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Erick_Muller
Erick_Muller
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How Do I separate a single vector layer so that I can color certain parts differently?

Hi. I’m new to Figma. I just turned an image into a vector using image tracer. The problem is that its one uniform color and I want to color separate parts differently. How do I do that?

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Linh_Huynh_Thi_Khanh
10 months ago
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nirvana7
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Download option while using figma code generation

When using Figma plugin for code generation in dev mode, the output is usually displayed in one of the subsections Inspect panel. This output of code generation is available with one option - “Copy” Is there a way to download the codegen output ?

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tank666
10 months ago
otto
otto
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I can't open the Figma app

iPhone 11, iOS 17.3.1 After I opened the Figma app, it stayed on the startup screen and I couldn’t access it

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otto
10 months ago
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Laura_Morgan
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My components are acting like they are linked, am I using the wrong word to describe my problem?

I have an 2 icons inside a button component that I have made, one on the left and one on the right: I realised these icons were pulling from different icon libraries so I deleted the icon on the right (the chevron), dragged a copy of the icon on the left and kept working on the file. I didn’t realise at the time that this had done something strange where now if I try to hide the chevron in any one of my variables, every single icon (left and right) is hidden from every single variant, it doesn’t matter which one I pick - if I click hide, every single icon disappears - how do I stop that? I would describe this problem as the layers being linked?

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10 months ago
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anon43195814
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How to make the clickable button like the one in the screenshot?

I want to know how to create a clickable button in the workspace like the on the screenshot. It is from the Figma data about the multi-edit that was released yesterday. Thank you in advance!

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A
10 months ago
Sofia_Hanashiro
Sofia_Hanashiro
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How to add a state layer on a button

Hi! Does anyone knows how can I add a state layer on a button on Figma? I saw that Material Design uses it to specify the states (enabled/hovered/focused etc).

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Raphael_M
10 months ago
Anastasia_Kharitonova
Anastasia_Kharitonova
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images are not displayed in the project

Hello! I can’t see pictures in my projects. In all projects. Rebooting and reinstalling the application did not help. I can’t upload the project because the files can’t be loaded. If I insert a new picture and refresh the page, the picture disappears. The pictures are inside the frame What should I do?

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Raphael_M
10 months ago
ChiSenires
ChiSenires
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FigJam: [Publish updates] button not accessible in publish updates modal

@Junko3 thanks for this! I got my co-worker to try it, and it worked! … sort of 😅 The modal did show up for my co-worker now, but instead they couldn’t publish an update because the modal couldn’t be moved up or was cut from their viewpoint: And then I tried it on my end, and I see the same thing: Although in my view I could still barely click the primary CTA button to publish update, the purple one. But that’s based on my viewport. We both tried scrolling or click-and-dragging the top of the modal to “move” it but to no luck. I guess this is now a bug report too 😆 Hoping this can be fixed soon 🙇‍♀️t2:

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Figmate
10 months ago
Shosh_Radunsky
Shosh_Radunsky
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Conditional variable to mute unmute video sound

Can i set a condition, that if true, video will unmute, and if false will mute. Im trying to create a prototype that when. player presses mute, and thenmoves to the next screen the music will remain muted

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y_toku
Figmate
10 months ago
Amberlamps
Amberlamps
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By using interactive components beta, can we now create hover + click interactions?

Hi There, Have done a lot of searching but was trying to figure out if by using interactive components I can now finally achieve the execution of creating a hover state that also allows the user to click to a new frame. I see this is not possible with traditional prototyping in figma. Reading through the documentation it seems that by creating a varient of a component, I can create a second interaction on the 2nd variant to achieve this. I’ve tried a few ways and can’t get it to work. Only the initial hover state works. Use case: Create interaction of a layer within a frame Interaction selection for this layer is to hover When hovering, it opens a component as an overlay This component has 2 variants, where the first variant allows a swap to the second variant The second variant links to a new frame in the prototype note: The component in question was using auto layout, and I tried to removing autolayout. This did not fix the issue. Has anyone gotten this to work? Or is it still not

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Paige_Saez1
10 months ago
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Chen_Xiaotong
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How to change the look of mouse cursor in figma prototype?

I am looking for a way to change the look of the mouse cursor form an arrow to a circle (more like a formal mobile presentation), but I couldn’t find an effective way? Any one can help me out here?? Thanks

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10 months ago
Simin_Ghasemi
Simin_Ghasemi
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I cannot use Asset To insert Components

Hi i created Sticker sheet . but when I insert a component Via “Asset” it dosent work , but if I copy From Sticker sheet and paste in Frames it will work, why?? thanks

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dvaliao
Figmate
10 months ago
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bc210427845_ADNAN_MANZOOR
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Dev mode not enable

I have joined the student study plane to access the Figma but dev mode is not enabled can anyone be available for the student study plane or only for paid?

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dvaliao
Figmate
10 months ago
Bogriceanu_Sorin
Bogriceanu_Sorin
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Use Markdown for a component description using Plugin API

Is there a way to supply markdown for a component description using the plugin API? I am using this API: description | Plugin API I tried to supply MD formmated string but is is ignored. I am asking because in the UI it seems that we have controlls for text formatting. Thank you, Sorin

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Bogriceanu_Sorin
10 months ago
Harald_Skogland
Harald_SkoglandNew Member
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Visual Studio Code Figma plugin: How to refresh? And give feedback

Hi, inside Visual Studio code with the Figma plugin running and a file open: How can I refresh the file to load any changes that has happened in my Figma file? It seems to me the only way is to close file and reopen it. Also, how can I give feedback on the Figma plugin in VS Code? thanks,

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dvaliao
Figmate
10 months ago
Erik_Wingren
Erik_Wingren
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Scroll position resets in prototype despite forward slash in frame names

I have read the help article and – unless I’m missing something – followed the naming conventions… but my prototype still resets the scroll position when clicking a link in a nested frame. Here’s a screenshot of my frames and prototype pathing: And here’s a link to the prototype . What am I doing wrong?

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ksn
Figmate
10 months ago
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Jacob_Harris1
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Drag action drags the whole page, and not the selected component

I have created this drag and drop that was working fine, and suddenly now when I drag the tile on the right, it drags the rest of the screen with it instead of swapping positions with the tile on the left. I should mention that it was working fine until I made unrelated color change, then it started doing this. I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. Adding a movie of the interaction and the prototype interactions so you can see what I mean (I’m on the free plan and can only share directly). Drag and drop error:drive.google.com

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10 months ago
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Charles_Rio
asked in Ask the Community
My files are not opening

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Gayani_S
Figmate
10 months ago
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Michael_Richardson
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Define Inside for stroke on an unclosed path (as if it was a closed path)

I have an unclosed path that is like a rounded rectangle with the middle third of the top edge cut out. It is to copy another rounded rectangle. I was wondering if I could make the stroke stay Inside like the original rounded rectangle. With part of the path cut out the stroke even with Inside selected is more like Center would be for the original rounded rectangle. I noticed this as I was creating masks to make an effect like three of these layer on top of each other and the radius of the circles I’d used for the mask was wrong. Is there a way to get what I want? Can I tell Figma that it should treat it as though the two ends are joined for the inside stroke? Altenatively, can I make one section of the path transparent? Or, convert the rounded rectangle to define a path with fill that looks exactly like the original stroke path? (This is less ideal as it’s harder to modify and experiment with.) Or, I guess I could use a mask to define the section without the cut out? (Again this is ha

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M
10 months ago
Riotter
Riotter
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Smart animate while hovering

Hello, community! I have created a component containing different states for a menu item. I want to have a small rectangle on the left side of the item that stays visible when the page is active but most importantly to smart animate on hover over the other items in the menu. The animation is simple: the rectangle has a width of 0px when is not hovered and 10px width on hover. The problem is that whenever I hover over the item, the width of the rectangle is instantly 10px width and when I stop hovering, it is animating the width of the rectangle. Thank you in advance for the possible answers!

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Riotter
10 months ago
0xtutti
0xtutti
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Using properties to create a fixed sizes icon-container component

I am generally using an icon container to place icons across my designs. It’s a simple variant that holds the different sizes the icons can have and that can toggle between an image or a vector. This has been working fine, but I thought I could optimise it using properties and reduce complexity. By using number properties and assigning them to the sizes of the container and the icon inside of it, it’s possible to switch the icon size by simply changing the mode. The icon-container becomes a simple component, one container, one icon, where you can swap the icon by doing an instance swap, and change its size by assigning the desired mode. I manage to reduce it to this: Unfortunately I quickly realized that Figma limited modes to 4 for non entreprise accounts, bricking this strategy. Why is there such a limitation with modes. For expert users they can actually REALLY simplify designs system and their scalability. As a one person design team, I would like to access more modes and not h

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0xtutti
10 months ago
Vivian_Chiemi_Tsukazan_Yagui
Vivian_Chiemi_Tsukazan_Yagui
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How can I do a shadow effects while hovering on consecutive buttons

I’m trying to replicate the Gmail hover effect where an email gets a shadow and appears to be in front of other emails when you hover over it. In Figma, however, the hover shadow appears behind the above buttons, making it semi invisible. Is there a way to achieve this effect using Autolayot? Here is my example:

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Vivian_Chiemi_Tsukazan_Yagui
10 months ago
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Aleksandar_Sasho
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Managing Changes in Figma Prototypes While Continuing Design Work

Hello everyone, I have a question and would greatly appreciate your help. 🙂 Here’s the situation: A design has been created, including a component and an interactive prototype. The prototype link has been sent to the clients and will be used for an indefinite period for review and feedback. In the meantime, work needs to continue on the component and the design without reflecting these changes in the prototype, that is already by the clients. I hope I’ve formulated the question clearly, and I’m curious if this problem is new to any of you. How do you handle such situations? Does anyone have an idea on how this could be resolved? Thank you very much in advance. Have a great day! 🙂

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mo_hamwi
10 months ago
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b_patel
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Need Help: Bypassing Save As Dialogue Box While Running Plugin

I’m encountering an issue with a plugin I’m developing where every time I try to save a generated file, it prompts me with the “Save As” dialogue box. I’m wondering if anyone has encountered this problem before and found a solution to bypass this dialogue box? Since I’m still getting the hang of Figma, I’m not sure if this is a common issue or if there’s a specific workaround for it. I’ve tried searching online for solutions, but haven’t had much luck finding a clear answer. If anyone has any suggestions or tips to bypass the “Save As” dialogue box while running the plugin, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much for your help!

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y_toku
Figmate
10 months ago
Phil_Larsen
Phil_LarsenNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
View Version History menu option is gone

Tried looking at View Version History, but the option is no longer in the menu. In order to access it, I have to click “Save to Version History” and then “View All History”. Anyone else running into this issue? I used to be able to access it via the ⌘+/ hotkey.

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Figmate
10 months ago
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