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seniManager, Community Support
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Have a question about using a Figma product? Unsure if you’re running into a bug or expected behavior? Wondering how others might solve a specific problem in a Figma product? You are in the right place! 😉 Note: If you encountered a bug and want to report it, please use the category Report a Problem. Guidelines Please do a search first Before creating a new topic, do a search to make sure it hasn’t already been asked by another member of the community. One topic per question If none of the existing topics cover what you need, feel free to create a new one. To help keep the forum organized and help with search, create one topic for every individual question you have. Review and use the pro tips Make sure to follow the pro tips below (click “Show content”) when creating a new topic. Please write your topic title as a question (if possible) — this helps with search Specify which Figma product your question is about - you can use the tags for that too Give as much context as possible (deta

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jshuk
jshukNew Member
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Why has exports changed?

I used to be able to export the preview at a sensible size without any cropping of the images such as border radius, however, now, for some absolutely wild reason it includes the border radius….. this is a massive pain in the ass and requires a lot of efforts to export now when it was so simple. The alternative is we download the original which then comes out at 5MB and requires resizing. Image preview including crop radius - not good​​​​​ Component as displays on page Is there a solution to this? This has recently been happening on newer Figma files. Same designers, same issue on new files.

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Figmate
Tom_Birch
Tom_Birch
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Bad Video Playback Quality

I’m using videos in my web prototype, however their previewing as crusty and pixellated. The videos uploaded are small (6mb) and I’m currently not even using them fullscreen. Is there a setting that I have done wrong, or is there a work around?

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Maria96
Maria96New Member
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Figma autolayout - missbehaving

Hii, I am experiencing some weird behaviours with autolayout. The fill option doesn’t show on some frames and on others doesn’t let me centre it or align it. The “Appearance” section is not visible either. Anyone else experiencing this?

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Nellya
Raif Mitchell
Raif MitchellNew Member
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Can I reset the state of some components on a frame without affecting others?

Imagine two frames. The first contains two interactive components: a seven-slide carousel and a dark/light mode toggle. The second frame is used to navigate away and return. The toggles are matching components across both frames, so they share states — which is ideal. Tapping a toggle changes its variant and the colour mode. I want the toggles to retain their state when navigating between frames, but I’d like the carousel to reset. Is there a way to control which components get reset on a frame?

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Adam_Lundquist
Adam_Lundquist
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Image to wireframes with AI or plugin?

Does anyone know of a plugin or tool which is similar to uiizard where I could upload a jpg to figma and it would turn it into wireframes?

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Arifki Dian Pratama
hellomods1
hellomods1New Member
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[Plugin API] A "Merge Fellas Unlimited Shake" Conundrum - Hitting a Memory Wall

Hey dev community, I'm hitting a serious architectural wall with a plugin I'm developing and would love some high-level input. The goal is to create a utility for extreme design system optimization. The core function, which I've tentatively named the **`merge fellas unlimited shake`** operation, is supposed to take a large number of component instances (the "fellas"), merge them into a single object, and then run an aggressive tree-shaking algorithm (the "shake") to purge all redundant data for a minimal footprint. Theoretically, this **`merge fellas unlimited shake`** logic should be sound. However, in practice, anything over ~100 nodes causes Figma to hang and crash with a heap out-of-memory error. It seems the "unlimited shake" part is too demanding for the main thread. My question is more architectural than a specific bug: Is this type of deep, recursive node manipulation fundamentally flawed within the Figma API's constraints? Has anyone else attempted something similar to a **`me

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Tuxu
Tuxu
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Seção de discussão em Português (PT)

Olá! Estamos abrindo esta seção para facilitar as discussões em português. Não hesite em deixar suas dúvidas, sugestões, ideias.

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mak bes
Rebeca4
Rebeca4
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Education plan expiration

When I created my educational plan with my school it was created ultil 2026 but today I have received an email informing that my education plan will expired in 4 weeks. Did you change the politics?

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Celine_
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Bogriceanu_Sorin
Bogriceanu_SorinNew Member
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Identify SceneNode updates

I am struggling for a while to figure out a way to detect changes that have been applied to a frame since last “view” I found recently that a request to REST api getImage (https://www.figma.com/developers/api#get-images-endpoint) will generate a image and the response is cached. From what I see, the file is regenerated if I do any sort of change in the frame. Is it safe to assume that I can use the cached image key as an way to detect changes? Is there any other “official” way to trach changes to a frame? Thanks

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Shikhar Agarwal
Shikhar AgarwalNew Member
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Figma Dev More MCP get_code getting stuck on loading even on very small components

The get_code just gets stuck on this even if I select the smallest of frames. I am using a local proxy setting so is it because of that and if yes, how can I configure it figma to detect the proxy and get this working?

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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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Tom_Stimpson
Tom_StimpsonNew Member
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Figma MCP - reading variable modes

I’ve been looking into how I can leverage the new MCP server functionality in my design-to-dev handover process, but have been struggling with a few issues. As a means of speeding up my web design process, I have created singular components (no variants) that use variables for spacing, typography etc. These variables relate to modes like Wide Desktop, Desktop, Tablet, Mobile. My idea is that I’d like the MCP to read the singular component and be able to extract all the variables information across all modes and map those values to Tailwind classes (such as pt-4 md:pt-6 lg:pt-8 etc..) With a fair bit of back-and-forth, I’ve been able to recreate a passable version of my designs, but only for a single instance - this using variables from the default/first variable mode. So it’s not ideal to select one frame/screensize at a time and prompt the agent to recreate it - the code output can get messy pretty quickly. Do we know if there if Figma have release plan for the MCP to be able to read

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Sujit Pradhan
Sujit PradhanNew Member
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Library name for linked component

I am building a plugin that identifies whether a component is linked to a design system library. If the component is linked to a library, I want to identify the name of the library it is coming from. For example, if I use a component from the iOS design system library in my design file, I want to detect that it's linked and show that the component is from the “iOS” design system. How do I get the library name from the node?

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Ryan28
Ryan28
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"LOD" style image/content loading possible?

Im creating a timeline of image collections (a historical fashion timeline) spanning 30+ years with each having 60 collections containing on average 50 images so 30x60x50=90,000 which is an insane amount of images to try and load! The images are not massive but due to the sheer volume loading the page really isn’t something you can do in less than an hour… I was wondering if there was a plugin or something that would generate tiny thumbnails so to allow the entire page to load fully initally and as you zoom in to a section higher res versions load? I know Figma already does this but the images are still too higher res initially to be usable. I know i can divide the years into frames which will help fix the loading issues however the function of being able to move horizontally and vertically on the fly is really important so I’d like to avoid doing so if possible!

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Andrii Bozhenko
Andrii BozhenkoNew Member
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Figma Make works slow after many iterations.

Very low performance speed in Figma Make when the thread reaches large sizes (currently 230+ iterations). All actions in the chat area occur with a significant delay (typing, scrolling, etc.), making it impossible to work. However, the prototype itself works well within FM. Has anyone encountered this? What could be the cause? Could it be related to the power of the laptop?

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Susharan_Banerjee
Susharan_BanerjeeNew Member
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Figma Prototype URL differentce

Hi Everyone I have one question for Figma URLs. I created a workflow journey in a Parent Page and generated the Prototype URL. After review I duplicated the page and made the updates in the duplicate page. After of the duplicate page workflow, I copied all the screens in the duplicate page and pasted them in the Parent page, after removing all the original screens in the Parent Page. And generated the Prototype URL again. Here the problem starts, the original URL and the present URL becomes different. Please see the comparison of the 2 URLs below in the uploaded screen. The viewport data and node ID changes. Any idea why this is so, when Figma claims that the URLs would remain same.

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Mike van den Hoek
Mike van den HoekNew Member
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Figma Sites iframe shows wrong version of Spline scene (missing effects, background transparency, and Spline watermark stays visible)

Hi all, I'm working on a portfolio page in Figma Sites and using an iframe embed to include a custom Spline scene as a visual background. The scene is published and works perfectly when opened directly via the public link: https://my.spline.design/untitled-bn0gMdBuIbeq0O9LHbaEiPj5/ Transparent background Real-time effects like pixelation, chromatic aberration, vignette No “Built with Spline” watermark (disabled in export settings) Clean visuals and correct aspect ratio But when I embed this same scene in Figma Sites using the HTML block, I run into issues. Issues in Figma Sites iframe: A white background appears, despite the canvas and scene alpha being set to transparent. The Spline watermark is still visible, even though it's turned off in export. Visual effects (like glow, hue shift, pixelation etc.) don’t show at all. Even when using the correct embed code or hosting the scene manually with spline.runtime.js, Figma Sites seems to render a limited or outdated version. Changing the U

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Nick Jarvis
Nick JarvisNew Member
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Can I merge "Figma Make" files? is there an easy or possible way to do it?

First off: with it being named “Make” it is impossible to search up anything to do with the tool. I really like it though, and am learning a lot. I wanted to see if there was a way that I can merge or copy and paste from one “Make” file to another.

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Lina F
Lina FNew Member
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Spacing between paragraph/subheading and body copy

Hi! I am trying to change the space between a sub headline and the body copy. If I place an ordinary return after the headline it makes the space to high and if I make a soft return (with the Shift+ Return keys) it is too small. How can I regulate the space after a headline and even the space before? I tried changing the paragraph spacing in the text style but it doesn’t do anything to my subheadline, although I manage to change the Main headline in the text style and it changes and looks better as seen below? What am I doing wrong? And how can I change the space after a headline and even the space before? Here you see the bold sub headline (with hard return) and you see spacing is the same above and under and too much away from the connected body copy. And for the Main headlines you can see that the space above is different from the space below towards the body copy that it is connected to. With a soft return I get it closer but too close to the body copy?

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Tom_Auger1
Pablo_Romero_Jaren
Pablo_Romero_Jaren
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Instance swap issue. Height set to fixed

I’m experiencing an issue with an instance swap property in Figma. I have a Card component with Auto-layout (width: fixed, and height: hug). It wraps an instance of a component associated with an instance swap property (width: fill and height: hug). When I create an instance of Card and change the inner instance through the instance property it works fine the first time. From there, if I change it again, Figma sets the height of the inner instance to fixed. This crops the content. Does anyone knows why this happens and how to fix it? Is it a bug in Figma? File here: https://www.figma.com/file/eikqjwKX167uMlUeiGRUOM/instance-swap-issue?type=design&node-id=0%3A1&mode=design&t=4douRHhJOBFMc5Oa-1

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Tammy Litherland
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obande_emmanuel
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I can’t find the “properties panel”

The panel “properties” on the right side is not available, I cannot make it to appear, It doesn’t matter if there is a selected object or not. This happens in any project, new or existing or even in a copied project from other teams. I can’t find the option of activating the properties from my two accounts below (notobd4x4@gmail.com and obandemanny17@gmail.com) kindly look into this please.

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Sajid Munawar
AtherisZA
AtherisZA
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Anyone have experience with Figma to Elementor?

Hi Everyone, One of my clients is currently hosting their site on WordPress with Elementor to design. Anyone know of any good ways to get Figma to Elementor or will I have to build it all manually?

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Othmane N.
Robert Willemelis
Robert WillemelisNew Member
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rate-limits from http response

Hello, Are there more information about the rate limits? Can I read my current rate limit usage from the header during a e.g. curl request? this seems not to work for file api or versions api like chatGPT suggests response: HTTP/2 200 content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8 date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:52:54 GMT x-content-type-options: nosniff x-figma-rest-api-request-id: <requestID> access-control-allow-origin: * access-control-allow-headers: Content-Type, X-Figma-Token, Authorization cache-control: no-cache, no-store vary: X-Figma-Token,Authorization,Accept-Encoding x-cache: Miss from cloudfront via: 1.1 da5c11b2a013db4b3aea71948d5cedb2.cloudfront.net (CloudFront) x-amz-cf-pop: TXL50-P2 alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 x-amz-cf-id: <some-hash> strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload server-timing: cdn-upstream-layer;desc="EDGE",cdn-upstream-dns;dur=0,cdn-upstream-connect;dur=142,cdn-upstream-fbl;dur=1064,cdn-cache-miss,cdn-pop;desc="TXL50-P2",cdn-rid;de

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Claire Fredrick
Claire FredrickNew Member
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Measurement Indicator Will Not Go Away

I can’t seem to find a way to turn off the red measurement tool. If I go to View > Hide UI it does remove it, but it also removes other side navigation components that I need available.

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Evie_Zhang

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