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MarkT
MarkTNew Participant
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Can anyone help ? Thumbnails as components (scaling problem)

Hi everyone, I am trying to set up library thumbnails as components to nest in ‘library preview’ component for documentation so that as I change thumbnail design they sync with the docs.I am having a problem when i change out the thumbnail component it does not insert as expected. You can see from the screenshot the frame scales as expected but the text does not.Is this a thumbnail component setup problem or a libray preview thumbnail setup problem?Thank you,Mark  

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Jose Donut
Jose DonutNew Member
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Figma Glitch - Export

Do you know what might be causing this glitch when exporting to PNG/JPG?It randomly shifts parts of elements in different directions, as shown in the image.All values for position X and Y are whole unites.  

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BlairAAA
BlairAAANew Member
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Is there a plugin to align nested autolayout layers?

E.g. if everything in my component is centered, imagine a plugin that just left algins all text & autolayouts so i don’t have to spend the time manually going through everything to do it.

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Furkan_developer
Furkan_developerNew Member
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Question: Scaling in Edit mode

Hello , I wanted to ask how i can scale 2 vector points in the edit mode to make one part of a rectangle bigger ?

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Designer.sys86
Designer.sys86New Member
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How can i Cancel from figma education plan

when i choose to education plan to join the course to end of my course i wanted to cancel the education plan. i need to know about how can i do it...

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Tom Reem
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Lets Bring out the BIG GUN
Lets Bring out the BIG GUNNew Member
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Figma's Confusing Billing System Led to $33.87 in Unexpected Charges

Figma just hit me with surprise charges and won't refund - anyone else?Ugh, I'm so frustrated right now. Figma basically scammed me out of $33.87 and their support is being useless about it.What went down: We're a tiny team, only need 2 seats. But somehow our June bill had these random "new seat costs" for $33.87 that I never asked for. Like... what?The breakdown:2 Full seats (what we actually use): $40 ✓ Mystery charges: $33.87 ❌Figma's excuse: "Oh you approved it!" - umm no I didn't? When?? Where's the proof?Apparently when you change seat types, they hit you with "prorated charges" on your NEXT bill. Who tf knows what that even means? They never explained it when it happened.Support has been trash:First person: gave me a wall of text that explained nothing Second person: basically said "tough luck, you used the seats" Third person: "no refund because reasons"The most annoying part: They keep saying I "approved" these upgrades but can't show me where/when I did that. Their system is

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Raghad Dweikat
Raghad DweikatNew Member
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Transfer my account to a different one

Hello Figma Support,I am currently the owner of a Figma team and projectsI would like to transfer full ownership of the team, projects— including billing responsibilities — to the new email.  

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Tom Reem
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Adanna
AdannaNew Member
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From Frames to Portfolio

Hey,  I’m trying to export my frames as individual “pages”, I guess I’ll call them, so I can put them in my portfolio. I’ve made a PDF, but that’s not exactly the solution I’m seeking. LMK what y’all think! 

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annack
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No fixed position option when using auto layout?

I have an auto layout frame where I’m trying to get the nav bar to fix position at the top of the frame. There is no option in prototyping like when fixing a nav bar in a normal frame. Is this not do-able or am I missing something? I’d also like to create a back to top button in a frame but that doesn’t seem to be possible either. Thanks!

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Selina Li
Selina LiNew Member
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Why does pinning a tab in Figma hide the name of the file?

It’s just.. unhelpful. I don’t know what the pinned file is anymore, and it’s worse when I have multiple files pinned because now I have to distinguish between multiple files with the same icon.  

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Tom_Stimpson
Tom_StimpsonNew Member
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Figma MCP - reading variable modes

I’ve been looking into how I can leverage the new MCP server functionality in my design-to-dev handover process, but have been struggling with a few issues.As a means of speeding up my web design process, I have created singular components (no variants) that use variables for spacing, typography etc. These variables relate to modes like Wide Desktop, Desktop, Tablet, Mobile. My idea is that I’d like the MCP to read the singular component and be able to extract all the variables information across all modes and map those values to Tailwind classes (such as pt-4 md:pt-6 lg:pt-8 etc..) With a fair bit of back-and-forth, I’ve been able to recreate a passable version of my designs, but only for a single instance - this using variables from the default/first variable mode. So it’s not ideal to select one frame/screensize at a time and prompt the agent to recreate it - the code output can get messy pretty quickly.Do we know if there if Figma have release plan for the MCP to be able to read mu

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Shayan Paul
Shayan PaulNew Member
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A way or a plugin to add metadata/properties/attributes to Figma components.

I want a way or a plugin to add custom metadata/custom properties/custom attributes to Figma components.My goal is to design components like Button, ComboBox, Radio Button, Table, TextArea, and TextInput, and attach metadata to each.I need to fetch this metadata later using Figma’s GET API.The metadata can be Plain text or JSON as string and can be of any number (10/20/30)I tried using default component properties capability associating it with bunch of hidden text type, but when I create an instance of the component, the properties associated with hidden text don’t appear in the new instance.Any suggestions on how to achieve this or a pluging which can be used to achieve it would be very very helpful.

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Rueth_Seamson
Rueth_SeamsonNew Member
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Blue selection tool attaching and grouping elements when zooming in and out

 Every time i [zoom in], the blue select rectangle appears, and when i try to zoom inside of a frame it shifts the items out of the frame.  So to put it simply; it detaches elements in frames, and groups elements that are not in frames. 

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hawkman5879
hawkman5879New Member
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Variables seeming to not properly adjust between Frames

So I am trying to make a “like system”. When going between these two frames the state of the liked “Food” box should remain. I have both visibility and the status of the heart set up as variables. It does remember the state when moving from the first frame into the second, but not the second into the first. Meaning if I change the state in the second one it does not transfer back to the first, the first will stay how it was.  The food category is there on the second frame it is just not visible due to being tied to opacity. When you click it on the second frame it disappears, how I want it. I can send more images or try to explain better as well what I am trying to do. 

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DanaTH
DanaTHNew Member
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How do I make an image change another component's variant on click, while switching between frames?

Hi, new to Figma here.I’m in a UI/UX course and we’re tasked with creating a site for a movie. We picked Toy Story, and I’m trying to create a frame with Hamm in which you click him, and a gold coin pops up with a review on the movie. If you click him again, the coin goes back in. Another click, and a coin pops up again, but with a different review.How do I make that happen? I have Hamm on the frame and I have a gold coin component with different variants created. In the first frame, Hamm has a small coin hidden behind him. On first click, I used smart animate to switch to the next frame, where the coin enlarges and comes up. On the second click on Hamm, I want the coin to return back to behind Hamm, and also switch to the next variant of the coin. So that on the third click on Hamm, another coin will pop up, but with a different text. Do I have to create a frame for each variant, or is there another way to make that happen? 

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Tom_Birch
Tom_Birch
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Bad Video Playback Quality

I’m using videos in my web prototype, however their previewing as crusty and pixellated. The videos uploaded are small (6mb) and I’m currently not even using them fullscreen. Is there a setting that I have done wrong, or is there a work around?

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Claire8
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Undo function is not working on keyboard or using Edit menu

I thought it was just my bluetooth keyboard glitching out, but cmd + z is not undoing any action, nor is going to the Edit menu > Undo. Has anyone encountered this issue before? And if so, how did you resolve it?

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Alexandre_Piche
Alexandre_PicheNew Member
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Component animation not working as intended

Hello guys,I’m having an issue with one of my component. I’m trying to make a button where the arrow below the text is taking the full width of the container (aka the text width).I thought it would’ve been a simple task but turns out it’s not working at all. Instead of the arrow stretching longer, it simply disappears for a moment and then reappears in the longer form.Both instance have the same layer names, the prototype is simply ‘While hovering’, smart animate, ease in and ease out, 300ms, nothing fancy.What am I not doing properly?https://imgur.com/a/jWWn5zb

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Ron Harry
Ron HarryNew Member
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Best Tools or Plugins for Designing Custom Package Boxes in Figma?

I'm exploring packaging design and looking to create custom package boxes using Figma. Are there any recommended plugins, templates, or workflows within Figma that work well for 3D mockups or dieline templates? I'm also curious if there's a packaging-specific Figma forum or community where I can share and learn more.CategoryDesign Tools / Plugins or Packaging Design (depends on the forum platform)Tagscustom package boxes, figma plugins, packaging design, dieline templates

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Laura Sierra
Laura SierraNew Member
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Creating automative changelogs

Hi Figma community. I would like to know if there’s a possibility to make automative changelogs in figma that update automatically once there has been a change in the components (in our design system library) and that it can detect the type of change that has been done, the name of the component, date.If you know any plugin that can work for this please let me know!

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Sohrab_Niroo
Sohrab_NirooNew Member
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Can Not Select all of the same booleans properties, Why?

I have master components in molecules and organisms, the problem is that we put multiple booleans for different rows for example and now we want to edit content them with AI or manually as group. Figma highlights the connected booleans but it does not allow to select them with one click, Does anyone know a way? I was surprised that double click on the boolean title did not select them. PS: Select all with same properties does not work, because it select all the columns as they are same component but used in different columns  

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Mika Bertram
Mika BertramNew Member
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Hover State on Stacked Sticky Layers

Hey there, im trying to fix a bug in my current Portfolio preparation. Ive used several frames that stay sticky at the top boarder and stack up on top of each other. However one components of the bottom layers stays clickable when hovering on that exact area of the frame even when it´s covered by the upper layers. I'll attach a short video to showcase the problem, you can find it via this retransfer link for the next 3 dayshttps://we.tl/t-XyGD6vKI3Oi hope somebody has a solution many many thanks already :)

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Saurabh Jadav
Saurabh JadavNew Member
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My liked resources

Where to see all the figma resources that i liked in community?

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Michellem8
Michellem8New Member
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Multilayer scrolling bug

Hello! I’m trying to create a scrollable map that also has a scrollable panel on the left hand side. The map is a large frame in the screen to I am able to scroll both directions making it scrollable and the left side panel is supposed to scroll up and down. However during the prototype, whenever I try to scroll the panel, it always scrolls the map layer instead and I can’t seem to find a fix for this. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas or know what could be causing this? Thank you!

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Katalin_ba.empor.040
Katalin_ba.empor.040New Member
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Paragraph indent/empty space/tab before text in textbox

Hi there, quite new to Figma and have a question. Why is there a paragraph indent/empty space/tab before text in textbox? How to eliminate?Since there is no dropdown or extended view of Type, or Typography in the newest update I do not find any options to set paragraph indent. But my biggest problem right now is that it seams to be set in advance, and I don’t know what this empty space exactliy is and can’t seem to get rid of it. 

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