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vericode01
asked in Ask the Community
Corner icon element

I am currently working on a wireframing project, and I believe I may have selected an option, but I can’t figure out which one. I would like to remove the corners from each of my elements, as shown in the image. If someone could also explain what this option is, I would appreciate your responses in advance.

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James_McKay_frogNorway
1 year ago
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Anuoluwapo_Adedeji
asked in Ask the Community
How to unflatten a text

I observed that I unintentionally flattened some text in my file, and unfortunately, I didn’t catch it in time. Is there a method to reverse this action without having to redesign?

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Gleb
1 year ago
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Kari3
asked in Ask the Community
Creating a library of Elementor widgets with variables

I’m currently the solo person on the team that works in Figma and eventually builds the website using Elementor. After designing a site and then discovering its not easy to implement a part of it, I want to recreate the Elementor widget in Figma and use variables for its design parts. (Sidenote: I’m at the point where I want to start to break free from Elementor but the boss and the client want to be able to edit the site.) I was able to do this successfully for one project, but want to make it easy to use for the multiple clients/projects that come. Variables were set up using the Base, Semantic, Component so changing a base color to the new brand’s colors is a simple process. I originally thought that having a library of the various Elementor widgets in a neutral color scheme would do that could be imported into various files. Components from that library still use its variables, as expected. Is there an easy way for me to map to the brand’s variables? Effectively, a super wide view

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K
1 year ago
Joseph_Kelly
Joseph_Kelly
asked in Ask the Community
It is possible to create multiple instances of accordions with different sections off of a component?

I am fairly new to Figma, I have been designing for about a year now. I have a project that needs like 20 dropdown accordions and each accordion has different content requirement. For instance, 1 needs 3 options, another needs 5, another needs 2, another needs 7 etc etc. Whenever I remove elements from an instance the end result does not reflect in my prototype. It defaults back to the default interaction. For instance if I create an accordion with 10 options and remove the ones I don’t need then when I use the prototype, the ones I didn’t need still show up. I tried to solve this with slots, and it’s possible I did it wrong but that was unsuccessful as well. I have probably spent 12-18 hours on research and testing in trying to solve this without creating 20 different components and prototyping them individually. Literally tried everything I can possibly think of and find online to try and solve this problem but I keep coming up empty handed. Is this not possible or am I missing somet

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harold.ao
1 year ago
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Ryan_Myers
asked in Ask the Community
When making a simple button hover, it blinks for 15 seconds and not sure why

Hey everyone. I am going through a course right now to learn Figma. I have run into a bit of a glitch but unsure what to do. I have created a simple hover button and created 5 instances to use as a drop down menu. But when I go into prototype to test it, it hovers, but keeps hovering even when the cursor is not on it (like it’s blinking). I can run the cursor over all 5 and they all just blink for about 15 seconds. I have re-created the button and restarted Figma but it hasn’t fixed the problem. Please help, I can’t continue with the course until I get this figured out. TIA

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1 year ago
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Hemanth1
asked in Ask the Community
Hug and auto-width on same frame

Hi guys. I need help with creation of a component. I want the component to behave like this But, on different auto-layout options, I am getting the following results: Fill container: The text box is expanding to it’s limit even when the text is not enough to fill the space and the download button in the component is moving away from the visible text. But on adding more text, it is showing ideal behaviour. Hug contents: The download button is near the text, but on adding additional text the text box is expanding beyond the frame. Fixed width: The button is staying near the text, but the text box is not expanding it’s width on adding additional text. I need a way to apply both hug content and auto-width option at the same time for such cases.

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MaxZuman
1 year ago
Saumya_S
Saumya_S
asked in Ask the Community
Figma File Version History greyed out

I cut a lot of frames out of my Figma file on my macbook (using cmd+X) and tried pasting to another Figma file, however the frames didnt copy and Figma showed an error that the file needs to be opened in recovery mode. What I did next was a mistake, that is I got distracted copy pasting something else on the macbook and therefore lost whatever was on the clipboard. Now, I neither have those frames on the clipboard nor in the original Figma file where I cut them from. I went to the “Version History” section for this file and sadly am only able to see 2 auto save versions. There are a few others that are showing below, but theyre greyed out. Can someone please help me recover the old versions, it was a lot of work!

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Saumya_S
1 year ago
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Doug_Stackhouse
asked in Ask the Community
Auto layout not growing to accomodate component instance

Hi, I have 5 of the same component stacked inside an auto layout, which works fine. However, when I replace one of these components with one of its instances which is taller, the auto layout does not grow/expand to make room for the instance in the stack. Instead, the content of the instance ends up being overwritten by the component below it. I have searched for a solution to what must be a common issue but have come up empty handed. Any help is appreciated. Thank you. Thank you.

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MaxZuman
1 year ago
SohrabNiroo
SohrabNirooNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
My text instances style becoming Bold

I have a weird problem, when I publish components come to the instance files, and update the instances, the text styles become Bold. This does not happen every time and it’s occasional. it’s not even happening all the time to one component so I say that component setting has a problem. When I reset the component it gets fixed, but there are too many instances in my file and it’s annoying. Is there a solution to it? Does anyone else have this issue? Here is a sample

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SohrabNiroo
1 year ago
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h1kkar
asked in Ask the Community
When inserting a photo, there are unsaved changes that cannot be synchronized

I’m trying to paste a photo in various ways, both from the clipboard and the file system, but those changes are not being committed, yet everything else is syncing. i’ve tried both deleting the cache and reinstalling the desktop app, as well as trying to go in through the browser, but all to no avail. How to fix this?

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dvaliao
Figmate
1 year ago
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jfdux
asked in Ask the Community
Trigger an interaction on overlay close

I have a prototype for a user to click on an input field, enter an input with a keypad overlay, and close the overlay by making use of the close when clicking outside property. I would like to trigger a set variable interaction when the user closes the overlay. Is this currently possible? I have also tried applying a close overlay interaction to the parent frame on click along with the set variable interaction, but this doesn’t seem to allow the user to close the overlay by clicking away from it.

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ksn
Figmate
1 year ago
Evert_Martin
Evert_Martin
asked in Ask the Community
Change image component dimension inside another component variant?

Hey, I have these images that I would like to change in size when hovering. I created two variants of the image one default and one large in size. Upon hover it should grow. It does work when I put this image component in a frame. Easy. However when image component is nested inside another component variant with the rest of my content with auto layout it won’t budge at all. I guess the auto layout is limiting the movement or something? Any idea how to solve this?

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Nate_G
1 year ago
Mara_Varady
Mara_Varady
asked in Ask the Community
Enable button when dropdown item selected

Hello, I currently am working on an app account creation screen where I want to only enable a button when an item in a dropdown menu is selected. I have tried every which way I can think of, but the best I can do is enabling the button when the dropdown is first opened. Hoping someone here can help. TIA! Figma file: https://www.figma.com/file/8J5I19w9pMMfdmeF77kDq2/Untitled?type=design&node-id=975%3A6339&mode=design&t=lpau2Z6NMjnWLWuL-1

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Mara_Varady
1 year ago
Raji_Amula_M
Raji_Amula_M
asked in Ask the Community
Toggle vs check box

Is it a toggle button and check box share similar function?

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Raji_Amula_M
1 year ago
Raji_Amula_M
Raji_Amula_M
asked in Ask the Community
About browser

Is it any specific browser to work with Figma

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Raji_Amula_M
1 year ago
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Mijin_Kim
asked in Ask the Community
POST comment reactions | Is emoji a body parameter or query parameter

Hi! At a guide for comment reactions REST API (https://www.figma.com/developers/api#post-comment-reactions-endpoint), I’m supposed to send the emoji string as a body parameter but the test cURL command showed me that the URL looks like curl -X POST -H 'X-FIGMA-TOKEN: <personal access token>' 'https://api.figma.com/v1/files/:file_key/comments/:comment_id/reactions?emoji=:eyes:' Then, do I need to send it over as a query parameter? How can I post the emoji for this API?

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James_Yang
Figmate
1 year ago
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Annie14
asked in Ask the Community
Prototype connections not working for button

Hi everyone, I am making a button that has a default, hover, press state but it’s not working. I would like the ‘default’ to dissolve into the ‘hover state’, and then ‘hover state’ instantly goes into the ‘press state’ when pressed. I then would like the ‘press state’ to go to ‘hover state’ when clicked. However it doesn’t seem to be working in presentation mode - please any advice? Figma – 11 Nov 23

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Gayani_S
Figmate
1 year ago
Charlie_Brown1
Charlie_Brown1
asked in Ask the Community
Icons only rendering sometimes

I have components that are nested within other components to show certain icons depending on a card status. (example) The problem is that around 50% of the time the icons are not showing within their status bubbles. The coloured bubbles will appear but no icon inside until each frame is clicked into, after that they will show up. All layers are nested correctly within each other but is there some way to make the icons show consistently? Thank you

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
1 year ago
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Bill11
asked in Ask the Community
Jira plugin update removed designs

The Figma plugin updated automatically early this morning and now all of our designs are gone from Jira as well as the Add Design button. The new plug-in is asking for a team link but says it is invalid when we copy the link from Figma. It wants the link to be in team.figma.com format but copy link in Figma gives us https://www.figma.com/files/team/ which the plug-in says is invalid. We really need our links back as this has blocked us and we now have to manually find and paste links into Jira comments. Is there a way to get the old Add Design functionality back?

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
1 year ago
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Tal2
asked in Ask the Community
Open File Browser does nothing

For the last 30 minutes I have been trying to open a .fig file in the Figma application on Mac OS. When I double-click the file, Figma app launches, but the file does not load. When I go to File > Open File Browser, nothing happens. I have already tried quitting and reopening the app.

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
1 year ago
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Illyana_Yuryshynets
asked in Ask the Community
problems with exporting frames in pdf format

Friends, I have a problem. When I click export the picture is saved in dark quality, not at all as it should be. What can be the problem?

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Gayani_S
Figmate
1 year ago
Glumin_Stanislav
Glumin_Stanislav
asked in Ask the Community
Сетка в 4px и 12 колонок, где 12 колонок не кратны 4px

Добрый день, имею сетку в 12 колонок типа stretch, margin 48, gutter 32, ширина экрана 1300. И проблема в том, что эти колонки никак не хотят вставать в сетку 4px. Как бы я не игрался с показателями, колонки просто не встают в 4 px, они в ширину не кратны 4px. Как мне решить эту проблему и проблема ли это вообще? То есть, если встает одна колонка, то другая не кратна 4px.

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Glumin_Stanislav
1 year ago
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Mustafa5
asked in Ask the Community
Photo copy paste issue

Hi, I can not copy paste Photo from my computer to Figma desktop. Please help 😦 Using Microsoft Edge, Windows 11 Home Questions Bugs

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
1 year ago
Michele_Poletto
Michele_PolettoNew Member
asked in Ask the Community
Local variables panel is not resizable anymore

I don’t know if it’s a problem only I’m experiencing, but the Local Variables panel has been non-resizable since this morning, and in this way, I can’t work on my project anymore. Is it an issue only I’m facing, or is it a known bug? Is there a temporary workaround that would allow me to continue working? Thank you.

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y_toku
Figmate
1 year ago
PoopER
PoopER
asked in Ask the Community
Why can't I just press + to zoom in on the Figma desktop?

Hey there, recently ive decided to switch from using the Figma website to using the desktop app but then I realised that im able to press - to zoom out, but not + to zoom in? on Figma desktop i was able to press + to zoom in but not on desktop, i am able to do ⌘+ to zoom in but not + by itself.

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dvaliao
Figmate
1 year ago
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