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Jim_Knox
Jim_Knox
asked in Ask the Community
Ability to set a slice and have that display in an image container in figma slide

I want to showcase my design system in a presentation, but preparing slices, exporting them, and importing them into slides is a cumbersome process. It would be amazing if I could set a slice, for example, 810x810, and directly target that slice in a Figma slide. This way, I could pull it through seamlessly into the slide. Additionally, having the ability to zoom, rotate, and adjust the slice directly within the slide would make it much easier to perfect the content.

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Jim_Knox
1 month ago
Zach_Pennington
Zach_Pennington
asked in Ask the Community
Can Figma links in Slack directly open in the desktop app?

I use the desktop app–my team and I post Figma links in Slack. I would like to be able to open them directly in the desktop app, but I can’t. Direct as in not going through a browser first. I have Bumpr (link opener utility), but I can’t designate Figma as a “browser”. Current flow: I click the link in Slack “Opening this in desktop app” page opens in Chrome File opens in desktop app I would like to get rid of #2. It feels super clunky, leads to #3 not always showing me the correct page/screen, and leaves a tab in Chrome that other than reloading to fix a step #3 failure, has no long-term purpose. Does the Slack plugin allow #2 to be skipped? I can’t test this because I’m not the Slack admin.

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Gayani_S
Figmate
1 month ago
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spiff
asked in Ask the Community
Mousing around the Figma canvas (horizontal scroll)

How do you scroll around your Figma canvas with a normal scroll-wheel mouse? I use a Magic Mouse for Figma work. That means I can scroll in any direction with a single finger on the top of the mouse, which is super convenient. For ergonomic reasons I am moving to a larger mouse. Are there mouses other than Apple’s that have the touch surface on them? If not I guess I’m transitioning to a scroll wheel. How do you navigate the canvas with a scroll wheel? Having to hold a modifier key to enter or change modes feels like it’ll be clumsy after the easy one-finger movement of the Magic Mouse.

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Gayani_S
Figmate
1 month ago
Stanislav_Knopp
Stanislav_Knopp
asked in Ask the Community
Disable shadow in Dark mode with variables

I have card components which use smadows in Light mode, but can I disable them in Dark mode using Variables? Can’t figure it out. Thanks 🙂

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Emir3
1 month ago
Emma_Corbett
Emma_Corbett
asked in Ask the Community
How to make your prototype fit to screen on iPad

Hello, I want to show my iPhone 13 app prototype on my iPad. However it isn’t fitting to its iPhone 13 screen size, it fills the whole ipad screen meaning you have to scroll up and down to perform actions. I would like it to show the whole screen and you can interact with it as it would be shown on an iPhone. Can someone help me with how to do this?

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R
1 month ago
valerii.babenko02
valerii.babenko02
asked in Ask the Community
Figma cant see the new installed fonts

Hello everyone! About a month ago i noticed that Figma cant see the new fonts, then i decided to go to another program to finish my work, thinking that Figma (after the big upgrade) needs a time to detect the new font files. Now i am in the situation when i cant work without Figma. I spent about 4 hours reading the forum and useless articles in case i can find the solution. And no! The problem is still here. I tried: Install and uninstall Figma Desktop Install and uninstall Figma Font Installer Restart my macbook Tried to work from browser (nothing changed, no fonts) Troubleshoot/clear cache (OF COURSE!) I even have tried to put the font in Figma with mac os console I am loosing my hope to solve this naughty small problem. How can i fix this? Any ideas? MacOS 15.0 Sequoia (24A335) Figma Desktop App version 124.6.2

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
1 month ago
John50
John50
asked in Ask the Community
I can't get my scroll bar to work properly

Hi there, I’m currently experimenting with scrolling content on a page, specifically using a scroll bar. I’ve followed some tutorials, and while the basic functionality is working, there are a few issues I haven’t been able to resolve: I’ve added a hover action to the scroll bar button, but it doesn’t seem to stay active while scrolling - I’ve tried this using both ‘change to’ and also by setting each state as a true / false variant - neither seems to give the desired effect. When releasing the scroll button mid-scroll, the content jumps to the top or bottom instead of stopping in-situ, which would be the expected behaviour of a scroll bar for the user. Any help on any of the points would be greatly appreciated! I’m still early in my learning journey, so any guidance would be really helpful. I’ve attached the Figma file I’m working on, and I’ve tried to name everything clearly and logically. Thanks so much! scroll-test.fig (51.0 KB)

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John50
1 month ago
Ishan_Sharma
Ishan_Sharma
asked in Ask the Community
Unable to leave a "limited access" team

Hello, I want to leave a team that was created by an ex-colleague. I don’t see any option to leave it. Can somebody help?

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
1 month ago
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Neel_Sara
asked in Ask the Community
figma.currentPage is not being set as expected

As a basic example, I’m trying to create a Cover page and set that page as the Figma.currentPage. However, in the console.log of the currentPage, it still show as “Page 1” instead of “Cover”. The actual Figma app does switch to the “Cover” page, but I don’t understand why console.log is showing “Page 1” instead of “Cover” as the currentPage. This is causing frames I want to create on the “Cover” page to be created on “Page 1” instead. What am I missing to ensure that Figma has successfully set currentPage to “Cover” before I create frames? Or is there a way to create frames directly on the “Cover” page without having to set it as the currentPage?

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marcinukleja
1 month ago
Alfonso_Chavarro
Alfonso_Chavarro
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Optimizing Asynchronous Node Processing in a Figma Plugin

Hey everyone 👋. I’m pretty new to Figma plugin development and I’ve hit a wall. I’m working on a plugin where the main task is processing nodes when the user selects them. The problem? Figma freezes for a while when it runs, and it’s driving me nuts. Here’s the deal: The processing is all in the code.ts file because I need access to all the node properties. I haven’t moved anything to the ui since it doesn’t give me what I need. I tried using a Web Worker to handle some of the heavy lifting, but realized code.ts doesn’t support Web APIs, so that plan flopped. Right now, I’m using a Promise.all to process everything asynchronously and skipping invisible nodes to lighten the load. It helps a bit, but it’s still not enough to stop Figma from freezing. The big bottleneck is one function doing all the work, and it’s just too slow. So here’s what I’m wondering: how can I handle this kind of async processing better without locking up Figma? Also, is there a way to show some kind of

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Pavel_Kiselev
1 month ago
amos_lu
amos_lu
asked in Ask the Community
why paste to replace cannot work?

I do the actions as the image describe, but it connot work. but before these day it work fine for me ! anyone else know what’d happened ?

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Dalda_Brown
1 month ago
Echo_Gamer
Echo_Gamer
asked in Ask the Community
How to start yours in Figma measure

How to start yours in Figma measure

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Echo_Gamer
1 month ago
Ashley3
Ashley3
asked in Ask the Community
Preview from linkgs in figjam

i know this doesnt seem like much but sometimes i have a links to reference content and posts from social media

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Ashley3
1 month ago
Angel_Lee
Angel_Lee
asked in Ask the Community
Center Alignment not working

Hello. I’m simply trying to center align two lines. There are no snap to grids or anything like that on and it will not align properly. PLEASE HELP thank you!

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y_toku
Figmate
1 month ago
Ulfa
Ulfa
asked in Ask the Community
Educational & Professional Plans

Hi, currently I have an educational license with me, but also want to opt for a professional plan. Will I lose the educational profile if I start to pay for the professional one?

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Chris_Barklem
1 month ago
Joseph_Brick1
Joseph_Brick1
asked in Ask the Community
In UI3, where can use set a boolean (show/hide) property to a object in a component?

In the old UI, it was here: In the new UI, a button that looks similar in the “Appearance” group (which has no tooltip) just brings up a list of variables. I’m probably looking right at it, but I don’t see it. Not sure what applying a variable here would even do.

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y_toku
Figmate
1 month ago
Rach2
Rach2
asked in Ask the Community
Latest variable update has not been ideal and has made my figma abit buggy

Since the latest variable update, the way to add a property to a bunch of variables in my component has become alot more complex. Now i can’t select multiple and add in a property but i find i have to rename it in my layers panel for the option to show up in the properties panel, and then apply that property to all the other ones. Unsure if related to the variable update, but now when i go back into my projects i find parts of my designs are literally blank until i double click the component then it refreshes and comes back? it’s very strange. Also moving the ‘go to main component’ button has been really annoying as now i have to right click to go back when i used to just be able to click the shortcut button. If there was a way to customise my shortcuts that would be ideal.

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Rach2
1 month ago
ThaC
ThaC
asked in Ask the Community
Slider Adjustment Not Working

On my new projects i cant adjust these sliders with touchpad or mouse. Am i the only one who is facing this issue. And is not also effects panel. Same issues are in the linear gradient color wheel sliders RGBA sliders etc.

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Zuzanna
1 month ago
khawaib.ahmed
khawaib.ahmed
asked in Ask the Community
Figma UI Kit for Canvas Apps

After I import Figma UI Kit all I see is grey boxes in Canvas App. What am I missing? ImgBB

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khawaib.ahmed
1 month ago
Tutu
Tutu
asked in Ask the Community
New method for counting plugin users will force a large number of new plugin developers to quit

I am a plug-in developer. Recently, I have observed that the growth rate of my plug-in users has dropped significantly. At first, I thought it was an isolated case. When I observed the data of some other popular plug-ins, I found that this was an overall change. All plug-ins are like this, but the degree of change is different. And I noticed that the growth rate of my plug-in’s loved has not only not dropped, but has even grown faster than before. I think it should be that Figma has changed the way it counts the number of users. In the past, you only needed to start the plug-in to be counted as a user, but now, users need to reach a certain level of activity in the plug-in to be counted? This is originally a more reasonable way of counting, which can effectively filter out invalid users. But this is unfair and devastating to new plug-ins. No matter what Figma’s original intention was to update the statistical rules, for users, the number of plug-in users is still the most important ind

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1 month ago
Matheus_Sa
Matheus_Sa
asked in Ask the Community
Managing and keeping track of a student account

Hello! I recently successfully verified myself as a student to get access to a professional plan. However, when browsing through my account, I couldn’t find a certain place in which I could verify my account status as a student, nor I can find how to check for how long it will last. I know that I can now create new professional workspaces, as well as upgrade my free one. However, before updating my workspace, I’d like to know if there’s a way to keep track of not only when and how it expires, but also if there’s anything I have to be aware of when/if it downgrade back to a free space (such as members losing access to files, or anything that could reorganize my files and projects in an unexpected way). Thank you from advance 🙂

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ksn
Figmate
1 month ago
qurle
qurleNew Participant
asked in Ask the Community
Set bound variable for Typography

Hi 👋 Using variables for setting fonts are cool and helps our design system a lot. But is there any way to set bound variables for text properties via Plugin API? It’s complex read-only property and simple setBoundVariable() does not work. We don’t have known methods like setBoundVariableForFont(). Can we wait for Plugin API to support typography variables any time soon? List of properties I can’t manage to set: fontFamily, letterSpacing, fontSize, paragraphSpacing, paragraphIndent, fontWeight, lineHeight and unexpectedly stroke for sections 😀

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James_Yang
Figmate
1 month ago
greeneffect
greeneffect
asked in Ask the Community
AI features button is not visible.

저는 I am using a pro account and have full access privileges. I followed the manual exactly to enable the AI features. However, the AI button is not visible on my screen. What could be the reason for this?

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
1 month ago
Daria_Lysak
Daria_Lysak
asked in Ask the Community
Confetti animation instead of copy properties? What is going on?

Why do I have a confetti animation when I press the shortcut to copy properties - ctrl+alt+c, confetti appears on the screen, but the properties are not copied, it’s annoying. Someone had this before? Help…

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Joalfran_Perez1
1 month ago
Elyriades
ElyriadesNew Participant
asked in Ask the Community
Stupid non-optimized solution

bitch I just can’t fucking stand it anymore, do the Figma developers even use Figma or not? why do you constantly ruin something that works fine, why should I automatically activate search when switching to dev mode? just stupidly why? have you ever asked yourself this question? now when I need to exit dev mode, I need to make some extra click every time so as not to activate input, which is absolutely useless there, to exit dev mode, get to work already, you get paid for this…

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Elyriades
1 month ago
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