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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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1 month ago

Stephanie_May

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Team permissions not inherited

This seems so basic, but I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. I’m using the free plan for a personal project – I created the one team allowed, added three associated files, and invited my collaborators to join it as editors. I expected once they did so, they would all have (inherited) permissions to edit all three included files, as described in the documentation. Instead I still needed to grant them individual edit access to each of the files. See attached screenshots, 6 people “can edit” the project, but within any given file, only I get permission to do so based on my membership in the team.

1 month ago

Simon_Coong

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Figma variables, and multiple swappable styling libraries

In the past, when you created Colour Styles and Text Styles, you could (along with identically named components) swap them out for each other by using the “Swap library” functionality in the Libraries panel. That functionality still works, and is great. However, Variables don’t seem to swap over in the same manner, which makes some sense as they’re not detected by the “Swap library” panel currently. Is there any way you can switch out Variables in batch when swapping libraries so they update everything eg colour, padding margin, booleans etc, or am I unable to use Variables for anything outside of local styling for now? For context, I’m creating a design system for a white-label product that can swap the associated branding on the fly depending on the target client. Naturally, colours, fonts, logos etc need to be switched out, and they work fine with the older method of library definition, but Id like to be able to specify padding, margins and other similar properties as part of the br

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1 month ago

Muhamad_Rahimi

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A really tiny inconsistency in Figma community tabs!

Hey there, I know it may not be that important, but it comes to My attention that in “whiteboarding” tab in Figma community, contrary to other cards, in “Fun & Games”, the visual have a background, while others have not the BG! just in case you didn’t catch that! have a good time.

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1 month ago

Tarun_Ottur

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Discrepancies in Figma Library Analytics

Hi Figma Community, Upon looking at the usage data of our components within the Figma library analytics, I’ve noticed some discrepancies when delving into deeper levels of analysis. Below, I’ve included a screenshot depicting these discrepancies at the instance level. You can observe that the total count displayed at the top doesn’t align with the sum of individual values. Has anyone else encountered a similar issue? Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tarun.

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1 month ago

vladislav.lat

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The component centering and alignment tool is broken

The component centering and alignment tool is broken. Please pay attention to the recent update. Since I have a new interface, a number of functions have broken, one of them being the alignment and centering inside the component

1 month ago

Romanova_Dariia

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Non-UI triggers in the prototype

I need to create a prototype for user testing. I have the following user flow The user registers and navigates to the dashboard, which has a disabled state. after some time passes (it can take up to a month) the user receives an e-mail, that says that their registration was confirmed now the user can navigate to the dashboard which is not disabled anymore. I was thinking about adding some auxiliary buttons that are not part of the initial UI and will trigger this time pass. Something like “click here to imitate a time pass” But I failed to find any examples of someone doing it. Is it a good idea to add non-UI triggers to the prototype? Could it temper with the user testing? Is there another way to test this flow?

1 month ago

Remi_Ruggiero

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Instance text component

Hello, I have a problem that I didn’t have before… I’ve created a simple rectangle component with text inside. I’ve created 2 instances, and I’ve modified the text of one of the two instances. The problem is that in preview mode, the hover of this instance keeps the text of the main component! I didn’t have this problem before. Can someone please explain what’s changed and what the solution is? Thanks in advance

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1 month ago

Zadara_Design

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Date Stamp on frame

Is there a plugin or a function in Figma that can show when a frame was create? ** scenario ** I have a a file with over 20 designs - each design is created in its own frame I have 2 pages “current design” and “Archive” In the Archive I have the 19 designs that where not approved but the client has changed his mind and what’s the design we spoke about on the 19th of may I have no idea which frame was created on that date. Is there any way to create this with out manually have to add a text field with the date and time above each design or in the frame layer ? Thanks

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1 month ago

Steve24

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Doesn't see the padding in responsive Presentation mode.

I really can’t scroll any further down while in presentation mode, but I put all elements in an auto layout Frame and I have a horizontal padding of 50. But I don’t have any space in presentation mode underneath the last element although I have a padding underneath it. I am also in responsive mode while presentation. Here the screenshots for understanding:

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1 month ago

Marlon_B

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Interactive nested component not working...again!

Not sure if I’m going crazy or missing something completely basic but I have a component which contains several nested component instances for . The expandable nav is simple enough with 2 states of OPEN and CLOSED and I have several of these inside a auto-layout frame, which allows each nav to be expanded or collapsed. The interaction works fine until I convert the into a component, then the nested interactions no longer work! Here is an example file containing an instance of the component which do NOT work and a detached instance which works perfectly! Figma – 8 Oct 24 Any ideas welcomed!

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1 month ago

katapecenkina716

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How can I return a deleted page in a form

I accidentally deleted a page in the figure last night when I was working on a project. And now I don’t understand how this page can be returned

1 month ago

Dmitry_Avrov

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Content jumps up and down with using of smart animate and AL

I use some components in footer, that have two states: collapsed and expanded. All components and the main frame have Auto Layout. When I click on the collapsed component in the prototype the screen jumps up and down before the list expands with animation. As I understand, the problem is connected to constraints of the contents. When I choose Smart Animation, I can’t set checkbox “Preserve scroll position”, because there is no checkboxes. When I choose “Instant” and choose the “Preserve scroll position” option everything works well. But I want to do it with animation. drive.google.com

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1 month ago

Stephen_Moy1

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Show/hide relevant content in a Frame when hovering over items in entirely separate Frame

What I want to achieve The UI I have essentially has two separate sections alongside each other. A “stage” on the left of the screen which is in fixed position, 100% height, 50% width of window. And a scrolling feed of content to the right of that, about 10 items. The effect I want to create is when I hover over a card on the right, the larger “stage” is filled with relevant content (image/video mostly) of the item that has been interacted with. I want the appearance to be elegant so it fades in - but I can’t find a way to do this as they are not related / separated items. Possible options… I have tried a few things but I want to see if there is a better solution. Overlays: I can’t use overlays as I have a fixed header and the overlay overlaps this. Variables / Conditionals: I tried setting true/false and used and if/else condition to show and hide different frames but it doesn’t appear like there’s away to fade this. It just displays or hides instantly? Multiple Artboards: Have 10

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1 month ago

Yash_Amin

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Team got deleted.

By mistake on 19 Nov 20204 1:00 PM my team got Deleted while I was managing files. So went to see on Google to see how I can recover where I found that confirmation mail will be delivered where within 28days you can recover your account but issue is that I didn’t receive any confirmation mail from Figma.

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1 month ago

daye1

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text variable issue

Please search for existing topics before posting! Press 🔍 at the upper right to search. Please search for existing topics before posting! Press 🔍 at the upper right to search. Hello. I have a question about the text variable feature. I am creating a soundtrack page where the color changes to a light red when hovering, and to a darker red when clicked. I used the “click → change to” component for this. However, I want to use the text variable feature to change the title of the currently playing music when a track is clicked. But when I try to add a variable to the “click → change” action in the prototype animation, either the “change to” function doesn’t work, or the variable feature doesn’t work. Is it possible to implement both at the same time?

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1 month ago

KonfidentiallNew Member

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Dev mode always show "normal" font style

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1 month ago

yunqing_fei

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I'd like to know if this is a bug - interactions do not work when running

Objective: I want to link the options of the dropdown list to the display below it. i.e. when I select game 1, the view of game 1 will appear below. now I have the interactions defined on the dropdown list - set variable and change state, but none of them works when running. Before I added set variable interaction, the dropdown worked, it just didn’t change the view below. if someone could point out what I’ve done wrong. many thanks Figma – 21 Nov 24

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1 month ago

Sjeefr

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What is the best way to create conditional prototype flows between numerous screens?

TL;DR: Can I realise in Figma that, upon clicking radio button (changing component state) to change the ‘Navigate to’ screen on a button, i.e. by changing the button or it’s state, to let the prototype go to a different screen (i.e. continual prototyping logic)? I’m working on a project where I’m digitising paper documents to an online platform. It’s basically creating a GoogleForms/Typeform questionnaire (quite large, 150+ fields), with an administration dashboard around it to review data. My issue herein is creating conditional prototyping flows. I would like to realise something in Figma that allows me to skip certain screens depending on component states (i.e. radio button states (yes/no or possibly checkboxes). Option 1: Duplicating screens with changing Continue buttons If I want to realise that, if ‘question 1 = A, then continue to screen 2, else skip and continue with 3’, then I see no other way than to duplicate screen 3. This way I can do 1-2-3-X or 1-3-X. And with each addi

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1 month ago

Glenn_Cahill1

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Single Selected Item in Prototyping of Tabs using Conditionals

So I have been trying for a few weeks now to build out a conditional based component for a simple tabbed content. Or as a single select option from an option of choices. Sadly, to date, the only way to make this is to have many variants that you then prototype between rather than relying on something more logical like conditionals. For example: If a user selects an inactive tab then change its state from inactive to active, and turn every other option to inactive regardless of its current state

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1 month ago

Asmit_Malakannawar

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Bug in font spacing

I encountered a strange bug while testing the DM Sans font in the Figma app on macOS. The letter spacing changes as you type or when a new letter is added to a specific word. This issue doesn’t happen in Figma Web or with other fonts. I’ve attached a recording to demonstrate the problem. drive.google.com

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1 month ago

Jan-Lukas_Sleziona

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DevMode Locofy no loading Code

I have been using locofy to export the React code via DevMode, but for a few days it does not seem to load any Code. If i look at the network tab in the Chrome dev tools it doesn’t even send a request or anything.

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1 month ago

keerthana1

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Check if/else(Conditional) Prototype

Hello all, I am not able to apply conditional prototyping(check if/else) to multiple option linked with next button. Figma geeks please help me prototype. I want to achieve a MCQ Questionaire which is interlinked with next button.

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1 month ago

Anil_Mericler

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Why does "Bring to Front" push the object to the back instead of bringing it forward?

Despite solving most things, Figma still hasn’t properly addressed the “bring to front” and “send to back” features in 6 years. When I use “bring to front,” it pushes the element all the way to the bottom. Do I have to use “absolute” positioning just to move something forward or backward? Here’s my setup: Frame (auto layout) [ → Text → Text → Frame (list title bar -scroll on screenshot-) → List elements (10 frames stacked vertically) ] I want to make the list title bar sticky, but when I do, it overlaps the 10 list elements below. When I use “bring to front,” the list title bar gets pushed to the back. My goal is to prevent the 10 list elements from overlapping the list title bar. How can I achieve this?

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1 month ago

Giorgio2

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Artifacts in path

Hello, I am experiencing what seems to be a bug. When I import a path in Figma, it shows some strange artifacts.ImgBB This artifact also shows when exporting to raster (PNG). It seems to be something having to do with pixel hinting. But I cannot get rid of it. Anyone knows what might be causing it? Thanks

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