icon button). When I press the update all button. The app tells me everything is updated. Yet, the jewel persists. When trying to update the component instance with another, I get an error (pictured) How does the community deal with the instances that don’t update? I’ve tried the old reboot approach.

Hey everyone, pretty new to Figma and I can’t seem to figure this out. I’m trying to create a menu sidebar that slides over when I press my menu button. I have my button and sidebar in a component and I can get the sidebar to appear when I press the menu button using changeTo. The problem I’m having is that no matter how I arrange the sidebar in the component box, when I run my prototype, the sidebar appears right where the button is in my frame. Is there a way to set where the sidebar will appear using changeTo? Thanks!

I have a component with a background icon. That component needs to be able to scale and the icon should stay in the lower right corner: This is the component tree And this the setting of the Background Icon When I scale the original component it looks right But when I insert the component and scale it looks like this

I have two pages P1 and P2. I want to create a prototype such that when I click on a button present on P1, after a delay of 3 seconds it navigates to P2 instantly?

Hi guys I’m prototyping a filtering flow that allows users to filter a list of customers based on their tags. I’ve connected the visibility of each customer row to the activation of their related tags, and selected tags are displayed with chips. My goal is that when I click the “x” on a chip, the corresponding tag filter is disabled, and the rows associated with that tag get hidden. I’ve managed to prototype all the steps except for the part where the corresponding rows are hidden. the only solution that i have come up with has been to somehow leave and come back to the page so that the visibility conditions are checked again, but it will harm the flow do you guys have any suggestions about what I can do? thanks 🙂