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Soe_Htet_Naing
Soe_Htet_Naing
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Help 2D Catcher game Prototype

Hello everyone, this is my first time posting so if I make any mistakes, please forgive me. I am currently creating a prototype of a 2D Catcher game for my University assignment. For this catcher game, some items will be falling from the top of the screen while the player will control a basket at the bottom of the screen to catch them. The problem I have is making the items fall from the top. Is there anyway for me to achieve this? I would also appreicate it if you could use noob language for me as this is first time using Figma with zero experience.

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Vishal_Ramawat
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anon43195814
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How to adjust kerning

I saw some articles about kerning in Figma, but it is not working for me… I read that you can do kerning by pressing “option+<,>”. But when I try it, this mark will appear “≤≥”.

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pikikic927
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No components in assets tab

A few days ago I saw a few designs in the assets tab. There were different components and they had pages like homepage, waitlist page and others. I am not able to see it now. I probably think it was given by Figma because it appeared out of nowhere in my assets tab. How to get it back?

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Vishal_Ramawat
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Kaia_Buenafe
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Creating tabs like in a browser when you can add and delete tabs as well as navigate through them

I’m trying to create window tabs such as this and I want it to function like a real browser tab where when I open a new window, a tab adds in and when I want to rid of it, I just simply delete the tab and its gone. Problem is I cant quite quite get the logic to it and cannot make it into reality. I need help with this.

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Vishal_Ramawat
Ankit5
Ankit5
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Scroll behavior while Prototyping

Please help me with the scroll issue on Hero section while Prototype: As you can see in the video, the text and image are freely scrolling within the Hero container while scrolling. How do I prevent this? I want them to stick in the position and scroll along the container together. Currently, this is achievable only when I scroll with cursor at the fixed sidebars (below hero) I have the settings correct for this (Check the screenshots)

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Vishal_Ramawat
Quentin_Saubadu
Quentin_SaubaduNew Member
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I want to change component properties with smart animate "while scrolling" on a prototype but can't find a good way of doing it

I can find a way to change my component style “on click” for example, but not “while scrolling”. I would like a component to be in a specific style when I’m on top of the page but the moment I start scrolling then it changes from “Opened” to “Closed”. Is there a way of doing so?

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Hannes_Larsson
Hannes_Larsson
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Restore library links in files from restored library

We deleted a shared library by accident that was used in many files. We successfully restored the library file, but all links in all design files was not restored. Is there any way to restore the library linkt in the files that was using the shared library that we by accident deleted and then restored?

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Taisiya
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Is it possible to bulk remove element from multiple mockups at once?

Is there a way to delete the same element from all Figma mockups at once? Across my Figma project, I have a repetitive element that needs to be removed from approximately 50 mockups. This task has proven to be quite time-consuming and tedious to tackle manually. Is there any way how I can optimize this task? Thank you in advance for your help! Best regards, Taisiya

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y_toku
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Regi
RegiActive Member
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Instance swap double size?

I was wondering if there was a reason for size changes when searching for an instance swap (icon in this case) displays results that are 2x larger than when not searching. Is it a setting I’m missing? Thanks Without search: (regular size) With search: (double size)

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WhiteCode_Support
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Truncate text without ellipsis '...'

Hi, I want to show the textbox, so have created the component with auto-layout. it has a property of text, where user can change the text inside the text box (just to show client as an example) now when i am using the instance of this input box on the frame, I want the text to get truncated, but without any ellipsis (…). Just like actual text box, the text should just hide after certain width without showing the ‘…’ is it possible through Figma?

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y_toku
Figmate
Martina_Vitakova
Martina_Vitakova
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Interactive accordion on auto-layout page - bug

My first-ever question to the community, please be nice, haha. I have a problem with accordions in my prototypes. They work fine if they are on a short page, but when they are on a longer auto-layout page they bug. Every time you click on it it skips up and back to open/close. I even tried to use other people’s perfect accordions and it does the same thing. Anybody else has this problem? Any solution? Here is a simple prototype to show you what I mean. On the second page, you have to scroll to the accordion. I did that for you to properly see the problem. Figma – 7 Apr 24 Any inside welcome, please and thank you!

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tank666
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Daniel_Leverenz
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Can't see nested instances option in Properties (Professional Plan, Beta

I know this was on Beta before. I’ve tried the Beta and stable versions, also in my Account options I don’t see anything. I have a Pro account and tried browser and desktop versions of the app. Was the feature cut? Any suggestions?

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Mo_Alham
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Export the whole project with libraries?

I want to export the project I have been working on for a few months I want to have an offline Copy just for backup but when I tried to export the .fig file I realized that all the libraries’ links became static and lost all the component links. is there any other way to export a project with multiple files in it?

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Gleb
Abdelwahab_Muhammed
Abdelwahab_Muhammed
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Do I Need to Update Deprecated Figma Plugin Methods? [Dynamic Pages]

My plugin was implemented before the Figma dynamic pages update. I use several methods that the Figma team has marked as deprecated. If I don’t add "documentAccess": "dynamic-page" to my plugin’s manifest, will I still need to update these deprecated methods?

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Gleb
chyn_N
chyn_N
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When selecting multiple elements in different frames for dragging, they do not behave as expected, and the elements randomly enter other frames

As the title suggests, I have attached a screen recording of the issue occurring below. This seems to be happening after the multi-select update. Figma – 29 Mar 24

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chyn_N
Niconected
Niconected
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Help with Relay

Hi guys Ummm I’ve messed up with Relay I accidentally creatd multiple times components into UI packages and… Now it wont stop loading What can I do?

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Julian_Groeli
Elliott_UX
Elliott_UXNew Participant
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Applying variables to a new component created with API

Hi - I’m struggling to create a new component with existing variables already applied. Say I want to create a frame and apply variables for border color, radius, etc. I can create a new component, but I’m struggling to apply the variables at the same time. Is this possible? I’ve had a look at the API docs, but struggling to implement the examples. Does anyone have any good example code? Thanks in advance!

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Elliott_UX
Lewis_Healey
Lewis_HealeyNew Participant
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figma.createComponentSet?

I’m trying to create a componentSet with two components inside but I can’t find anything in the plugin api that lets me achieve this? Any guidance on how? I can clone an existing ComponentSet and insert the components but it seems like an oversight I can’t just create that node type via the api

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James_Yang
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John_Perrin
John_PerrinNew Member
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Frame outline

Every time I reboot or use Figma I keep having to toggle ‘frame outline’ is there a default mode to keep an outline around the frame?

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Manzhela_Boris
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Add a layer or rectangle into component instance?

Is there any way to insert another component instance, frame or image instead of text in a component instance?

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Kushal_Singh
Kushal_Singh
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Shortcut for Rasterize selection

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Gleb
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Maarten_van_Halm
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How do I easily change container of an image when replacing the image with image with other dimensions/size?

How do I easily change container of an image when replacing the image with image with other dimensions/size? I want the container to resize to the new image size/dimensions?

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Gleb
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AWright
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Select layer menu changed?

When I used cmd + right click, the select layers menu would appear on it’s own. Now it appears in the in the full menu. Is there a way to switch back?

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Gleb
JoeGarner
JoeGarner
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Solved: How to set view port height in prototype mode (like in Adobe XD)

Introduction: I saw some people asking how to set the view port height for a prototype in Figma, that allows full screen view and vertical scrolling. (This is the prototype feature Adobe XD has.) Figma provides the option to set the device, but that’s not really helpful for web when you want to design for your specific screen size and view it, or just have the prototype adjust to your screen size. The problem is when you stretch out the frame vertically, you can’t have a full screen view with vertical scrolling in prototype mode. The prototype will either show the entire page at once, or have an awkward margin cropping. Solution / Workaround: When you’re ready to view the page, you have to input the original height of the frame before activating the prototype. You do this by clicking on the frame, then in the right panel set the “x” height of the frame to its original value. You can have the content clipped or not clipped, it doesn’t matter. For example, if you’re using a 1920x1080

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Matt87
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Type disappears while hovering in prototypes. Conflicting font issue

Certain type is disappearing when a user is hovering components in the prototype that are not getting the font from the same source as me. All interactions work for me and anyone that is able to use the font from the same Adobe Type Kit source as me. For everyone else when they hover certain components, type disappears or changes to another font. My hunch is that at one point a colleague who had a locally downloaded version of the font made updates to the file and this may have caused some sort of corruption with the font application in the file. When I look at the Instances Options dropdown of the components they all say that I need to “Reset All Changes”, “Reset Size”, “Reset Title” etc. Is there a way that I can fix this problem at the root and not have to individually reset all instances?

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ksn
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