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I agree this is possible to have different values on different modes. I mean technically it works. I have two collections primitive colors and semantic colors which refers to the former. There are some scenarios where I want to have white in Light Mode which can have different colors based on context. For example, card background can be white in Light, Dark mode will obviously have shade of black in primitive, but I want a different color for card background alone in Dark mode. I can change the color in the dark mode in the semantic collection but it doesn’t seem to work though. Ideas and help appreciated.

Hello, guys. Recently, one of my fellow developers came across an issue: he has the “viewer” mode in Figma for all the files in the project team, and, we he tries to inspect an element, unfortunately the color is outdated. It shows, for example “Red v1” instead of “Red v2”. On one hand, the color used to be “Red v1”, but now it is “Red v2”. I’ve tried Updating the library for all the files Following this guide. This is the issue I’m facing right now. Also, as an alternative option, is there a way of restricting the developer to have access to the dev mode, but can’t edit the Figma elements? The developer only wants to use the Dev Mode, and I don’t want them to eventually mess with the file (so someday I can see a change in an element, but can’t figure out who made that, even with the history - because it takes time)

Hello everyone! Help me please. I am student and I want to verify my education status, but after pressing the submit button I receive this ;(. I hope you can help me(

Is there any way to restore the Enter key behavior within comments? Before: Enter key would add a new line while typing comments Now: Enter sends the comment (requires Cmd+Enter to add new line) It is extremely annoying that it ends up sending the comments before I’m done writing them. This is an issue that happens regularly: I type “@” and the name of the person(s) I want to mention then I press Enter to start the actual comment but then It already sends the comment with just the mentions the people I mentioned receive an email notification with empty comment I have received emails with just my name (exactly like in step 4 above), so it’s not only me who’s having this issue. Please help me.

On the side, I’m an advisor for the arts, media, and communications board for my county’s public school system. We meet a couple times a year to discuss what’s happening in the industry so they can adjust their high school student’s curriculum to match. Since the beginning, I’ve noticed how far behind these curriculums are as they’re still being focused on print and anything product-related is minimal/done with inefficient technology (e.g. piecing together websites in Wix with Canvas after designing in Illustrator). After being in this for a couple years, I finally realized a lot of it’s because they rely heavily on certifications that students can earn to show colleges and intern employers they know their stuff. Adobe has this down pat, which is why it’s heavily taught, even though it’s expensive for the schools. With Figma being free to education, it would make a lot of sense to build a certification program around the tool. It would allow students to be introduced to the software ea

Hoping for support troubleshooting this, or confirming if it’s a platform limitation I should submit the fix for as an ‘idea to share’ instead… I have a simple prototype that has a home screen with a looping video background and 3 buttons that each open an overlay (when closed, they return to the underlaying home screen). This works as expected when viewing the prototype in Figma, but the video doesn’t play when using the Embed Link of the prototype. Here’s what I’ve tried so far… Add the background video using Figma’s documentation for adding videos to prototypes. In the prototype settings, set the video to loop and toggled off the sound setting. Tested the prototype in Figma and everything worked as expected. Used Figma’s Embed documentation to use the Share toolbar to grab embed code. Created a Notion page, selected the embed option, and pasted in the embed code. Prototype loaded as expected with full functionality, but without the video playback. Tried Notion’s Figma integration t

I installed a font on my Mac and it loaded into Figma but registered as 4 different fonts based on styles of the font (e.g. book, medium, bold, black). So I went into FontBook on my Mac and reinstalled a different version of the font. It loaded perfectly into other programs but Figma still displays it as four separate fonts and they aren’t even the complete set so it isn’t usable as is. What can I do about this? Is there any way to delete the current reference or force Figma to re-register the font? Things I have tried: reloading, web vs. desktop app, deleting the app and reinstalling.

I have a standard situation when I move my color library to Variables. So I have basic colors, like Gray 0-9, Blue 0-9, etc. I created a token for Border, which is linked to Gray 5. But I can’t see it from inspection, or any other place, because it shows me a HEX color! Is there a way to check it?

Hello everyone! I have a question regarding Figma prototypes. In the past, I have created prototypes to view on a monitor and to share with others. I know that Figma has been updated, but I am unsure if a prototype will work directly on an iPad or a touchscreen (not an iPhone). (No Mirroring) This would be specifically created as a demo at events, and currently. I have tried searching for this information online, but it’s proving to be difficult. Thank you for your help!

Hello! Consider I have pages (slides of a presentation) organized using auto-layout. What I want is to add numbering both to the frame name and the textboxes inside the frame (for page number display). Is there a way to do so? Speaking from the programmers standpoint this should be trivial to do.

Hello, I just graduated and soon, my school will delete my educational email. In my current account, I have all of the projects I worked on for the last 5 years. I would like to keep them, as I might need them in the future, in order to show them for employment, portfolios, etc. All of us, graduating students from my school, learned that information last week and we have no idea what to do about it. I tried to change the email on my account but it’s not editable. I tried to contact the Figma support, but they replied to me saying I only have a Starter account, so I can only receive support from community… I’d really appreciate some help on that matter, I just want to keep all of the projects I worked on for the last 5 years. Thank you so much if you can help me.

I am drawing connectors from multiple sources to one destination. In some cases the connectors align well and merge with each other to form one single line, whereas in this case the lines are not merging together. Either it goes up or down. Please refer to the screenshot below. I want to merge/overlap these two lines so that appear as one. Thanks for your help in advance.

Hi, I’m seeing an angle on gradient fill, even though I should not. Is it something I’m doing wrong or a bug? Thanks!

After assigning multiple prototyping actions to a trigger I can’t current select them. I’d love to copy / paste them. I’m quite sure I’ve done this before. After clicking it seems to de-select right away. I am still able to drag to re-order. Anyone else experiencing this quirk? (The - (remove) button appearing so close to the collapse/expand arrow also isn’t great)

When copying a design from another file with applied variables, Figma adds the variables to my file. And sometimes my created variables are missing.

How do you manage components in a shifting environment so that the old versions are still available for older design work to reference? I’m designing in an organization with a design system, but the area I’m working in isn’t using it. I’ve built out a bunch of components (panels, local nav, cards) to match the current UI so I can efficiently make mockups that match the current product area. As I do feature design I’m working to update the UI to match the global design system. I’ll update my composite components to use design system atoms (buttons etc.) and themes as I go. As I do this, though, my old designs will break. Spacing, fonts, layouts, etc. will all change, and past projects will no longer represent the state of the product at that time. This is especially fraught if I’m working on the follow-on to a project still in development. I can’t have reference designs changing when I make updates for the next cycle. How do you manage components in a shifting environment so that the ol

Hello Folks, I’m having an issue on icon components. I’ve created set of icons and several other components using that icon component which have different stats (active and deactivate) My issue is when I’m changing the component icon into a different icon, the state color doesn’t apply for that new icon. Not sure where i did the mistake. Can anyone help me on this? Here’s the Figma linkFigma – 23 Jun 24 Thanks

When using manual placement for open overlay, is there anyway to anchor the overlay to two frames instead of just one?

Hey, I’m working with video and got an issue with low regulation, how to fix that?

I have been facing a issue, Images are cropped properly and paced inside frame when its view on presentation mode the edges of the image adds a black edge. This doesn’t have anything to do with drop shadow. I have tried behind the transparent area option also.

This may be a bug but I’m hoping to confirm that before submitting it as a bug issue. I have three inputs (two dropdowns and one text field) that only have a label. I have the prototype set up so that when they are clicked, the dropdowns get a selection and the text field gets text. However, when I go into prototype mode, those inputs show the text as if they’ve been clicked. But they have not yet been clicked. They are empty in the design tab. I have plenty of other inputs where it’s all working fine, but three of them always show the selection/text as if they’ve already been clicked. Has anyone else dealt with this who could give some advice?

Hello, I would like to ask, after I enable the Clip content function on an ellipse, why does the Clip function not cut according to an ellipse as a border, but a square? I don’t know if my statement is correct…=(

Hello! I am a new figma user, just wanted to know if there’s a way for me to adjust resolutions in terms of pixels per inch (PPI)?

Hello, I’ve encountered a problem. It appears that there are memory issues in my file. The project isn’t very large, but it shows 75% to 100% memory usage. I have much larger and more complex projects that didn’t have this notification, and everything worked fine there. There are definitely not more layers in this project compared to my previous ones…

Hello, I search through the forum but didnt find the example I’m struggling with. I want to build a responsive baner for a web site. It contains a video frame(or slider frame) 16:9 and two frames in a group set to fill/fill. It is all in a frame that is fixed/hug and set to Wrap. When I change the width it all works great until I get to my 16x9 frame. I pour my hair how to set this frame so it would start to scale proportionnaly while decreesing the width of the main frame. Is it possible to have a fixed aspect ratio image inside of an auto layer frame and it will then behave due to auto layout configuration???