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I’ve been using the Figma desktop app for a long time, but it’s always been sluggish. Even running it on a GPU didn’t improve the performance. When I tried the same file on macOS, it ran much smoother. I also cleared the cache, but that didn’t help either.

curl -H “Authorization: Bearer your_actual_Figma_token” https://api.figma.com/v1/me Or curl -H “Authorization: Bearer your_personal_access_token” https://api.figma.com/v1/files/your_file_key Result in status":403,“err”:"Invalid token Generated new tokens to test, same result.

I received the tour within Figma and checked out some of the new features. I went back to the previous UI to compare some things and now UI3 cannot be re-enabled. Only the Join UI3 + AI waitlist menu is available. Not a huge deal, I suppose, though it would have been nice to experiment with it longer than 30 seconds. It would also be nice to allow us to go back and forth, not only to compare, but because we also have demos, presentations, or interviews and it might be preferable to do those within an already familiar UI. Cheers.

My file consists only of these screens. Why is the file’s memory at 88%? I have other files that have way more stuff than this one, but still, arent having this issue. Can anyone shed some light on this issue? This is Figma’s desktop app. The file won’t even open on browser

When the application starts, it freezes at the last stage of opening the file. The same is true in the VS Code plugin. Firefox and Safary open normally in the browser. Mac Pro M2. Dev mode is purchased. Has anyone encountered a similar problem?

Unfortunately we waste a lot of time re-adding links to prototypes by updating texts in components. When we update the text the links disappear. The components are inside the same file.

I’m trying to create a button with a tooltip on hover: The only problem is, as the text is different for each button, so is the size and I can’t use auto-layout as the tooltip will now be included in the frame and so the hover will break: If I put the button with different text into an auto-layout next to another button, I get this: Basically, is there a way to resize the component frame without breaking the hover?

I created my responsive typography local variables and local styles. But when I try to use that, it is not appearing in Figma side panel under appearance. Just like themes (Light and dark) I had created typography variables for Web and mobile.

Hi Guys, I’m trying to use this feature “Open Overlay” and usually when you do that you can see a preview where you would like to position object to show up. But this option is not showing up anymore. I really need to show up because this notification is to indicate where the “select” option would be and clicked would appear, its has to be a litte bit below the name “select” for that reason I need to see where to position it I have even tried to create a new draft and just did a frame and the another box where I would like to position but is still the same see below the link of my document. Figma – 30 Aug 24 Thanks Neto Sena

For some reasons, after I have been given access to UI3 beta, I’m not able to add hyperlinks in Figma comments anymore. Also, it seems other shortcuts stopped working. Is there a known reason or have my settings changed deliberately?

Hello Hello! I know that you are giving access to Figma UI3 gradually but it has been a while and all of my colleauges getting it. When it will be available to all of us ?? I feel that I am late from the updates.

Anyone got any way to get any kind of actual actionable support from Figma? more than the check a box responses? Can’t open our design system. Its not small, enterprise level company, multiple libraries.

Nested layers can go quite deep and the width limit on expanding the layers panel is quite restrictive. I can’t reach some layer. If the width needs to be enforced then please allow some form of Horizontal scrolling in the layers panel

I’m really frustrated to see that a payment for 5 seats of Figma was deducted from my account without my approval. I did not intend to make this purchase, and there was absolutely no authorization from my side for this charge. I demand an immediate refund for this unauthorized transaction and request that you cancel the subscription immediately. Also, remove my card details from your system. I only purchased a single seat, yet I was wrongly charged for 4 seats last month and now 5 seats this month. This is completely unacceptable, especially since my card is not supposed to be saved with you. How did this even happen? I have already sent an email about this issue but have not received any response. I expect a prompt resolution to this matter. Thank you for addressing this issue as soon as possible.

Hello, My code will refresh the first text box with the updated variable… but then it exits and throws runtime errors. async function refreshNodesUsingVariables(updatedVariableIds) { const nodes = Figma.currentPage.findAll(); for (const node of nodes) { try { let nodeUpdated = false; if (node.boundVariables) { for (const variableId of updatedVariableIds) { for (const [property, boundVariable] of Object.entries(node.boundVariables)) { if (boundVariable.id === variableId) { if (typeof node.setVariableValue === 'function') { node.setVariableValue(property, boundVariable); } else { console.warn(`Function 'setVariableValue' is not available on node ${node.name}`); } nodeUpdated = true; } } } } if (nodeUpdated && node.type === 'TEXT' && node.fontName) { try { await figma.loadFontAsync(node.fontName); node.characters = node.characters; // Refresh

In this video, the speaker is clearly using a Figma file created by Figma for experimenting with dev mode. However when I look up that file name in the communinty: Dev Mode playground(community) - it clearly is not the same and it is not created by Figma. Does this file exist for dev mode experimentation?

I’m not good at Figma, i’m gonna make a design like this, but how can add transparent text to glass effect

I can create a FigJam, but can’t move it out of my drafts despite being in a team with Editor permissions.

I’m running two displays on a 2021 14-inch M1 MacBook Pro. Figma is the only application that causes these screen artifacts (verticals lines) to show up on my main display (LG 38WN95C-W 38"). Figma itself then becomes “burned” onto the screen.

Hello! I’ve read the articles about having too many variables, or duplicate/old variables but I think my issue is a little different. I’m building a multi-level nav, which has parents and children and sub-children. Currently, I have each button (nav item) handling it’s own State, because I need to be able to control each button separately based on what gets selected. The issue: There are a lot of variables to switch per selection. Breadcrumbs, Page Titles, Descriptions, Page Views, the nav item itself getting selected and simultaneously setting all others to default. My question is, is there an easier way to do mass variable state switches for the nav? If I add a new nav item, or include a new element that requires a variable, I then have to go into each nav item’s interactions and add that to the list. As you can imagine with 20+ nav items this gets tiring and frustrating. 😛 It would be great to have these all be part of a larger group where the rule is only one can be selecte

Prototype Not behaving properly and requires multiple refresh to play the right interactions. The issues is mostly with overlays

Hey everyone! I’m trying to upload my design files to the Figma Community, but I’m having trouble adding tags to them. The option just doesn’t seem to show up. Has anyone else experienced this or know how to fix it? Any help would be awesome, thanks!

Am I going nuts, or is Figma just utterly messed up this month? I need to reload every five minutes. I am loosing faith in my skills, because sometimes I mess up but I don’t even trust whether it’s me or not, if the app just doesn’t listen! This is exhausting. I’m not listing all the issues because it would take too much time which I don’t have at the moment, hence the frustration. I can do it later if anyone is reading this. For now please advice if you have similar feelings.

Hi there! We published a Community file—Free fintech style pack—on Friday. We can access it through the file, but it’s not on our Community page, though it says that it’s live. Can you help?

Hello, In my draft I have dozens of single screens, images and flows. When I select a screen to preview, my expectation is to see previewed the file that I have selected, not random screens around my artboard of which I do not understand the reason for which they are picked by Figma in place of the screen I have selected. I also do not understand why this seems to be random, yesterday I didn’t have this problem, today working on the same screen, I click preview and I get previewed another screen. It doesn’t make any sense to me, I just want to see previewed the screen I select, simple as that. thanks PS: i am not talking about prototype view, for that i have no problem