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Bjorn2
Bjorn2
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I want to use an equal sign in textbox property

I create a dropdownlistbox with textproperties, so i could easly change the values. But i want to use the equal sign (=) between text, example: level 1 = pupil level 2 = aspirant level 3 = junior when i press the “=” in a textproperty it shown directly the “variable panel” how can i escape this?

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Bjorn2
20 days ago
Martijn_Saly
Martijn_Saly
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Scrolling randomly

Can you please fix scrolling? One tick of the scrollwheel should always scroll the same distance. It currently doesn’t. Sometimes it goes way farther, causing me to overcompensate and look like a noob.

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Martijn_Saly
20 days ago
Tony_Roushdy
Tony_Roushdy
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Text is disappearing using Arabic font

In some of my Figma files that are linked to our design system, while writing in Arabic using font tokens, after a while, the text disappears, and the only solution that solves this is to double-click on each and every text to make it appear again! In a large file that is all in Arabic, it looks like the attached screen, and this solution is time-consuming, especially since it happens again the next day. Attached are Arabic vs. English screens.

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Tony_Roushdy
20 days ago
Brian_Saunders
Brian_Saunders
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Some changes aren't updating in the prototype view

Has anyone had the problem lately of making design changes, but they aren’t updating in the prototype view? This doesn’t happen all the time, but when it does I need to refresh the prototype tab for the changes to appear. For example I just added a banner to one of my frames and the banner didn’t show up in my prototype until I refreshed the tab. I’ve also noticed it with smaller changes such as adding borders to elements, and the borders don’t appear. If this is a bug it could be affecting viewers of my prototypes too, who won’t always be seeing the latest version and won’t know it. Or there will be missing elements and the prototype will look broken to them. I use the desktop app so haven’t confirmed if this is a problem in the browser as well.

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Carla16
20 days ago
KennLucas
KennLucasNew Member
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Creating Text Style. What do YOU do?

I am looking at my heavily-styled design system and thinking through my text styles. I have the general “Body/Regular/XL/Light” type of structure. BUT…what I am finding is that I have "four weights for each; Roman, Italic, Underline, and Strikethrough. Today it dawned on me that I do not have “Underline Italic.” Who does that??? I could go further down the rabbit hole. And online resources are pretty weak as far as best practices. So I ask…what do YOU do?

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KennLucas
20 days ago
chriskuhrt
chriskuhrt
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Add Components (+variants) via my own Plugin

So I’m already able to add Colors, Frames with a Grid, and an Image via my plugin to a new Figma file. But is there an easy way to add a Component with variants etc? These would be my need: Is it possible to build the component in Figma, extract the relevant JSON data, and seamlessly integrate it into my plugin? Or do I need to recreate the component entirely from scratch in code? via Shared Node Properties | Plugin API

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chriskuhrt
20 days ago
Rakha_Andhika
Rakha_Andhika
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$20 gift card

I received an email from Gus researcher from Figma on Dec 5 (which it’s been 12 days ago), thanking me for completing a survey and mentioning that I would receive a $20 gift card. However, I have yet to receive it. Could anyone kindly advise me on whom I should contact to follow up on this matter? Thank you!

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Rakha_Andhika
20 days ago
Alina_N
Alina_N
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Community file on review

Hi, I created a file yesterday and uploaded to Figma community and after a couple of hours it was deleted. How long does it take to review? Is there a possibility that after review it would be deleted?

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Alina_N
20 days ago
Matt_S1
Matt_S1
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Clients losing edit access & Open session lock the client out in particular

I use fig jam for online tutoring and remote AP courses for homeschool students. I’m planning to transition to Fig Jam from Jam Board for next Academic Year and I’ve been testing it this semester. I’m concerned about access issues I’ve been having so please help me understand if I am doing something wrong or if there is something wrong with the application itself. Three times it has happened I share a fig jam with a student and they eventually can’t edit the board, even when I set the board to open session. Twice this occurred after 7 days so I assume the student didn’t set up an account. But they should still be able to access the board in an open sessions, correct? The third time was a student on his school email who had set up an account. Everything worked for about 2-3 weeks and then suddenly he could only see the boards I created in view only mode. What was strange is that he could create boards that I could edit. We successfully used the board he created for several weeks without

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Matt_S1
21 days ago
1102788286
1102788286
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Can Figma export HTML files

How to export HTML files from Figma due to work requirements

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Nellya
21 days ago
Tom21
Tom21
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Convert base64 for use with rect.fills imageHash

In my code.ts I have a JPEG image that’s been converted to base64 and I am attempting to use it as the imageHash value but am getting Invalid SHA1 hash error. const img = '/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAA... const rect = figma.createRectangle(); rect.fills = [{ type: 'IMAGE', scaleMode: 'FIT', imageHash: img }]; figma.currentPage.appendChild(rect); What conversion needs to happen to the base64 string in order to use it this way?

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Script_Junkie
21 days ago
M
Monu
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Single and Long press button animation

Hey everyone, I’m looking for some input on a Figma prototyping challenge. Specifically, I’d like to know if it’s possible to create two distinct animations for a button: Single click: When clicked once, the digital value changes by one step. Long press: Holding the button down triggers a continuous, automatic increase in the value until the button is released. If you have any insights or suggestions on how to achieve this effect in Figma, please share them!

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Ayo_David
21 days ago
Sapna1
Sapna1
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Collaboration of Figma Professional License and Figma Organization License

If I have a Figma Professional License and another team member has a Figma Organization License, and we are working on the same project within the same organization, is there a way for us to collaborate on the files effectively?

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Sapna1
21 days ago
matko13
matko13
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Boolean property message "not used within component"

Hi there, I have a problem with creating and applying a boolean property. I have a button that is created with nested components. I create a boolean property on the top level of a component to show an icon-only button variant. Still, when I want to apply it to the variants, it’s not visible there so I get an error that says the property is not used within a component. Does anybody have a similar problem? Screenshots attached.

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Andrew_Rodin
21 days ago
Mr.Biscuit
Mr.Biscuit
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How to make a vertex on each intersecting vector line?

This may be an embarrassing question to ask, but hey how do you actually make each intersection point a vertex without manually adding them using the pen tool? I’ve tried union → flatten, but then it creates 4 vertices there(packed together) instead of 1 since a union turns paths into surface areas. I need these vertices because then I can generate a dot on each of their spot using DotsOnVertices, without vertices I don’t know where to place my dots. If there are any programmatic ideas that you could think of, that’d also be helpful.

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Vladimir_Krstic
21 days ago
Paul_Coumans
Paul_Coumans
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How to insert component directly in a group instead of top layer in a frame

Hello! I’m pretty new to Figma, I used to work with Adobe XD before. This is the problem i’m dealing with: I have made several groups of components within a frame. When i’m working in one of these groups and I want to insert a component from another library into this group, this component will always appear as the top layer of the frame. Then I have to find it in the layers and drag it into the right group. Is there a way to insert a component directly into the group i’m working in?

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sus
21 days ago
Ella17
Ella17
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Color Token

Please, help to understend it. I want to see my token as grid, but can’t. Only like list

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Ella17
21 days ago
Paul_Brouwer1
Paul_Brouwer1
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Override instance doesn't resize

I have made a tile component with a nested slot, that slot yields auto layout and is set to hug for both width and height. When I swap instances the width and height doesn’t change. This has happened to be in the past and actually never found the solution.

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Paul_Brouwer1
21 days ago
B
Bernhard1
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When will you be sending invoices per email?

As a paying customer and a very unwilling Figma support, I would like to publicly ask for sending invoices per email. This is best practice for all bigger online services and it’s frustratingly annoying to collect every single invoice. Regarding the amount of customers, this would probably save thousands of hours on the customer side every month. So again: Please send us an PDF! Thank you

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Glenn_Bergmans
21 days ago
Anthony_Welch
Anthony_Welch
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Multiple interacting variables for e-commerce?

I have been asked to prototype something like this in Figma. I need to be able to have all these variables interact with one another. I haven’t been able to find a tutorial for something this complex on Skillshare, or YouTube. Does anyone else have a tutorial I haven’t found? I started this morning trying to get variables going to simply set an active state on a swatch. That was all fine and dandy until I realized I couldn’t get selecting one variable to deselect another variable. I spent hours trying to figure that out and ended up breaking what I had How would you approach setting up these variables? Possible interactions include: Customer selects a material base Customer selects a finish for findings Customer selects a dimension Making a selection shows specific SKU If selection is on sale, change the price accordingly

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Anthony_Welch
21 days ago
PP_FE
PP_FE
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Access code from code connect via Custom Plugin

Hi, i’m working with custom plugin, i just thinking about how we can connect with the code that generated from code connect ? As the image above, so i just want to access this code

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PP_FE
21 days ago
a2609661273
a2609661273
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The pixel spacing appeared to be 0.5, even though I turned on pixel alignment, this situation still occurred

The pixel spacing appeared to be 0.5, even though I turned on pixel alignment, this still happened. I used the Source Black font Opened aligning pixels： The result is still 0.5 times the pixel count：

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Gleb
22 days ago
Georgi_Tsvetkov
Georgi_Tsvetkov
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Prototype - change boolean property in interactions

I can not see how I can change component boolean property in the prototype. For example - On click an icon appears. The icon is tied to an on/off property. Am I missing something in the new UI? I think it was an option before. All I see now is a dropdown I can use to switch to other variants.

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Danny_Coenen
22 days ago
Andrea_Lagunas
Andrea_Lagunas
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Prototypes don't work on iPads

I’m building a very simple prototype to run a tiny user test. The prototype has 1 single flow, 1 page with a scrolling effect, and the rest of the pages use “on click” > “navigate to” > “artboard X” with a basic “instant” animation. The prototype works perfectly fine on mobile and desktop, but on iPad (both via the Figma app and via a browser such as Safari, Mozilla, and Duckduckgo) everything is broken. I have a vertical scrolling container with 4 cards inside. Each card links to a different page. If I touch the screen to scroll, but my finger touches one of the cards, I’m automatically redirected to the card’s link. So, it looks like 2 interactions cannot happen on the same area of the screen. This doesn’t happen on desktop and mobile. Any other elements outside the scrolling frame (within the same artboard) lose their interactions. I have set a simple top right button that I keep on clicking, but it simply doesn’t work. I’ve realized this is because, as I said before, diff

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T
22 days ago
IT18
IT18
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Cannot add Figma link to specific location in Jira anymore

Hello! We have Figma for Jira application installed in our Jira Datacenter edition. Currently installed version of the app is 2.4.3 and the Jira is 9.8.0 We are during the process of migration to Jira in Cloud that is why we are no longer able to update this application to newer version For few weeks now we started seeing the issue that we are no longer able to add URLs to specific elements in Figma with error “The provided URL does not appear to link to a Figma file.” It was working before and URLs to whole files are still working Examples: Working link: https://www.figma.com/file/4sbN*************Rf9X/?node-id=******** NOT working link: https://www.figma.com/design/4sb***************Rf9X/�*************a]-Design-System?m=auto&node-id=***************=WO***************8-1

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IT18
22 days ago
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