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I have a bar chart frame that uses nested levels of auto layout, and it behaves differently in Figma Design and Figma Slides. It also exhibits seemingly buggy behavior in Slides. In Design, I can resize the parent frame (which has fixed dimensions) however I want and the child frames retain the correct auto layout properties. When I resize the same element in slides, as soon as I try to resize it in any direction the auto layout settings change from “fixed” to “hug” on the parent frame and the frame can no longer be resized in any way. Any ideas on what’s happening here? I can create a bug report if that would be helpful.

If I lock the Group Objects, and then unlock it, the group is destroyed. It is such a pain if you are working with complex data. Can this be resolved quickly?

With the latest version of Figma, I am unable to type anything on sticky notes using my iPad and keyboard. Any solution for that problem? Thanks.

I deleted the team and all my work was lost. I installed the command and the work did not install, what are the options? i need projects

I’m at the point with autolayout where I can generally achieve what I want, but not in a rapid, predictable, or masterful way. The ongoing problem: rather than being able to make a single change in in single shot, I inevitably have to fuss with 2-3+ layers. And my changes all too frequently have unwanted side effects. So even when things eventually look right, I’m not clear or confident on exactly how/why it’s working. So, I have been trying to pinpoint the root cause misunderstanding. My conclusion thus far is that everything generally works better when starting from the inside-out. That is, put fixed values and padding as deep in the hierarchy as possible, and let progressively outer container layers react to their contents. (As opposed to starting from the outside-in, and trying to to make progressively inner layers react to their containers.) However, the official docs don’t say that explicitly. They don’t even really acknowledge the concept of an inside-out vs outside-in approach

On the web version of Figma, I’m unable to use the ‘Undo’ feature - whether it be through the keyboard shortcut, or into Edit > Undo. Neither work.

In today’s fun with Figma… Applying the variable for the border thickness of an accordion. Cannot apply a border variable to the stroke. Even when you try to manually do it and change to a variable, no. About halfway through this video, you see where I manually add a border, THEN change to the custom setting. Now I can apply the border thickness variant to individual sides. Never to the whole border. But yes to individual sides.

Help, Figma’s lagging Black bars appear on the sides, start flashing, both the left and right menus flash, and the top ones where the projects are located I have Windows 10 and a 3060ti video card

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Hi, I need help! In a few days, I have to attend a very important exam for which I need to use Figma. During the exam, we won’t have access to the Internet, so Figma won’t work. How do I use Figma offline?

Hi There, i’m learning auto layout features, while i’m doing this exercise i have to combine two auto layouted objects in an bigger one. When i create another auto layout the position of the earliers change, and i don’t know how to clean up this mess. Does someone know the solution ? Thanks ! Here i’m attaching a screenshot, the resault i would like to achieve is one big auto layout wich contains the other two smaller one, but without changing position

A downloaded font (I am an admin) is not showing up in Figma it works in all other applications! HELP!

Hello, maybe I’m just being dense or maybe it’s due to me being fairly new to Figma, but my hover animation on my nav bar is acting strange. I have a component set containing each of the states it can be in depending on which page link you are hovering over. Plus all of them are wired up the same way in the prototyping. However, for some reason, when I hover over the “home” link it also activates the “Shop now”. There is no link between these two. I can’t for the life of me figure it out. What am I doing incorrectly here? I added a video to make it clear what I’m dealing with. For reference the way that “Contact Us” and “Journal” are working is the way it’s all supposed to work. Sorry this is a link and not embedded. It won’t let me embed as I am a “new user”. Cloud link

Built a Figma Slides template with a table on one of the slides with color variables so when we change the color theme it changes with the theme and we wont have to change it manually. I go and make a new slide deck using the template. In the add new slide panel it shows the color of the stroke on the table is there but once I add the actual slide it changes the stroke color to white and then in my design panel the color name is blank.

Beginner here. Can someone please explain how these are similar / different?

Hi there, Sorry, I think this question has already been asked, but I am having trouble with the spell check. Please see the attached photo: I am working with the browser version, not the app, and I have a Mac system. Thank you! ilaria

Hello everyone, What are the main disadvantages of Dev Mode configuration in 2024? Please list them.

Hello, I can’t resize an instance except after it has been detached. How can this be done? Thank you for your help.

I think that it’s time to update Figma interace, i think that other tools like Sketch, XD and Framer has a great UI, Figma is the best in features and plugins,but UI still missing something. if you agree please vote up.

There are two situations, the first is when the font weight is specified in variables as a string, the second is when the font weight is specified as a value. In CSS the value is specified as a kebab variable. string falls into CSS as a normal property. But when we assign a font family as a string , css treats it as a kebab variable. What is the reason? Bug or feature?)

Hello! Is there a way to create an instance or a viewport of a frame from the same file in Figma? Essentially, I’m looking to have frame A1 that is the exact copy of frame A and update with any changes. I don’t want to create a component of my frame A because I would have to create a lot of them to make a whole flow. How would I use it? My team likes to have a representation of all the pages of our web app in a flow in one single page on Figma, for example Basket → Detail → Phone → Payment → Confirmation But because our designs are complex and have a lot of variations, all designs are separate in our Figma file, eg one page for all variations of Basket.

I created a hyperlink in the text in Figma desktop. When I click present, the link works and directs to the intended destination. However, qhy when I click it in the Figma mobile mirror app, the link results in a blank white screen.

How can I create an interactive SWIG menu in Figma that updates dynamically based on user selections?

It is possible to see the Width, Height’s layout property like Hug contents, Fill container, Fixed width in Layout mode, but I can’t check it in Compose code. Dev mode’s compose code just show fixed values like width: 000, height: 000. but Compose has own fill property like modifier = Modifier .fillMaxWidth() .fillMaxHeight() How can I get those value in compose code mode? Even I can check display options in SWIFTUI code .frame property or CSS’s display. ++If there is already a way to do this, please let me know. I tried the Codia AI plugin, but it doesn’t work, just the loading progress bar goes round and round infinitely.

i am using Figma on my mac os 10.15 but if i update Figma it wont be able to run anymore so how do i stop Figma from updating