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Joaquin_H_Zubiri
Joaquin_H_Zubiri
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Getting an error when trying to access componentPropertyDefinition of a main component

I’m getting the following error when trying to access propertyDefinitions of a main component. I’m accessing this main component from an instance node by getMainComponentAsync, awaiting its promise. In the documentation it says that componentPropertyDefinitions property is available for ComponentNode and ComponentSetNode. But when I try to access it I get the following error: in get_componentPropertyDefinitions: Can only get component property definitions of a component set or non-variant component Isn’t a MainComponent a non-variant component? If not, how do I access either a ComponentSet from an InstanceNode or its non-variant component version? I just need to check for variant options of a property to catch errors when matching it against data provided by the user…

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Joaquin_H_Zubiri
1 month ago
Simon-ntm
Simon-ntm
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Prototype mirror doesnt show images

Hi y’all, I am experiencing some issues with the Figma mirror app. It will not show images in the prototype. Setup M2 mac, Sonoma Figma desktop app Figma mirror app iphone Troubleshooting I tried Delete cache, didnt work Constrains of the images Reboot apps Check if the images are IN the frame I drives me crazy, maybe because the Sonoma update? I worked before. Thanks in advance 🙂 Simon

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igor.prudnikov
1 month ago
Joshua_Kaufman1
Joshua_Kaufman1
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Notifications in Microsoft Teams

I noticed that I stopped getting Figma notifications in Microsoft Teams. Notifications are turned on for the file I’m working on, but I’ve turned off email notifications. Do email notifications need to be on for Figma notifications to work? Any other ideas?

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Joshua_Kaufman1
1 month ago
Xavier_Coulombe-Murray
Xavier_Coulombe-Murray
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What the number in parentheses next to my text style mean?

It seems like it appeared in a recent update. I’m referring to “(5)” next to “Tiles/H2 PDP”. Thanks.

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Xavier_Coulombe-Murray
1 month ago
Prakash_Rajguru
Prakash_Rajguru
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How do I permanently remove missing libraries that appear in the assets panels of every file?

I had months back enabled a library for my files but I soon deleted the file (which was a community file - "Wireframing Starter Kit’) but the library is still published and I can’t unpublish it or remove it from appearing in all my design files. The library doesn’t show up in the enabled library settings too. The problem is the deleted file still appears in my recent files section but I can’t see any option to delete it. Also when I enter the community file and try to unpublish it, there is no such option and neither can I select the library for more options. My problem is similar to this solved problem on the forum: [SOLVED] How do I remove libraries that appear in the "libraries" modal? But in my case since it is a community file, I can’t change the access settings of the file. And I am stuck with this very annoying problem.

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G
1 month ago
Mohammad_Hossein_Mohammadi
Mohammad_Hossein_Mohammadi
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Question About Figma Professional Team Account

Hi, I have a question. I’m planning to buy a Figma Professional Team account. If I create a team and invite my friends to join the team and projects, will they be able to edit with their free accounts? Or do all of them also need to have a Professional Team account? Thanks!

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Gayani_S
Figmate
1 month ago
Brandon_H
Brandon_H
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Difference between Multi-edit variants and Select matching layers?

Obviously, the Multi-edit only appears within a component that has variants, but as far as I can tell, these two features are identical in every way. Unless I am missing something, there is no need for both of them.

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Brandon_H
1 month ago
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Fede_HP
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Hidden nested instances are not receiving updates

We have a Design System with parent components composed of nested instances. Both parent components and nested instances are in the file “A”. To avoid having thousands of components available within the Assets when publishing the library, the nested instances are hidden with “.” at the beginning of their names. The problem: When using the component library from file “A” in file “B”, everything works fine. The issue arises when a nested instance from file “A” requires an update. Firstly, it does not allow me to publish the nested instance update without removing the “.” from its name, and I also cannot publish the parent component containing the updated nested instance. If somehow I manage to publish the parent component, file B will prompt me to update it, but the updated nested instance does not receive the changes made. Is this a bug? Or what is the correct way to work, update, and publish nested instances so that they always receive their updates without cluttering the Assets librar

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Simon32
1 month ago
NoraP
NoraPNew Member
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Download Icon set from Library

We store all our Icons in one Figma Library, which gets Icons added to and removed from regularly. Our Developers need an easy way to regularly update their icon set. Perfect for us as Designers and for our Dev’s would be to handle the Icons like Tokens, with continuous naming. What makes this even more difficult is the fact that we Designers often create icon component sets, e.g. heart-solid, heart-stroke… How do you handle this?

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Mike_Taku
1 month ago
Mani_Noroozi
Mani_Noroozi
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Dynamic height for auto layout wrap

In Figma, I’m working with a design that involves three cards within an auto layout configuration. My goal is to achieve two key behaviors: Equal Height Across Cards: When these cards are aligned next to each other horizontally, they should all maintain an equal height, ensuring a uniform appearance. Content-Dependent Sizing: In scenarios where the cards do not share a row (e.g., when viewed on a narrower screen or in a different layout context), each card should adjust its height dynamically to snugly fit its content. Is it possible to configure auto layout wrap to accommodate these requirements? Specifically, I’m looking for a way to make the containers simultaneously fill available height when aligned together and adjust to hug their content when they’re not sharing the same row.

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Christian_Franck
1 month ago
SandC
SandC
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Text box is not responsive when set Max or Min width

Hi, I am wondering if I am doing anything wrong with a text box autolayout. Before when I set Max or Min width, it would respond when I resize the frame. Is there a different setting now? Below is the video link for your viewing

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SandC
1 month ago
Taras_Savytskyi
Taras_Savytskyi
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An error occurred while loading the plugin environment

Hi there! I published a plugin and am waiting for the review. When I try to launch the In-development version, it starts without any problems, but when I choose the published version (the one in the review), I get: An error occurred while loading the plugin environment. At the same time, I have another plugin that was successfully published, and I can open both versions without any errors. Is there something I’m doing wrong, or is it expected to return this error before the plugin is published to the community? Thank you.

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Gleb
1 month ago
Mike_Lazear
Mike_Lazear
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Slicing function when used on text cuts edge of image

When using the Export function directly from text, the resulting .png file is slightly cutting/cropping the text (both on the bottom and the right-hand side of the resulting .png file.) It is subtle and maybe just 1pm but the resulting file looks like it was badly just badly cropped. The font in question is “Days One”. Can’t share image here for proprietary reasons but wondering if others have run into this issue.

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Mike_Lazear
1 month ago
Jason_Muxlow1
Jason_Muxlow1
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Design system + prototyping best practices?

Hi, I work on enterprise software and have been using Figma for about 4 years. I’m looking for best practices around prototyping with components from a library. Example: The design system is a published library The design system contains all the usual things inc. a nav component Work on a new feature is being done in a separate file When prototyping the site or app in the work file using the nav from the design system, I’ve been: wrapping the design system nav in a local component linking nav items to all the pages in the local nav placing instances of the local nav on all the pages tweaking each instance of the local nav so it lights the correct menu item for the page its on This works fine, but there’s lots of spaghetti code. It seems like I’m missing something. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Jason_Muxlow1
1 month ago
Ward_Haley
Ward_Haley
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Figma API file endpoint request timeout

When hitting the file endpoint, I am getting a 400 error with an error message of Request timeout, try a smaller request. In Figma, I am able to access this file so it isn’t private or anything. Could this be that the file is just too large?

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Ward_Haley
1 month ago
Michelle_Sch
Michelle_Sch
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Figma keeps saying I'm Offline

Figma keeps saying I’m offline and that it’s not syncing any changes, even when I have very fast and consistent internet connection (Zoom, Slack, CreativeCloud all work fine). And what’s strange is that it’s only for one project at a time. I have four different projects open and the others are syncing fine. And it’s not always the same project that has trouble syncing. Last week it was a different one that wasn’t syncing. Figma is up-to-date as well. I have had this issue for a week now and it’s incredibly frustrating. Any solutions?

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Isildur_Green
1 month ago
karanddash22
karanddash22
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Text is not displayed in all existing layouts

Text has stopped being displayed in all files today. At the same time, everything is in place during playback. Has anyone had such a problem and what can be done?

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karanddash22
1 month ago
Bradley_Gabel
Bradley_Gabel
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Corner smoothing on pills

Corner smoothing in Figma doesn’t seem to work when the radius is 50% or 1/2 the height of the rectangle aka pills or rounded buttons. If you look at Airbnb’s or Apple’s pills, they appear to have a corner smoothing applied. Is there a workaround to get this effect in this scenario or is it something we just need to communicate to engineers when handing off designs?

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1 month ago
jeni.dillarte
jeni.dillarte
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Animation with after delay not slowing down

I created a scrolling marquee but I cant get to slow it down even after setting the duration to 10000. Can anyone pls help? This is urgent. thanks so much!

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jeni.dillarte
1 month ago
Kapasi_Sohel
Kapasi_Sohel
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Figjam - Connectors are not snapping inside of Figjam template object

I created multi layered components in Figma and imported design system in sticker library. However, I cannot snap connector inside these multi-layered component object. However, I have press Cmd+Drag and Drop anywhere I want and it sticks there but when object is expanded due, the location of the connector stays at the same place and not moving with the original placed location.

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Kapasi_Sohel
1 month ago
Grinders
Grinders
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Figma REST API does not return children of hidden instance

Hello, I have a project using Figma REST API to get a Figma file and read some of the properties of a component Instance. A component has another instance as a children which is hidden. The hidden instance has a text layer child. A few days ago I was able to read the properties of this specific child but now it seems like it is not returned: the hidden instance has empty array as for the children collection. Is this expected now because this was introduced a couple of days ago and is not documented neither in the REST API docs nor in the changelog. Is there a way I can bypass this? Thanks.

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jefflee
Figmate
1 month ago
Ricardo_Seixas
Ricardo_Seixas
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Give more power to improve writting. Copy Text and Paste applying Figma Font styles + Anchor text

Is currently so annoying when we need to work on text in Figma… We can’t do anchor text like indesign for example If pasting from a document, chatgpt or anything we can’t select to apply the current styles or variables ( needs to be manual ) we can’t even use a google doc to implement the main styles and Figma to convert Can Someone at Figma give more power on the writing part ? Copy Text and Paste applying Figma Font styles + anchor text to split text and continues on the next part should be already here

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Ricardo_Seixas
1 month ago
Moses_Feliz
Moses_Feliz
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PLEASE, Please, Please Disable the persistent in Browser “Open int the Figma App”

It’s so discouraging and annoying when working in Figma via web browser (on iPad) and the persistent “Open int the Figma App” it’s recommended when in the first place the Figma app is basically a limited “FILE BROWSER” with ZERO functionality. NO. NO. NO. Please don’t ask me to open my file via an App where my file is basically my productivity go’s down to Zero/Nothing. Now, if the App had full iPad functionality - then we’re talking.

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Moses_Feliz
1 month ago
Mingxin
Mingxin
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Local variables bugs while playing a prototype in Figma mobile app

Hi, I observed a weird situation in the Figma Mobile app while playing a prototype, thinking this could be a bug. Anyone could help? Please see in the screenshots an example. What I tried to do: by clicking on the “Name 1” button in the “Name Screen”, assign the value of “Name 1” to a local variable “Bug Typed Name”, then navigate to the “Final Screen” and show the value of the variable “Bug Typed Name” (so, “Name 1”) in a text box. What works well on both Figma desktop app and Figma mobile app (1st scenario): If I pass the variable value from one screen to another “immediately”, like what is shown in the screenshots between the “Name Screen 1” Frame to the “Final Screen 1” Frame, it works correctly on both apps - desktop and mobile. What works correctly only on Figma Desktop app, but DOES NOT work on the mobile app (2nd scenario): If I add couple of “additional” frames between the “Name Screen” and the “Final Screen” frames (see the flow between “Name Screen 2” and “Final Screen 2”

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Peter_Angelov2
1 month ago
C
Craig_C1
asked in Ask the Community
How to edit text in a component from MD3 library

Hello, I’m new to Figma in terms of creating designs and for the life of me I cannot find out how to edit a text label in a component I am using from Material Design 3 assets. See below screenshot. How do you customise text? I’m sure it’s something easy once I know how or I don’t have permission. Apologies if this covered else where. Google and searching didn’t return a simple answer. Thanks.

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Johnson_Ryan
1 month ago
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