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I’ve finished designing an app or website in Figma, and now I need to give my designs to the programmers who will build it. How can I do this so they can easily understand and use my designs?

Hi, I need to create AI-ready shadow variables, specifically by setting up both core and semantic collections with descriptions for shadows. I managed to create the core collection, but I’m having trouble creating the semantic collection. Could someone please help me with this?Thanks

Hello, dear experts, can you tell me how to preserve zoom when switching between frames or sections?Currently, when I switch, Figma reduces the zoom, which is very inconvenient when I zoom in on the workspace every time. Is there a way to fix this?

How do you set up your Figma designs so that elements (buttons, text boxes, images, etc.) move, resize, or stay in the right place automatically when the frame or screen changes size?

Hi, I’m a beginner, but I’ve recently noticed a problem. I made a presentation in Figma Design and tried to copy the slides into Figma Slides. However, after many attempts and restarts, it just keeps showing “Copying slides over…” and never finishes. I have alredy tried to make simple “presentation” slides from templates and just use blank frames without anything…still does not work. And I have alredy tried to switch between app and two browsers. I am using Mac M1 Pro 

When are content seats going to be available? Really want to use Figma Buzz but it’s not worth it yet as it’s not worth it for our team without the seats.

Hi,Im a student and new to Figma. Im having trouble adding community kits to a projectWhenever I open one I don’t get a prompt to add this library.I can only publish this by moving it to a project but then it prompts me that I add a seat? What am i doing wrong and how do I add these/save these so I can easily import them in other projects

Hi. I recently got suspended on figma and email them serveral times. The problem is that they can suspended you any time without any notice. On suspension you cant access you files. Community tell us its save to upload the files on figma means all years of efforts lost in seconds. First they give you free access now the locked your account after that now they suspended and hold your files.

I recently got suspended after ticket support they said After review, your account was found to be involved in fraudulent activity. Unfortunately, due to violations of our Terms of Service, we are unable to reinstate the account. after that i email them atleast give my files back and  figma now own the files my 5 years of work at there with complete portfolio were busted. its like you want to destroy someone life work. i will never trust again on figma 

I previously had a Figma account registered with my old company email address . Unfortunately, I no longer have access to that email since I’ve left the company.After the recent Figma update, the login process now requires an access code sent to the registered email. Because I can’t receive that code, I’m completely locked out of my Figma account.As a result, I’ve lost access to all my design files and projects, which are critical for my ongoing work. I urgently need access to these files or a way to transfer them to my new email address.Your help would be greatly appreciated — this is very important for my work.

Hey everyone 👋I’ve been freelancing as a designer and kept running into the same headache —keeping track of client feedback and revisions outside Figma.Clients comment on emails, send screenshots in Slack, or text feedback on WhatsApp 😅So I built a small CRM for designers that connects with Figma links,and lets clients view, comment, and approve each version in one place — kind of like a client-facing review page.It’s still new, and I’d love to hear: How do you manage revisions or approvals with your clients? Do you use Figma comments, Notion, or something else? Would a shared “review page” make your workflow easier? Here’s a quick preview of what it looks like 👇 If anyone’s curious, I’ve linked it here : Aprovly.appWould love any feedback or ideas from fellow Figma users 🙏

I’m currently working on this picker area. I created one component set so I can switch between exercises 01–08.However, I’m not sure how to make the timer work together with it. I know that you can’t create an actual countdown timer inside Figma, but what I need is to show the timer state for each exercise.For example:01 — Calves — 04:00 Remaining02 — Hamstrings — 03:30 RemainingEach exercise has a duration of 30 seconds.How can I make this work so that when I click on “02 — Hamstrings,” the displayed countdown also changes to “03:30,” just to demonstrate to the developer how it’s supposed to function?​​​​​​

Hey everyone,I’ve been learning mobile app design in Figma lately, and AI tools often suggest that I should always follow responsive design rules. However, I’ve noticed that many templates, social media posts, and even YouTube tutorials don’t seem to focus much on responsiveness.So I’m wondering — in the mobile app design field, is responsiveness actually an important rule to follow, or is it something designers usually skip in practice?Would love to hear your thoughts! 🙌

I am having trouble getting into any figma board and when I try to get into the board it starts to load but then stops in the same place I can not do anything to fix this but I can get into the website just fine, is there a way I canj fix this?

Я хотел узнать, можно ли использовать Figma на Samsung Z Fold 5. Создавать дизайн,перемещать элементы и в целом полноценно работать?I wanted to find out if it is possible to use Figma on Samsung Z Fold 5. Create a design, move elements and generally work fully?

Bom dia. Gostaria de saber se é possível criar um link em uma palavra no frame 1 que me envia para um texto específico e localizado no meio de outro frame denominado frame 2?Conseguem entender?Obg

sometimes, I see the situation like image added with 1px when it’s exported is there any solution for these kind of things?

After importing a figma file in figma the images do not appear in the design.I have received the the figma files from the UI designer. 

Hello,I am working on building basic and complex components within my figma file and I am running into a road-block.  It is my goal to re-design all the pieces to reflow from a full screen mode to a half-screen size.  This entails using auto-layout for components.  What I need help with is that I have individual child frames all together in an auto-layout parent frame.  I have successfully structured the typography, icons, and background within each frame to reflow properly when I re-size the component.  However, I am running into one issue which is that the background colors within each child frame will start growing/shrinking exactly where they started, but I would rather than start where the prior frame ended (after the adjustment) + 2 pixels for spacing.  As I grow or shrink the space, it doesn’t adjust like I wish and messes up the design.  Is there a way to fix this or am I expecting a feature that doesn’t exist? 

I’m the only UI designer responsible for my company’s mobile app.A few weeks ago, we decided to migrate all our app UI designs -over 150 screens- from Adobe XD to Figma.So far, I’ve recreated a few new flows in Figma and shared separate prototype links for each (as I used to do in XD).But we recently realized that every shared prototype link reveals the entire design document, and that all flows are visible from the left menu.This is a serious problem for us because we have multiple teams working on different areas of the app, and some of those teams’ work is confidential even to other teams.I’ve looked for ways to share only specific flows or limit visibility, but so far couldn’t find a practical solution other than creating separate files - which isn’t feasible for a 150-screen, 30-flow project.Is there any way to share only specific flows (or hide others) within the same Figma file?Any advice or best practices would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hello everyone, sadly I couldn’t really find any solutions through Google, so I’m trying my luck here. I’m fairly new to prototyping with Figma but managed to create a hover-effect quite easily:The hover should add a gradient and a arrow. So far, so basic. Now, when testing out the prototype and hovering over my button, the smart objects in which all the buttons are positioned as part of the sites navigation component will change in width. I think I understand what’s happening in theory, the button is now getting ever so slightly bigger because of the arrow being added. This fact combined with the auto-layout just makes everything wider. I just don’t know how to solve it. Making the original button wider is not really possible because that would be a fixed value. I need the button to be flexible in width.I have already made a recording of the issue but I’m unsure on how to upload or attach the video. Is there a work-around I’m not seeing? Any help is appreciated! Thanks in advance!

In my project, I use two separate Figma files—one for design and another for reusable components. These files are connected through a shared library. Occasionally, when I make edits to complex components, publish the changes, and then update the library in the design file, some components fail to update correctly. This usually happens when the component is nested inside another frame or auto layout.!--startfragment>I initially thought that might be the cause, but the strange part is that sometimes the update works perfectly. If anyone has experienced this issue or knows how to resolve it, I’d really appreciate your insights.!--endfragment>

Smart Animate breaks when animating width change on complex shapes while hovering but not on mouse leave…What is going on?Is this normal? 

I’m seeing this error and unable to connect my domain. Can someone please help troubleshoot this?

Hey! I’ve created 93 Typography Variables, but not all of them are showing in the Right Panel (on Design Mode). Actually, most of them are not showing up at all.I’ve already remove and added, once again, the variables and related values. I’ve uninstalled and re-installed Figma. None of the options worked.Can you please help me?Thank you so much, friends!