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Martin_Mateos_Sanchez
Martin_Mateos_Sanchez
asked in Ask the Community
Can't search for component of added library

I’ve just published a library containing Material Design icons as components in my design file and when I search for any of those components Figma does not find anything. What am I missing? Thank you

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y_toku
Figmate
3 months ago
Taylor_Rubes
Taylor_Rubes
asked in Ask the Community
Moving component: Links now break

Hello!! For the past couple of weeks my team & I have noticed the Figma updates changed and it seems like we can no longer cut/paste components AND retain the link, it makes you restore the component every time. So currently if I move a parent component that’s in 150 places, I have to manually update 150 spots. Anyone else? Should I open a ticket?

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Zoe_Hu
3 months ago
pyxfluff
pyxfluff
asked in Ask the Community
Can I unlink a Google account?

One last question before I stop spamming this site with new posts 😭 I’ve been slowly moving away from Google in favor of my own email system but I can’t find a way to swap my Figma email away from Gmail. Is changing it possible? If I could login via an email and password instead with a different email I would like to do that Thanks.

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J
Figmate
3 months ago
maurizio.vacca
maurizio.vacca
asked in Ask the Community
Moving around FigJam in whiteboard

I recently started using FigJam. Once the board has been created, the actions most often performed are zooming in and zooming out and moving within the board. If you have a PC keyboard at hand, these actions are very easy to perform. However, I have found it a bit awkward to perform some of these actions when working with a whiteboard, without a PC near me. The whiteboard works as a large touch screen, so finger gestures (pinch) work to zoom in and zoom out. However, I did not find a convenient way to move (drag) the canvas: using two fingers for example as I do with the touchpad, the software does not seem to know whether I am dragging and moving the canvas or zooming it. It is true that I can use the ‘hand’ button in the toolbar, but it is inconvenient to switch from one tool to another. Do you have any suggestions for making it easy to drag the canvas?

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dvaliao
Figmate
3 months ago
mae.mae.moi
mae.mae.moi
asked in Ask the Community
Remove suggested plugins in sidebar

Hi, Does anyone know how to get rid of those? I do not want any suggestion. I have never used the suggestions nor do i care to have it take room in my sidebar… Thank you

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J
Figmate
3 months ago
Elyriades
ElyriadesNew Participant
asked in Ask the Community
Multiselect idiotizm

When i want to multiselect something to delete it, it is hide… But when i want to hide and click on eye to hide, hides only the layer i click on… one another cringe, fix it

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dvaliao
Figmate
3 months ago
Cindy_Guan
Cindy_Guan
asked in Ask the Community
Figma's color blend mode

We are trying to test new color combinations using Figma’s color blend mode: Color dodge and Overlay, but running into issues when implementing them on Android. What algorithm Figma uses to make the Color dodge and Overlay blend mode? Anyone knows how to implement them correctly on Android? Thanks!

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Cindy_Guan
3 months ago
Abu-Bakr
Abu-Bakr
asked in Ask the Community
When importing them from the assets panel, Instances don't inherit the constraints of the parent.

When i create a component then set it’s constraints to bottom, left & right for example, and then create an instance of that component from the assets panel, the created instance doesn’t inherit the same constraints of it’s parent, it goes back to the default constraints which is top left, can someone help? 😀

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Abu-Bakr
3 months ago
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Gilad_Bashari
asked in Ask the Community
Constraints on an instance of a component?

Im trying to apply constraints to a main component, but sadly the instance doesn’t inherit. What am I doing wrong?

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Abu-Bakr
3 months ago
Aleksandr4
Aleksandr4
asked in Ask the Community
Phantom variables figma

Hi all, I came across the fact that I have variables in a file that cannot be found via API, plugins or standard Figma functions. The problem is of global nature, as I am not the only one who has encountered it and I often see messages in the community from colleagues. Let’s get to the point, I created variables in another file or moved a component with them to a new file. After disabling or deleting the component with them, but they remain inside the new file, although nothing shows that they are connected or used inside the component or file. This is quite stressful and interferes with work. Does anyone have any solutions to this problem? Because because of such “bugs” I don’t really want to use variables and even more so to pay for them, because they are very raw.

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Aleksandr4
3 months ago
Gary_Richards
Gary_Richards
asked in Ask the Community
Sharing files with a client for Review

I have tried multiple times and different ways to share the prototype with my client so that they can view the design I’ve done, but it keeps asking them to login to a Figma account or create an account which is not what they are about to do. I am on a premium plan and mainly subscribed so that I can share this prototype with my clients. I am surprised that there is so much talk about this subject since I would have thought this is one of the main reasons for using Figma - so your client can view your work. I have searched this everywhere and none of those answers are relative or help with the problem. Please help. Thanks

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Gary_Richards
3 months ago
Yoann1
Yoann1
asked in Ask the Community
Remove all auto-layout

Hi, I like to work with auto-layouts but i work with Figma newbies and sometimes when they work with components i’ve worked on, they get overwhelmed. Is there a quick way to remove every auto layout of all frames selected or contained in a frame ? Because it can be very tedious to remove them one by one.

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Kyle_Jackson
3 months ago
Ahmed_Muhammed
Ahmed_Muhammed
asked in Ask the Community
Still Haven't Received the Latest Figma Update

I still haven’t received the latest Figma update, and I’m puzzled by this. Is there any setting I need to change, or is this something on the company’s end?

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dvaliao
Figmate
3 months ago
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IngShaun
asked in Ask the Community
Swapping nested icon instances preserves color but not stroke width

I attempted to create an icon-sizer component that adjusts the dimensions of a set of componentized icons. When testing this icon, I notice that the color is preserved but the stroke width is reset when I swap the default nested icon to another icon (both with manual swap as well as setting up an instance swap property). I ensured that the icons have the same layer names as well as the same structure and I’ve also manually set the color and stroke width in the icon-sizer component. Is this a bug?

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David51
3 months ago
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DenzelCaesarian
asked in Ask the Community
Interactions are missing after closing the Figma

Hello everyone. I wanted to ask if any of you guys have experienced the same thing as me and what solutions you have found related to this issue. Briefly, I want to create a flow of an application in Figma and I have connected and set up interactions both between components and between pages as needed and everything works perfectly as I want. However, the next day when I opened Figma, some interactions were missing especially those related to overlays (although there were some that were not overlays also missing). At first I thought it was because the interactions I had connected earlier were not saved due to internet connection issues so I re-connected the missing interactions. But I encountered this problem not once or twice, but up to four times and all the missing interactions were located in the same place every time. I have tried several approaches such as ensuring that the internet connection is not lost, Figma files are saved before I close the application, clearing the browser

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
3 months ago
Ian_Verlander
Ian_Verlander
asked in Ask the Community
Scrolling issues when browser window is resized

Hi all. I am new to Figma and need some help with a scrolling issue. I have adapted a site from existing files with a fixed menu on the left and a scrollable area on the right of my frame. I have main menu buttons which link to frames with drop down sub menus. The sub menus scroll vertically to anchor points within the frame and work as I need them to on a wide screen with a full width browser window. My issue is when I resize the browser window or view my prototype on a smaller screen (laptop) the main scrolling frame scrolls across to the left over the menu as opposed to just scrolling vertically. Is there something simple that I need to do to keep this frame fixed in it’s horizontal position. Thanks for any help

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Ian_Verlander
3 months ago
Cedric_Benslous
Cedric_Benslous
asked in Ask the Community
Send request

I have sent several support requests to Figma on their forms but have received no response or acknowledgement of my questions. Has anyone else encountered this? I have been charged for monthly FigJam seats when I pay annually and haven’t added any extra members. There is nowhere to find out what is going on.

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
3 months ago
Luke-Itineris
Luke-Itineris
asked in Ask the Community
Who can figure this out?

How do you add a line break/section into the layers panel, like this?

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Nellya
3 months ago
Brett6
Brett6
asked in Ask the Community
Resizing Panel Not Showing on Panel

Hi, I’ve searched everywhere, but cannot seem to find out how to make the Resizing Panel show up on the right hand side. It’s just not an option that I can seem to access. Is there a certain shortcut I need to hit to access this like there is with Auto Layout?

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awaisakhtar914
3 months ago
Kyle19
Kyle19
asked in Ask the Community
Using Segoe Fluent Icons

Hi, How can I use the Segoe Fluent Icons in my designs? e.g. I need to add a “Home” icon to my list item: I can see the unicode points here. What is the best way to do this? learn.microsoft.com

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Tracy9
3 months ago
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Corey_Anders
asked in Ask the Community
Organize Figma Files into Folders

How can I better organize all of my Figma files. Currently, everything I have ever created is just listed in chronological order. I would like to organize in folders. I have read that I can organize in projects but I don’t see how to do that. How do I create projects within a project? For example, I would like to have a project named “Hospital” where I put all of the designs I do for the hospital. Underneath/inside hospital, I would like to have sub folders/projects like Posters Mobile Apps Intranet Designs Website Designs Is this possible?

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Swati_Mehta
3 months ago
Enrique_Espinosa
Enrique_Espinosa
asked in Ask the Community
Refund yearly seats, Figma being sneaky to overcharge you!

We have been using Figma for almost 3 years, in our all organization we only have 3 designers and share files with all dev team, Only the Owner can see and change roles, this is already sneaky from Figma. Many viewers are constantly ending up as designers, cause somehow Figma makes it sneaky to convert viewers to full seats and admins can not monitor this as only owner has rights. So I had 3 full seats for our 3 people incharge or design, last year i ended up with 5 seats as sneaky Figma converted 2 more viewers. Now we are being hit with a bill of 8K and 12 full seats that we need to pay in advance and there is no way to cancell, correct, refund, this is crazy. It is unethical to convert viewers to editors at easy, charging 560 euros for 12 months in advance and not offering a clear way to cancel, correct, downgrade users, get refunded, etc. No phone line, support is slow and now all our work (files) are “kidnapped” My ticket is ticket [#1143353]

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Celine_Figma
Figmate
3 months ago
Hosam_Elshazly
Hosam_Elshazly
asked in Ask the Community
getVariableCollectionByIdAsync returns error

I need help guys to figure out how to get variable collections from a published library. I have created a few variables in a library file, and created a plugin to fetch these variable collections using a plugin in a different Figma file. So, first I am getting variable collections & variables using REST API Next, by iterating on the variable collections object here comes the problem I keep getting error ““MemPool/Node: cannot dereference nullptr” in countError (FGMemPool.cpp)” Keep in mind I used both id & subscribed_id but still doesn’t work Any ideas about this error?

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Gleb
3 months ago
ayori
ayori
asked in Ask the Community
Установленные шрифты не отображаются во вкладке "Установлено вами"

Hello, my problem is this: When I install fonts and restart Figma, they don’t show up in the “Installed by you” tab, instead they are in the “All fonts” tab, making it difficult to find fonts. I use the desktop version and restarted the app after installing the fonts. The font extensions are .ttf and some .otf fonts

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ayori
3 months ago
Jonatan_Torreblanca
Jonatan_Torreblanca
asked in Ask the Community
Text Variables connecting Matching Texts Plugin

Hi! I am on a project right now where my team has a lot of mobile screens designed and we want to match all the texts to text variables. Is there any way to connect Text Variables to text fields that contain exactly the same text? A plugin or something? Example: Having a Text Variable “Log in”, Find all the “Log in” texts, and connect them to it.

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Jonatan_Torreblanca
3 months ago
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