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Keitel_Oliver
Keitel_Oliver
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Conditionals with Variables not working

Hey everyone, I’m currently trying to control different frames using conditional statements in Figma. To do this, I’ve created a variable named “Beleg count.” The idea is that in another part of the prototype, I want to set the variable to a fixed value (1, 2, or 3) using a button, and depending on the variable’s value, I want to navigate to a different window here. My issue is that the “Default” (Explorer 0 DUo) frame is always being opened, and the entire set of if conditions never seem to work. Have I done something wrong?

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uxcal
1 year ago
Sergey_Tomashevsky
Sergey_Tomashevsky
asked in Ask the Community
Unexpected fill override when copy/paste component

Create a new design file. Create a new color variable. Create a new frame. Set the variable color as a fill for this frame. Create a component from this frame. Create an instance using keyboard shortcuts CMD+C, CMD+V Result: An instance has a color override. When changing the fill color in the component, changes don’t appear in the instance. Remark: When copying a component with Option+Mouse click, there is no such override.

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Julia_Shlyapnikova
1 year ago
JoaoDuarte
JoaoDuarte
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Continue scrolling after reaching the edges of a "vertical scrolling" frame

Hi all 😀 I am trying to create a scrollable frame (inside the device’s frame). What happens is, when previewing the prototype, the scroll on this frame works just fine, but as soon as it reaches one of the edges of the scroll, I was expecting it to keep scrolling in the parent frame, but it just gets stuck - I have to move the mouse out of this frame to scroll in the page. Am I doing something wrong? Or is this a general behaviour? Thank you!!

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1 year ago
Wanda_F
Wanda_F
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Is it possible to create a prototype of a combination lock?

I was wondering if it’s possible or if there are any existing tutorials to protoype something like the images attached. Thanks!

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Wanda_F
1 year ago
zu.nguyen
zu.nguyenNew Participant
asked in Ask the Community
Variables collection not show up when choosing color

Hi there! I have a collection name Mode that contains my global color scale, when trying to apply color from library (local) that Mode collection only show the name of it. and some variables that I setup, the rest I used plugin to add in. It had no issue before.

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zu.nguyen
1 year ago
Edmund_Gauci
Edmund_Gauci
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Getting information from ComponentNodes is being really slow

I have a plugin that, at startup, iterates over the children of a ComponentSetNode. For each ComponentNode, it extracts some data from four descendants of the ComponentNode. Recently users complained that startup was taking a long time. So I’ve been looking into it. The code uses findAllWithCriteria to find three text nodes, and findOne to locate an InstanceNode. I discovered that processing each ComponentNode is taking around 180 ms. I had the bright idea that it might be more efficient to avoid finding the descendent nodes and pick them out directly. The ComponentNode structure is fixed, so I ended up with four statements in the general form of: const nameNode: TextNode = item.children[0].children[0].children[1].children[0] This is of course more fragile, but I was hoping to see an improvement in processing time. Instead, it nearly doubled to 318 ms average. So, yay for Figma code being more efficient, but I guess I’m looking for some thoughts on why this is so slow to begin with. I

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Gleb
1 year ago
Jonathan_Summers-Muir
Jonathan_Summers-Muir
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Using conditional prototype interaction removes set variable interactions

Please search for existing topics before posting! Press 🔍 at the upper right to search. Using a conditional removes the set variable

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Jonathan_Summers-Muir
1 year ago
Karl_Mochel1
Karl_Mochel1
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Conditional logic on component panel toggles

Would like to apply conditional expressions to component changes from the right panel. In this case, if user turns off items I would like the appropriate bars to be removed. No bars on ends One bar in-between each item

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Karl_Mochel1
1 year ago
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Evan12
asked in Ask the Community
absoluteRenderBounds clipped by the Frame in GET file results

Hey all, I’m looking for some clarification on the behaviour of absoluteRenderBounds when a node is close to the border of the frame. To demonstrate, I have a simple Figma file that has a node with a drop shadow effect: Using the GET file endpoint, I see the following when I parse this node: absoluteBoundingBox = {x: 125.0, y: 84.0, width: 375.0, height: 90.0} absoluteRenderBounds = {x: 25, y: -24.0, width: 575.0, height: 290.0} These results make sense and are consistent with the image representing that node when I download it with the GET Image endpoint. However if move the node to the top left of the frame, so that the drop shadow effect is clipped by the frame, I get this when parsing the node: absoluteBoundingBox = {x: -353.0, y: -260.0, width: 375.0, height: 90.0} absoluteRenderBounds = {x: -353.0, y: -260.0, width 475.0, height: 182.0} The render bounds in this case are responding to the clipping of the frame, however the downloaded image for the node is the same as before, and

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1 year ago
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Lauren_Macdonald
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Missing Content when in Presentation Mode

Hello! I have experience in Xd but am new to Figma. My design looks as wanted when in work mode, but once I go to the presentation view, I lose some assets. Any ideas? Thanks so much!

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
1 year ago
Nigel_Faloon1
Nigel_Faloon1
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Unable to publish modified variables

I’m getting an error that says “Publishing failed:” when I’m attempting to publish my library, it’s the modified variables that are preventing it from publishing (when I uncheck the modified variables the library is successful at publishing). The variables in question are spacing and padding tokens. The tokens have been applied to loads of components so it’s making a real mess of my linked files! Are there any known issues? is this a known problem? Help!!

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
1 year ago
Akshat_Sharma1
Akshat_Sharma1
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SelectionChange not firing

I was designing a plugin, where one could click on a selected object and show all its properties onto the same figure. I want to dynamically change selection once user clicks any other shape but i have problem figuring out why my Figma.on not working. Here is the code: function runplugin() { let selectedElements = figma.currentPage.selection; if (selectedElements.length === 0) { figma.closePlugin('No elements selected'); return; } if (selectedElements.length > 1) { figma.closePlugin('Please select one element'); return; } console.log('hello'); } figma.on('selectionchange', () => { console.log(figma.currentPage.selection); console.log('j'); }); figma.closePlugin() Code is changed to debug. Please Help

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tank666
1 year ago
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Sonia_Gupta
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I am working on icon for an manufacturing company

i am working on icon and have created variant and various state for that icon and also have created icon group each icon converted to component . i am not able to change the state icon of the different icon in that group . How to solve this issue

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Gayani_S
Figmate
1 year ago
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briantanner
asked in Ask the Community
Scrolling Text And Hard Return In Text Box

I would greatly appreciate if anyone, could tell me how to scroll text in a text box and how to create a carriage return. After trying repeatedly I have only managed to successfully type over the existing text! Many, many thanks!

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Gayani_S
Figmate
1 year ago
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piusyikyu
asked in Ask the Community
exportAsync is freezing UI

I am trying to grab the svg representation of some layers. When it comes to a layer with an image, it freezes the UI and the document itself until the svg string is returned. Is there anything I can do to get round this?

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
1 year ago
Mayank_Ramina
Mayank_Ramina
asked in Ask the Community
Some issue with postMessage() in Safari v17.0

I have a published widget which is not working in Safari only for latest version (Safari v17.0). The widget is working other browsers and also Figma desktop app. Based on my assessment there seems to be an issue in postMessage(). The image below shows the recent change in their log. Is anybody else facing this issue? and also how can I go about debugging this issue? as of now thinking of publishing a version with loggers added, to identify the cause.

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Mayank_Ramina
1 year ago
Matt_Gypps
Matt_Gypps
asked in Ask the Community
Accessible prototypes and VoiceOver read order

I was really excited to see the new accessible prototypes feature that’s been introduced recently. I was testing it out with some existing designs and my Mac’s VoiceOver feature, but am struggling to get the content to read out from the top of the page to the bottom as I would expect - instead it often starts at the bottom menu bar, then I have to go back up the page through the rest of the content. This could well be my lack of knowledge in this field, but can anyone point me to some guidance that would help, or suggest some general rules to get Figma designs to behave well with screen reader technology. Thanks a lot! Matt

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Pipi_Marquez
1 year ago
KHL
KHL
asked in Ask the Community
Create variable button not showing properly

Running into some issue where the “Create variable” button disappear or not showing properly. Can anyone confirm they have the same issue?

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KHL
1 year ago
Todd_Coleman
Todd_Coleman
asked in Ask the Community
Open in Editor action not going to selected frame

When viewing a prototype and clicking on “Open in Editor” in the Figma UI header, the view switches over to the editor but the selected frame does not center in the Editor view. This previously worked as expected, I only noticed this behavior about 2 days ago. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Todd_Coleman
1 year ago
Valeria_Assiso
Valeria_Assiso
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Is there a way to make a responsive component by manually changing the size?

I want to make an adaptable header for a Design System so the designer can just adjust de size manually and the header will adapt to the one that they need to use, is this possible?

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Nate_G
1 year ago
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Lorri_Halliday
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Text Tool does not function properly

When I select “text tool” and then click in the canvas I get a tiny blinking dot. No cursor. If I type it does not show up except in the layers panel. I have tried all of the suggestions I can find. Help please.

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L
1 year ago
Danil7
Danil7
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How can I find and change variable for corner radius to another variable

I need to find Corner Radius which uses “VariableID:8e2209935ab4d5ca76ca72b16b33d9d94a7195fc/176:58” and after which it will change it to another Variable - “VariableID:dbbebf535f2311106458aac887ab378901bf445d/176:58”, how to do this?

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Danil7
1 year ago
Julian_Scialabba
Julian_Scialabba
asked in Ask the Community
Create a Figma file that includes an image and text nodes programmatically

Hello, I’m looking for a way to export an image and a text from a website to a Figma file. So basically, the users will play with an image and text styles, then click an export button and that would create a Figma file with that image and text nodes. Is that possible with any of the existent Figma APIs? Thanks

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tank666
1 year ago
William_Weng
William_Weng
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Max amount of variables with figma professional

Hey, I just purchased Figma professional to utilize the new variables, but I can only add 6 variables. Is this a bug or is this the max amount of variables I can use with my payment plan? The button with a + create variable disappear when i add a 6th variable.

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William_Weng
1 year ago
Hailey1
Hailey1
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Embedding prototypes in Powerpoint

Is there a way to embed Figma prototypes into PowerPoint presentations? I’m not able to present with a Figma file, so I was wondering if I can embed it into powerpoint instead.

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K
1 year ago
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