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After I made changes to the main file, I want to update the changes to a branch. When I open the branch, I have to wait a few minutes for the “Update from Main File” menu to be enabled. Sometime it does enable at all. It would be helpful to let me select “Update from Main File” right away and Figma can check to see if there are anything changes.

I was wondering what happens to any data, projects etc created, shared by a person with a full, that is then changed to a restrcted viewver? What could break? What do you need to take into account? We have several users in our org that have a full seat assigned, that havent logged in for 60+ days. We want to free up seats, but need to understand the potential impact. Thank you

When sharing Figma prototypes or canvases on Google Meet, the screenshare freezes pretty much automatically. I’ve tried this in the Meet web app and PWA, also in the Figma desktop app and web app. Doesn’t seem to happen in Zoom, but we tend to use Meet by default. On MacOS Sonoma 14.5 and Figma 124.2.9 Anyone else having this problem recently/have a fix? Been going on for at least a month. I have found other topics but all a few months old and recommending upgrading to the latest version of Figma, which I seem to be on.

Is there an easier (non-copy/paste) way to open a Figma page in FigJam? It’s not a great hardship to copy and paste frames, but sometimes I feel it would be helpful to press a single button and have Figma auto push everything on a page (or selected items on a page) to FigJam for design review etc

Hi Figma Community, When I place a vector and later decide to delete it due to no longer needing it, the vector still appears in the preview. I’ve thoroughly checked all the layers to ensure it’s not hidden somewhere, but it remains visible. To fix this, I have to close Figma and reopen the file. After doing this, the vectors reappear, and I’m then able to delete them successfully. This glitch happens frequently, disrupting my workflow. Has anyone else experienced this issue, and if so, how did you resolve it? Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I am using Figma links in some documentation. I want to know if someone can view the Figma file without logging in to Figma? Because sometime back it used to happen, now it doesn’t. Login step is a bit of hassle for some stakeholders who are viewing my documents. Can someone help me with that?

Hi all! Ive been searching for a plugin that can assist me with the following - we have a huge file with our components and screen designs where various icons have been used. However since the project was in different stages, progressed over time, etc. the icons sometimes differ in styling. My goal is to have them all brought in one file and see the mismatching ones to update them and for future have a defined icon library of this project. A couple of details: all of them are appropriate vector format - fx selection of all vector layers can be another way. all of them are linked to another Icon Library file - fx selection of all layers from X library can be a solution to the case too. This would be more manual work. Do you have an idea what could solve this case? Thank you!

I am currently creating components, and when I try to select an property using variant, two menus always appear. However, clicking on either of them is ineffective. Now I can only set the property by typing it in manually. Has anyone run into the same problem? p.s. I am using the web version, and this issue occurs on both Chrome and Edge browsers.

So now every time I need to multi-select during prototyping, I’ll have to switch to design mode in the new UI?

I am trying to make a new animation for a page inside Figma, and the whole screen just vanishes. It’s like it “crops” the whole screen size and I cant revert it back. The only way is closing the screen/prototype and opening it again. If I’m using the Figma app on Mac, I have to close it and reopen the whole app again so I can see the prototypes with the default screen size I created again. Can someone help me? It seems I can upload videos!

I cannot change the position of an absolutely positioned element (Part of a design system component). Any ideas on how to activate this panel?

I’m using a plug in to present my slides in Figma and one of my slides is just a blank page when I convert the Figma files to the presentation mode. Please help

How can I make domino tiles flip over after I created the tiles I needed so I can be able to shuffle them randomly

Figma allows me to insert instances of components from libraries that are not relevant to the project I’m working in. I do not understand why they show, and the libraries do not show in the libraries panel. How do I stop seeing components from unrelated libraries as I use SHIFT + i to search for components?

Although I’m being recognized as a teacher, whenever I try to update to the Professional Plan, it says I’m going to be charged. A coworker did not have this issue. We deleted my account and I tried again, doing it how they did it, but it didn’t fix it. Any ideas? I really want to be able to transfer all my jamboards over before October 1st!

I’m prototyping a series of screens in Figma, and I need help with enabling a “Next” button only when specific conditions are met. Each screen includes different combinations of checkboxes, radio buttons, and input fields. The requirements are: Checkboxes: Each checkbox is linked to its own Boolean variable, and the button should only become enabled when all necessary checkboxes are checked. Radio Buttons: In some screens, the user must select one of several radio buttons for the “Next” button to become enabled. Input Fields: On other screens, the user needs to fill in required input fields (like text fields) before enabling the button. I have individual screens where only one of these components is present, as well as more complex screens that combine all three (checkboxes, radio buttons, and input fields). I’m struggling to figure out the logic and variable interactions in Figma to ensure the “Next” button activates only when all relevant conditions are met and reverts to disabled

Just made an account, cannot find any option for old UI. I really do not like this floating menu on the bottom, and I know it wasn’t like so in older UI. I tried the help button only to see nothing helpful.

The browser and Windows version both failed to EXPOTR when using the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+E.

I would appreciate some guidance on figma.variables. setBoundVariableForPaint method. figma.com I would like to run a simple script to bind a variable to the existing style. This is what I tried // get a style ref let style = figma.getLocalPaintStyles()[0]; // get a var ref let variable = figma.variables.getVariableById("VariableID:1:53"); // bind? figma.variables.setBoundVariableForPaint(style.paints[0], 'color', variable); It returns a solid paint indeed, however, it has no effect on a given style. Confusing…

I have been working on a plugin and it was working perfectly fine. But now, when I try to run it the console shows this error: InternalError: unconsistent stack size: 2 4 (pc=151) I tried restarting thinking it might be something related to Figma’s internal behavior but didn’t help. What might be the reason for this error? Thanks!

I working alongside the plugin tutorial and I cannot get PostMessage to work. When I invoke it in ui.html, I get this in the console: VM248:17 Failed to execute 'postMessage' on 'DOMWindow': The target origin provided ('null') does not match the recipient window's origin ('https://www.figma.com'). I have searched far and wide and cannot find any other Figma users experiencing this. Any clues on what I should do?

We have a design system with a large library of components that are linked to design tokens. Is there a possibility within Figma to see in one overview which design token is linked to which element? Or are there perhaps plugins for this?

Hello, I’m stuck, I would like to navigate to a frame home using dropdown variant in component, I apply function click in my variant with navigate to home but when I test it doesn’t work, my question is it possible to prototype navigate function in variant of one component in Figma for header in my case or I need to find a simple solution?

I’m having an issue in Figma where new shapes created within a group end up being placed outside of that group. Hello, I am a designer and illustrator, and most of my work involves creating detailed illustrations. One of the tools I rely on heavily in Figma is “shapes.” However, this problem has become quite frustrating: when I try to create a new shape within a group (such as a circle, square, etc.), Figma places it outside of the selected group. As a result, I have to manually drag it back inside, and when I cut it to paste it into the group, it doesn’t maintain its original position. Does anyone know how to resolve this? Thank you so much in advance!

How can I return the file to my Projects? I am the owner of this file.