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Hello, I have built a Figma Make Project which is working beautifully. I have following questions about the same: How can I duplicate the project? I can see the option to download the Figma Make file but how can I use it to duplicate the project? Even the code can be downloaded but how to use the downloaded zip file again to create another similar project? Will the code be stable and scalable? Should I just treat it as MVP or I can rely on it to build a scalable business. I am not a coder, therefore, I want to know how much I can rely on Figma Make only.  Can you provide a feature to directly create Github repo from Figma Make project. Many other platforms like Replit provide it.  

Hello Community,I need advice on how to manage time handling with variables currently attached to text styles.In my design process, I created a single variable for letter spacing and applied it across both header and text styles. However, for another project, I need to treat them separately. The challenge is quickly assigning a new variable to the default text styles (especially for bulk edits) without having to click through each text style one by one.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!Many thanks in advance. 

Hi. I’m having some issues with auto layout and map scrolling.I’ve created a map and a bottom nav bar, got it to scroll correctly, and using auto layout to make it responsive (the map and nav bar resizes and displays correctly).The problem is that the HUD (map zoom etc.) layer wont resize with the the screen.To make it stay on top of the map, I’ve set it to fixed position, and therefore the auto layout don’t work. I’m a complete newbie with Figma, but i know this is possible to achieve, I just don’t know how.Attached a screenshot of the Layer view, and two screens showing the issue.Appreciate any help.

I’m trying to set up an alert that shows up like an overlay, kind of how it would in a regular Figma prototype, but in Figma Sites. Since Sites doesn’t support overlays, I can get something similar working using a reveal interaction.The tricky part is that I only want the alert to appear when someone gets to this page from a specific button or page, not when they land here directly or from somewhere else. In Figma Design, I could do this by giving the button two interactions (navigate → then open overlay).I can get it to work by creating two versions of the same page, one with the alert and one without, but that’s not ideal because I’d have to keep both versions updated every time I make changes.I also tried to get this working through a code layer, but no matter what I do, it doesn’t seem to work. I don’t think the code layer has a way of knowing where the user came from.Any better way to handle this? 

Whenever I set a frame either min or max width, ‘left and right’ constraint is disabled. Is this a bug? Or is there’s any reason?

Why after delay animations like, slide in, slide out, move in, move out & push are not working inside the components?? 

Hey, I’ve ran into a weird problem and want to see if anyone else has this problem or a solution.Right now my team is working on updating our UI library and organizing our main components into frames to display them clearly (similar to how Material Design type kits lay them out). The way we have our components set up is we apply an auto layout to the frame that’s created once you add a variant to a component.Since we’re wanting to clean up the display of the components, we’re trying to get the variables a neater layout and have tried using the grid layout as they allow you to place the variables next to one another & give you blank spaces that you cant get with an auto layout that just has a wrap.As I’ve been moving things into grids, I noticed that all of the interactions applied to the variants have been completely deleted and I’m not sure why. I know grids are still in beta so it could be a bug, but I want to double check just to make sure it’s not me doing something wrong so I

Hello. I am just learning Figma. How can you bring something to the top that is under another object.Thanks!

 I’m trying to create an absolutely placed footer that contains a form.  It can expand to 1000 and then should be centered if the screen size is greater than that.  If the screen is less than 1000 then it should shrink to a minimum of 300.  The container seen in white has auto layout applied.How do I prevent the blue box from breaking out of the layout?  

I have a product with core components that are used across multiple clients. In each client, the component is "dressed" with the client's colors and fonts. I'd like to keep the core component connected to the library, but when used in the client file, the client's colors and fonts are applied.I tried to do this using variable modes. I created a library for the client with the color and font variables, but I can't get it to work in the client's Figma component.Is there a way to make this work? Or another way to apply the client's colors and fonts to the component?

Hi,I have 2 full seats. One billed per year, the other one monthly. I would love to change the monthly billing to yearly, but I am obviously not able to do that. Any idea? Thank you so muchBest, Kurt

Hi! A previous team member was the owner of the Figma file and was receiving email notifications from Figma normally (view request from external people). Before he left the company, I assigned myself the owner of the file.I was expecting to receive the notification emails of view requests since I got the ownership of the file. But nothing happened.My problem is: with the recent Figma upgrade, the view request panel in Figma doesn’t show the emails of the people who want to view the file (before the upgrade it did). I need that information for security reasons (that could be solved with the email notification).I already tried to adjust Figma preferences in order to receive the email notifications, but it didn’t help.Any clues?Thanks! 

Can you realistically and honestly building a working and stable website on Figma Make or is just for prototyping? I am not a developer but i managed to build about three sites on Figma Make, published them and is now live but i do not have the comfort of knowing that the sites will remain stable

Hello,I have a question about the Figma Professional plan. If I purchase this plan for one month and then decide to cancel it afterward, will I lose access to the projects I created during the Professional plan period?Thank you for your help.

Normally the library files show a little icon in the lower left of the tile thumbnail image that looks like an open book. One of my files is showing a new symbol I’ve never seen before and I don’t know what it means. Anyone know?Symbol I haven’t seen before. 

I’m facing a strange issue in Figma. Some elements in my project are completely invisible on the canvas—they don’t show up while I’m designing, and even though they are clearly listed in the layers panel. However, when I switch to Prototype mode, those same elements suddenly appear as expected. I’ve tried checking layer visibility, groups, and constraints, but nothing seems to fix it. Has anyone experienced this problem before or know a solution?  

Hi, Figma Team! When prototyping in Figma, how do you usually handle transitions between mobile and tablet screens? Any tips?

I encountered this problem with gradient in editor and in preview.What is causing this? Top - What I see in editorBottom - What I see in previewGradient settings colorGradient settings in frame  

I’ve recently created a new color token library as part of our Design System, which has now replaced the old one. However, I’m running into some issues with older files.These files still contain references to the old library (which has been unpublished) alongside the new one. As a result, some components don’t work as intended, even though they’ve been updated to use the new library.When I pull in brand-new components, everything works fine. The problem only appears with components that were originally linked to the old library, it seems like there’s some sort of conflict going on.Since we’re talking about hundreds of existing components in the olf files, replacing them all with new ones isn’t really an option.Is there any advice or best practice for resolving this kind of conflict without having to manually replace every component?

Considering that document.execCommand is deprecated, what would the best way to write to the system clipboard within a custom plugin? Right now, it’s a bit hacky where one can create a temporary HTML UI, set elements like textarea with the intended value to copy, then use document.execCommand. That will likely not be supported in the future, so ideally there’d be a nice and secure way to work with the system clipboard through a Figma API.

Hello - the higher education institution that I teach for (OpenClassrooms) is on the list of approved schools, but I don’t have an email address associated with the school (none of the educators do). I filled out the form to verify and selected the appropriate options but ran into an error.Screenshot: https://shottr.cc/s/FDcX/SCR-20251001-h57p.pngReached out to figma support and they rejected my request since I am on a starter account (I was on an education account). Thanks!Niki Brown 

I do not know how, but in Figma, I got this point using which I was able to set the center of rotation. Last time, I saw this in Sketch, but this popped up today. I was surprised. But then, the moment I duplicated the ear vector, this was gone. I do not know how I triggered it. Tried lots of things and searched all around. Couldn’t find a shortcut or a trigger using which I could enable this.

I created a color system using variables, then published the file and applied it to another file.The connection works fine, but when I click on variables it shows up empty.Is going back to the original file the only way to view the connected variables or styles? (Would like to see the organized variables at once in the connected file as well.)

When I select 10 objects and I align them, BEFORE the update, I see the distance between them and set it accordingly on right upper corner.Now after the UPDATE its GONE. Cant do anything. 2000hrs in to Figma and I lost my basics. WHY would you ever do something like this? 

We had our DSM broken into two parts, one for colors and the other for everything else. Not sure why, just how it’s always been. I’ve spent the entire day trying to disconnect the colors one and consolidate them. The color variables are now in the right place, I can see it myself. But it won’t let me publish them. It will publish changes to the variables list, such as a new collection or a renaming, but the colors don’t show up for us anywhere in any other files. I’m completely lost.