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PLEASE HELP 😦 could someone help me, with the best way to prototype a filter menu coming in from a button? I’d like the page content to ‘squeeze’ very much like outlook has the hamburger menu push in and the content gets smaller. I can’t seem to get this with an overlay as theres nothing to push? should this be done with variables? i’d be grateful of any guidance.

Hello, I create complex object, then I “group”, and “create component”. I want to modify the component, and so to “un-component” it. How to, because as for “group & ungroup”, there is “create component” but not “un-component” menu ? Best regards

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I understand that we are allowed unlimited files in our Drafts section, even if on a Starter Plan. But ever since the changes to how Drafts work, I can no longer import files directly into my Drafts section which I could do before by following the usual ‘+ Create new’ file flow. I get an error message saying I’ve reached my Starter Plan file limit. Has anyone noticed this? I had been regularly importing files to my Drafts to record professional work in my personal Figma account for portfolio updating. Thanks, Varun

I currently have an interactive input field as a component in my sticker sheet. I found that I cannot change the input field name when apply to my work. How can I change the heading without affecting the component? Example: Currently the heading of the input field is call “Name”. I want use this component in a form and call the field “Wallet name”. And I may want to use the same component as the next field and call it “Password”. Is there any way to change the heading of the field without changing the component?

I’m trying to create a resizable animated button with a shadow where if you press it, it will collapse the shadow layer and look as if it is being pressed down. adding a drop shadow does not function as I’d hoped, it simply retracts into a kind of dissolve animation I can’t alter. I can’t flatten two shapes together because I want to keep a stroke on one of them. my problem is that when resizing the button, the shadow layer does not follow suit, and instead remains the original size. I can’t seem to merge both layers together in a way that works while keeping the auto layout function or keeping the intended appearance. is there a way to make two frames follow the same auto layout without flattening them?

I have a frame wherein the user has to select between two choices.; Radio selection let’s name it A&B. Upon selecting A, its container expands to show more features inside A (I have used Clip Content and enabled vertical scrolling) and shows the default container state of B at the bottom. Now, when I click B from this state (at the bottom) it expands to show the features but I’m only able to view half of it and have to scroll up to view the rest. I was initially using Smart Animate and now I changed it to Instant after referring to some forums, and still it doesn’t work. Please help. Thanks in advance!

I love the Duotone plugin. But, I wish I could save a set of duotones I use all the time for our brand. does anybody uses a different plugin that has that feature?

All of my local text and color styles disappeared from one of my Figma files; I tried restoring old versions of the file but they’re not there as well. I read about other people having this issue; that issue was closed; I’m posting a new one to confirm that this issue still persists. I’ll have to reimport and reapply the styles; a cumbersome, time consuming process.

I have a student that can’t verify their .edu email address. Figma keeps asking them to verify, but they never receive the email.

Olá pessoal! Tudo bem? Comecei a usar o Figma recentemente e criei umas telas e um dropdown, mas estou com dois problemas: Eu vou em assets e insiro a instância do menu que eu criei, mas quando eu abro ele ainda nas telas, o menu aberto não fica no default, e sim na variante da primeira opção do menu, como se eu já tivesse escolhido a primeira opção. Quando eu apresento o protótipo, o menu não aparece na tela. Se alguém puder me ajudar com isso, ficaria muito grata!

I would like my sticky contact button to open to the left on hover. No matter how I try the animation, my button always opens to the right, i.e. out of the frame: How would you animate the button?

Hi there, I’m sure this comes up a lot but I wondered what the best way of highlighting one item in a list of items is on click? I know I can change component variant on click but this won’t change the others back. Here’s what I need: List of Items - Default Not Highlighted Click on item - Highlight Item Click on different item - Highlight this item but UNHIGHLIGHT other item What is the best way of doing this? This is the only way I can do it at present which is laborious and requires a new component for every version of the list. Seems like an inefficient way to do it! Thanks Jen

I have developed a token-based authentication system. Utilizing a REST API, I’ve implemented PHP code to execute operations based on a file ID. When the code is executed, it returns data indicating the role of the requester in the project file. If someone other than the owner runs the code, it provides information about their role in the project file, correct? but its giving his role also the owner, is this because of i created the token?

I created draft and placed there my Ui-kit and I need to reuse it for my 3 other projects is there any advises?)

Does anyone know how to turn off the layout grid in Figma slides? This is what my screen looks like, and the layout grid keeps showing. Thanks in advance!

I’m not able to select other languages than “dutch” in my spell check. I want to add English. Can help me solve this problem? Details: Windows 10 Using Figma browser application OS language is in English Figma UI is in English Image of my current view:

Auto-Layout is acting weird, and has some bugs

Hi, I am designing a button for the user to go back to the top of the page layout. The button is fixed during the scroll and when the user hover over it it grows to show a text. The problem is that when doing the hover behavior it makes a strange behavior and I don’t know what can be the problem: Figma – 20 Sep 24

I’m kinda new to Figma and i don’t know what it means to have the variable strikethrough. It’s working but it’s strikethrough. Why and how do i fix it?

I am managing the button color and size values ​​by creating them as components. After changing the color value of the button, if you change the size from l → m, an unknown color value appears. Is this a bug? What did I do wrong? The sky blue color is not found anywhere in our design system.I am managing the button color and size values ​​by creating them as components. After changing the color value of the button, if you change the size from l → m, an unknown color value appears. Is this a bug? What did I do wrong? The sky blue color is not found anywhere in our design system.

I’m building a presentation using Figma (regular Figma, not Figma Slides) and I need to export it as a PDF. The problem is I have some intricate fills in many of the frames I use as slides, for example, a background image + radial gradient + linear gradient + overlay low opacity noise image, and things like that. Some stakeholders see glitchy backgrounds on some slides when I export the pdf. I thought I would rasterize the fills of the frames, so instead of a bunch of stacked pictures and gradients they’re simple images, but doing so also rasterizes the content of the frame (i.e., all the text and other elements included on the “slide” frame). The workaround I’m using is creating a new frame for the slide, and manually separating the contents from the original slide frame, but it’s quite a tedious task. Does anyone have another possible solution for this? Maybe I could also post this in “Share an idea”? Thanks, Marc

noob here, site on different resoloution displays and different aspect ratios how does it fit ? Please answer to noob with simple words 🙂

Hi! How to make a similar animation in Figma, as in the video? https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/video/25851684?key=59037b98d547516fa4c14acc0d07f642 I mean to make the words appear when you scroll the mouse wheel down. The background video does not move until the list ends

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