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Hey all, I copied an entire component from a file - and I didn’t saw the variables that included in this component - the problem is, now in all my files, I have variables that mean nothing, and I don’t know how to manage my variables library in the image attached, you can see this library that not have any sense

So I have an overlay (Overlay A). I have a dropdown overlay that comes up within that overlay (Overlay B). I want to have a selectable item within that menu that replaces the whole Overlay A. How do I do this? I can only get it to replace overlay B, resulting in two overlays.

I’m terrible at knowing how long I’ve worked on something, as I get lost in designing. It can be difficult to justify time spent if you’re as bad at this as I am. 😦 Many of my documents are weeks and months old. Is there a plug-in or some kind of history tracker I can use to retroactively quantify time moving pixels around, or is this a science fiction question? Tell me I need an hours tracker program and keep records as I work. I’ll brace myself 🥶

Hey guys I have a project I’m trying to get done and the image carousel animation loop I have is stopping for a second before starting again once it loops. I followed this video and have used this technique before and it has been seamless. All of my prototypes are set to after delay 1ms, and I have made sure the images are in the exact same spot when it loops, so I really am lost as to what is causing the issue. Here is a video showcasing my problem. Any help is greatly appreciated!!

Hi, i have a few problems with scrolling and zooming in Figma. Zoom and scroll animation is so clanky and feels like i have 30 or 60 hz monitor. My monitor supports 165hz. Other tools like pen and hand tool dont have that problem and work with them feels amazing. Scroll work strange. It scroll with dashes and when i scroll normally it scrolls very slow, but if i scroll a bit faster it starts scroll too fast.

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Hi, Trying to become a master at auto layout. Looking to create custom space between my logo and call to action buttons in my nav header. Any pointers here? Thanks!

How do I find the current version of the Figma and FigJam web apps? I am documenting our development environment for a quality management system (QMS) and Figma and FigJam are part of our development tools. Cheers!

There is any way to know if a file has being duplicated? If I own a file and that file has being duplicated can I be informed of that in any way or in any place in the tool?

Hello Figma and everyone, I have been using Figma Slides to prepare for a presentation. Couple days ago, when I tried full screen, it wouldn’t actually go full screen but leave some black padding around, but I noticed that when I tried to full screen today, it did go full screen. Looks like Figma is continuously making updates to the software. However, I noticed that when I try full screen, all the vectors appear pixelated and this issue is only when I full screen. I am using an Apple Display Pro. I wonder if this is a known issue? Something about rendering vectors is not perfect. Has anyone dealt with the same issue? I am not sure if this is specific to Apple displays, or all other external monitors. The file itself has no issue, I viewed in on 2 different laptops (Mac) in full screen and everything was good. So it was only observed when I tried to full screen on my Apple display which was not an issue couple of days ago. Please fix this issue as soon as possible! Thank you.

Hello community, I am the HR Manager for a German SaaS company and we are looking for an UX/UI expert. As we are working with Figma I thought this community might be a good opportunity to find someone. 🙂 We are a remote company but due to tax reasons a German residence is mandatory. We are open to help you with moving to Germany and paperwork as we have many international team members and experience with that. If you are looking for a new challenge I’d be happy to get to know you. If you know someone who might fit to the job and our company I’d be happy if you refer them. Find the Job Posting here

I remember there used to be image tracing option within Figma. Did they remove the option or what happened to it?

Hi All! I’m fairly new to Figma and design, couldn’t find any previous questions on this. Is there a way to work with multiple map layers (in .shp format) within Figma? I am currently trying to recreate a few map layers as part of a social media ad e.g. Satellite map layer, terrain layer on top and place names above that. The aim is to skew a few layers and create a nice 3d effect? Can anyone recommend any platform I can use if Figma isn’t suitable? Thanks!

Anyone knows if there is possibilities to import grid data in Figma? so that no need to type the data in grid to get real app feeling.

When I hover the arrow from the green button over the frame, the entire layout is highlighted, instead of the individual frame that I need. What am I doing wrong?

I have a problem with the mouse from the lase update I can’t control the elements well

I’ve created a component with open and closed states. When I leave it in the open state and prototype I am able to connect it, but when I close the menu I lose the connection when i go to preview the prototype. What’s the work around here?

I’m trying to share a file within a team project to developers but for this particular file, after I add their emails and click send, I see the confirmation toast but it says 0 people were invited. I am not the owner of this file, but the file owner experiences the same issue. I have not had this issue sharing other files within the team whether I’m the owner or not.

The new UI has changed access to add component and add variant. The add component creates cognitive dissonance, however add variant is a massive degradation in UX. Adding a component was available via the toolbar and easy to find. Now to add a component you must use the context menu, main menu (under object) or keyboard shortcut. Previously it was easy to find, now you have to go searching, though not a huge problem. Adding a variant was also very accessible via the same toolbar. To add a variant, you must use the context menu with 23 items. Find the 17th item, click on it to open the submenu, choose the second option. There is no short cut, it is not available via the menu, and it is not available via the actions on the toolbar. While the new UI may bring joy from a aesthetics pov, and does make some items more accessible. It is a pain in the rear when it comes to components. Maybe take a page from Microsoft and have contextual toolbars, so that when a frame is selected you can easily

I’m encountering a couple of issues in Figma when working with variables and component states: Variable-Linked Text Not Updating: I created a string variable with two modes: “Value 1” and “Value 2.” I then linked this variable to a text element so that the text updates based on the variable’s value. I also created an action with two states. In the default state, clicking on the component sets the string variable to “Value 1.” In the second state, clicking sets the string variable to "Value 2."When I play the prototype, the text linked to the variable updates correctly after the first click. However, after that initial interaction, further clicks don’t change the text as expected. The variable’s value seems to stop updating. I tried starting the prototype twice—once with the action in the default state and once with the action in the second state—but encountered the same issue both times. Conditional Logic Limitations (If-Else): I want to change the state of a component automatically b

I copied a text from a website and pasted in Figma. when i apply my variable font there is this (2) in front of the variable name. I guess it has something to do with the hyperlinks. What is this number showing and how can I solve it?

Would be great to be able to trigger this from our plugin, which is assisting the user in building an app. Once of the biggest challenges we hit is poorly structured designs, so being able to trigger this when we see parts of the screen that are not using structured auto layouts would be very helpful. Any chance this is going to make it into the API?

When our objects are using fill / hug, don’t make us click the drop down just to find out what the selected height / width is. Why can’t it always be displayed while having the fill / hug property. This is bad UX… abstraction for the sake of abstraction.

Hi , I have free plugin published some time ago . Until today I see options Metrics in my profile that i can sell resources including plugins . If the plugin was free for use until now , for eg. , can i start selling it for money ? Thank You all .

Hey guys, Not too long ago, the TAB BAR (top bar containign the tabs in Figma) was dark, just like the toolbar underneath. For some reason it changed and now it looks totally weird. Is there a way to change it back to dark? The look was so clean and organized. I don’t wanna swsitch to the dark theme, I love how it used to be, dark tab bar and tool bar and light left and right panels. Thanks, Chris