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Markus_Kegel
Markus_Kegel
asked in Ask the Community
Can't move file when it was branched

I recognized that it is not possible to move files when in the file itself where branches used. Is this a bug?

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Markus_Kegel
11 months ago
Keana_Rodriguez
Keana_Rodriguez
asked in Ask the Community
How do I link a pdf file to the button so that it can actually download

How do I link a pdf file to the button so that it can actually download ? So, basically when I click the button “download my resume” on my project it actually download my resume? thanks

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y_toku
Figmate
11 months ago
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Adi2
asked in Ask the Community
Is there a way to know the original size (pixel dimensions) of an imported image?

Hi. Someone sent me a Figma file they worked on. It has imported images. I want to know how large I can export a frame containing an image, without the image losing quality. For this I need to know the pixel dimensions of the original image that was imported. Is there some way to see the original image dimensions of an imported image? Example: User 1 imported a 1000x1000 pixel image into a Figma project User 1 resized the image to 500x500 pixels and placed it in a frame named “myFrame”. User 2 now wants to know if “myFrame” can be exported at an increased size of: x2 and x3. User 1 would have known that x2 would work fine since the original imported image is 1000x1000, but x3 would result in pixelation since it would blow up the image to a size that is larger than the original, so new pixels will have to be added. User 2, however, doesn’t know the original size of the image that was imported. Is there a way to find out?

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y_toku
Figmate
11 months ago
Marc_Robinson
Marc_Robinson
asked in Ask the Community
(Help) Best way to work with components and libraries when you have loads of clients

(Sorry if this question has been asked before. I did search but haven’t found anything quite relevant or maybe I’m not looking in the right place) I work for an agency and we do web and app design, as such we have loads of diferente clients with different brands coming in and out all the time. Whenever i get a new client what i usually do is copy over my styles and components into a new file and modify them to the new design language the brand has. This usually means copying components but losing all texts and color style linking and so i have to painfully fo through all my components and relinking them. For the colors i have a plugin called “Match fills to local styles” that makes that part easier. But for texts it’s not quite that easy and of corse takes a while. Am I missing something? What is the best way to work with components, libraries and styles when you have a high client movement?

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Figmate
11 months ago
oscargodson
oscargodson
asked in Ask the Community
What does pressing command do after starting to drag?

I noticed today when I start dragging an element then hold down command after starting to drag my cursor has a little down arrow under it. I tried to screenshot but even with a timed screenshot the Figma cursor is not appear in my screenshot. Is there a list of key commands when dragging? I couldnt find any info on what this means nor info on dragging commands. Thanks!

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y_toku
Figmate
11 months ago
Gabriel_Lessor
Gabriel_Lessor
asked in Ask the Community
Passing variables on overlay open

Just want to make sure this is possible with Figma variables, conditionals or Boolean statements. I have a user guide prototype with a list of 9 menu items on the overview screen - profile settings, submitting feedback, flight list, etc Users would click on the menu items to jump to the respective screens (just like a table of content) On the individual screens, I placed a menu icon to load an overlay with the same menu items. That way users can jump to any screen from anywhere Without creating 9 different overlays, how can I achieve changing the color of a menu item of the corresponding section the user clicked the overlay from? For example, if overlay is loaded from the Flight list screen, I want to have “Flight list” on the menu a different color

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Raphael_M
11 months ago
Markus_Kegel
Markus_Kegel
asked in Ask the Community
"Ask to edit" strange behaviour

I am admin inside a team “team-example”. My colleague has edit rights inside this team “team-example”. In “team-example” are different projects. Always when my colleague is adding a new file inside “team-example” inside a project i need to grant access for editing. Is this a bug?

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y_toku
Figmate
11 months ago
Sebastian_Holzki
Sebastian_Holzki
asked in Ask the Community
Transform boolean property to variant?

Hey community, is there a way to “extract” boolean logic applied to a components variants and transform it into variants without loosing the link to the existing components in use? This means e.g.: A single standing component with 1 optional icon (set up as boolean) needs to be modified so we end with 2 variants of the component, where one has the Icon, the other has not - and all of this without loosing the link to the already set up instances. (the example is very simplified and it would not be necessary here, but in my case there are reasons) I was looking for something like this for a while - especially with living Component Libraries/Design Systems often e.g. more sizings etc are added later on and then reworking a component basically ALWAYS wreckes the designs.

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y_toku
Figmate
11 months ago
Oussama_Touzni
Oussama_Touzni
asked in Ask the Community
Figlot : easily translate your designs with DeepL

Hello designers 😊 I recently developed and published a new plugin called Figlot which helps users translate their designs with DeepL easily and most importantly without loosing any formats or styles and keeping context. It also has an add glossary feature ( you can upload a new glossary to DeepL from the plugin UI ) , the glossary can be selected later to preserve protected words from being translated ( brands , company names etc …) Here is a small overview : Figlot on Youtube I tested the plugin with a few designs , but I’m sure there can be some cases I didn’t manage to test , also I think there could be some new features I can add in the future. So please feel free to give it a try ( it comes with a 10 translations trial, better be used for document translation 🙂 ) , and let me know of any potential bugs / what can be improved. Thanks 🙏

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Oussama_Touzni
11 months ago
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Kelly_Morgan
asked in Ask the Community
FigJam Jira Widget only allows tickets to be created in one project

I can use the FigmJam Jira Widget to create Jira tickets from Figma sticky notes for one of our projects, but not for the others. I’ve checked Jira permissions and they all have the same permissions for “Create issues” - so not sure why I can create issues via FigJam for one project and not the rest. Any ideas?

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the_daniel
11 months ago
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didi_g
asked in Ask the Community
Is there a way to get the length of an embedded video file on the code?

Trying to see if there is a way to get the length of the video embedded in a Figma File? Cannot seem to find anything of the sort so this is me hoping it is possible.

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Dani_M
11 months ago
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Edward3000
asked in Ask the Community
How do you remove Constraints from text?

I have 2 text boxes that I have auto layout with. One works right because it doesn’t have constraints so I can set the text to hug. The other one will not work like that because it has constraints on the text and so it will not allow me to set it to hug, if I change it to hug it just goes back to fixed immediately. The only way for me to fix it is to delete it and start again, but if I could remove the constraints I think that would fix it. I have a lot of items in my library that was imported so I don’t want to have to delete everything and recreate it from scratch, I should just be able to edit things and remove the constraints.

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E
11 months ago
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Manuka
asked in Ask the Community
Adding an edit seat *monthly*

Hi, I currently have a Professional Plan with 1 editor seat (for myself). I would like to add a second editor seat, but I want to be billed monthly, not annually. In settings, when I try to add a seat, it only gives me an option to add an annual seat (being billed annually). But I want to be billed monthly. How do I get this second seat billed monthly set up? Thank you

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Daniel_Jamesx
11 months ago
milan_brankovic
milan_brankovic
asked in Ask the Community
Presentation view is not working well

Hi, I have a problem with Presentation view, the frame shrinks and expands. Have any of you had a similar problem?

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
11 months ago
Kevin_Andries
Kevin_Andries
asked in Ask the Community
Lost all my work on a file

none of the images are showing

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
11 months ago
Bruno15
Bruno15
asked in Ask the Community
Can't find a way to change credit card information

Hello! I have some questions regarding the billing on Figma. Previously, I decided to pay for a yearly plan for the Professional plan until I enrolled into a course that allowed me to have that plan free as I am a student. After I changed my plan for a student plan, I can’t seem to find any details about the payment method I set before. I want to avoid being billed after my student plan is finished and I also can’t find any information about how long I still have for my student plan. Does anyone know where I could possibly check those information? Also, I’d like to know if, after my student plan is finished, I will still have the rest of the months that I would still have if I haven’t changed to the student plan.

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
11 months ago
Matt_Meeks
Matt_Meeks
asked in Ask the Community
Automatic Dev Mode access

After Jan 31 when Dev Mode is no longer free, will I be able to give devs access automatically when they request it, or will I have to manually allow every request? We post a prototype link and a Dev Mode link in our Jira stories, and since we have devs all around the globe, it would be nice if they could get access just by clicking a button instead of having to wait for me to approve their access. I know they’ll only need approval the first time, but it would still make for a smoother workflow.

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Matt_Meeks
11 months ago
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Ida3
asked in Ask the Community
Half of the component disappears when clicking

I have a component inside an overlay, when you click on the component it should change to another instance of the component. It DOES change, but half of the component goes invisible. It’s a button and when you click the button it gets bigger and shows more things. On the image I have clicked on “class 1” and instead of a big square showing below it like it should it’s just white like this. I can see that the component changes instance since it normally isn’t any space between the buttons below, but why does half of it not show? I’ve checked the main component and it’s instances, it all looks like it should there. Thanks for any help!

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Gayani_S
Figmate
11 months ago
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Ida3
asked in Ask the Community
Component variant stretches for no reason

When clicking on a component it should change from one variant to another, but instead it weirdly stretches out. I’ve checked constraints and they’re all set to top left, both the entire variant and all instances inside of it. How do I get rid of this? What’s wrong?

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I
11 months ago
Sergey47
Sergey47
asked in Ask the Community
НДС для коммерческого использования

Здравствуйте, нашел такую строку на странице информации о налогах: If your Figma subscription is for business use and you have provided your business VAT ID, we won’t charge VAT on your invoices. If your Figma subscription is for personal use, you’ll continue to see VAT charges added to your invoice. Значит ли это, что при вводе ИНН Figma перестанет выставлять счет с учетом НДС, и нужно ли его платить кому-то другому?

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Sergey47
11 months ago
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Brennan_Hom
asked in Ask the Community
*Figma App Glitch* - Some interactions work on the desktop preview, but not on mobile

I’m currently experiencing a glitch where some interactions work on the desktop app, but not on mobile. For example, I have a interaction where you click the ‘like’ thumbs up icon and it’s suppose to turn red (and back to gray when you un-like it/tap it again). This works perfectly fine on the desktop, but somehow stopped working for the mobile app. I have another interaction where you click on different tabs of the filter bar and it brings you to a new page. Meaning under the ‘notifications’ screen, a user is able to swap between their social activity, news, and following. Once again, it works perfectly fine on the desktop preview, but suddenly stopped working on the mobile app. Also, there seems to be another weird glitch where lines don’t show in preview or they get cut off for some odd reason. I have the thickness set at .25 if that has anything to do with this issue. Are these common bugs or what and how can I fix this?

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
11 months ago
Brett_Taylor1
Brett_Taylor1
asked in Ask the Community
Auto adding library issue

We have two design libraries to represent two different software teams. I’ve created a “template” file and attached the corresponding library. The problem is when I duplicate the template and drop it into a project, it auto adds both libraries which is a huge problem. I can’t seem to find out how to fix this. One issue is now file A is asking for the updates from library B even though I went in and detached library B from file A. This is a bug that should be fixed.

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
11 months ago
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Reem_Abdallah
asked in Ask the Community
Instance Modificaton

I created a component: a button that can contain a text and an icon or can contain a text only or an Icon only. Now I want to use its instance and change the icon without detaching it, how can I do that?

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MatteoIrato
11 months ago
Lazar_Krstic
Lazar_Krstic
asked in Ask the Community
How to get hyperlink info

Once I launch my plugin, on click I want to fetch all of the properties info and display them in JSON. I asked ChatGPT how to get hyperlinks added as interaction in the prototype tab, and he suggested something like this, but it is always displaying null. FYI I am not a developer, just testing something and I am stuck with this hyperlink property, so I need some help.

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Lazar_Krstic
11 months ago
Alyssa_Ziobro
Alyssa_Ziobro
asked in Ask the Community
How do I make this component responsive in auto layout?

Hi! I’m trying to make this text styling where the background (vector rectangle whose color can be adjusted). The frame hugs the text and the rectangle fills the container, but I don’t know how to make them overlap without either or being disabled. Here’s what I am trying to achieve versus what I have:

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Gayani_S
Figmate
11 months ago
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