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Where has the "Go to main component" button disappeared in assets?

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April 21, 2023
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Where has the “Go to main component” button disappeared in assets? She used to be, now she’s gone, who knows what this is connected with?

How was it:

right now this is not

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Best answer by Eike_J

Same problem here. Also the button “Go to Main Component” in the right sidebar has disappeared.

Edit:
I found the reason: If the library is owned by a different person than the file you are working in, there exists the problem. If the library and the file owned by the same person it works.

Eike_JAnswer

Same problem here. Also the button “Go to Main Component” in the right sidebar has disappeared.

Edit:
I found the reason: If the library is owned by a different person than the file you are working in, there exists the problem. If the library and the file owned by the same person it works.

jjcm

Figmate

Heya @Eike_J - can you give me a little more info here so I can look into this? You mentioned that if the library is owned by a different person the “go to main component” option isn’t appearing - is that a different person in a different organization, or are they a part of the same organization you belong to?

Eike_J

Hey @jjcm ,

The problem exists, in the following scenario:

Working File:

is owned by customer
Customer has its own organization
I was added to the file with editor permission
This file is working with a design library.

Design library:

owened by me/my organization
customer is viewer in this file
I can edit this file and have owner permissions

In this case i don’t see the button. If i create a new file (owned by me) and link it to my design-library i can see the button.

If I create a new file and link it with the customers design-library (owned by customers organization), then I don’t see the button either.

Hope it helps!

I think the problem occurs when you work cross-organisational with a design-library.

Note:
Support emailed me to tell me that I could see the “Go to main component” menu item by right-clicking on the item - this actually worked beautifully.

Aleksandra17

Hi! Now the button is missing from the menu, which is accessed by right-clicking

vernikr

New Participant

This is definitely a bug. Some time ago it wasn’t in the same circumstances. Figma, please fix.

A person gave me an edit access to a file, I placed an instance of my component from my another file. Then I can’t find the “Go to main component” command in right-click menu. Though nothing prevents me from finding it manually, updating and publishing.

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Nicholas_Lee_Zhin_Chuen

same problem here. awhile ago i was able to do this. Now the main component is gone.

rodolfo2

Same problem here. I own the design system file.
Yesterday, I created a create a new file and applied some components. The “Go to main component” option was available on right click.

Today I opened the same file, but now the option is gone.

@support_team