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READ ME: How to use the Ask the Community category?

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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Brett_Taylor1
Brett_Taylor1New Participant
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Useing variables for hover

Hi, I was trying to use variables to change the hover color of a button, but the problem is I can select the color of the base button using the tokens, the change to field only allows for hex colors; I can’t point to the hover token. It works for a single mode, light or dark, because I can just put the hover hex color, but that’s not great when using light and dark.

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ElmiraFNew Member
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Can't get align middle to work

Hello! I’ve run into an issue: initially, the text and input elements were perfectly center-aligned with each other. But after I started editing the text field, it shifted upward, and ‘Align middle’ no longer works. What could be the problem? I’d really appreciate your help!

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elleapopei
elleapopeiNew Member
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Navigation bar's scroll position - Stick and first on top NOT WORKING

Hello Brains Trust, I am stuck. I am trying to get a navigation bar's scroll position to stay at the top of a frame (a prototype website) as one scrolls down. I want the nav bar to be visible at all times, even when scrolled all the way to the bottom of the page - but it just won't. I have done every step recommended: Select the navigation bar instance in the Home frame. In the Prototype tab, select Sticky from the Position menu. Open the Auto layout settings, and make sure Canvas stacking is set to First on top. It is at the highest layer order within the frame It is fully inside the frame, with all appropriate properties enabled I have tried every configuration of ‘Overflow Behaviour’ and nothing works (none, horizontal, vertical, both directs etc.) Yes, it is in a frame, not a group. If I disable auto layout, the problem persists. I have applied the ‘First on top’ to the Main component. On one frame is kinda half works but flickers over and under layers. Yes, I have turned it off an

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Andy Scoggins
Andy ScogginsNew Member
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"Anyone with the link" is not showing even though public sharing is enabled

We are on the Organization plan. We have “Public link sharing” enabled. When we attempt to share publicly, there is no “Only those invited” or “Anyone” option. There is only “Anyone in the [organization]”. I contacted support but the AI bot just keeps telling me to enable “Public link sharing”. Any suggestions would be great.

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Joki
JokiNew Member
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Make text left aligned

How do I make this text left aligned_ Clicking on align left has no effecté

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Russell Johnson
Russell JohnsonNew Member
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Transferring a project to a different organization

we have a client that wants us to transfer an entire project including all versions / libraries / comment threads over to their account. seems easy to do within an organisation - less so between organisations. exporting the file and re-opening it and saving it on their side is not an option at this point. any help greatly appreciated.

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pbre2444New Member
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Frame height isn’t reducing to zero when all items are hidden with a boolean property

I’ve created a component with elements that can be toggled on/off using boolean properties. They each work individually however when the subhead and body components are both toggled off the frame that they’re housed in doesn’t reduce it’s height and subsequently the white space from the frame remains at the top of the component. I’ve double checked and the frames within this component are set to hug contents for height. Open to workarounds but the one’s suggested in this feature thread (such as a 0px line being added) don’t remove the padding between the frame and the rest of the component.

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Shiri_Shilo1
Shiri_Shilo1New Participant
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Can Figma Make use our design system?

Can Figma Make integrate and make use of our existing design system to streamline our design workflow?

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Anjana Rakesh
Anjana RakeshNew Member
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Copy and paste is not working

When I copy a component and paste it only the text part of the component getting pasted, loosing all the properties associated with that component.

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Alan Davis
Alan DavisNew Member
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Show/hide a layer using a checkbox (on/off) and variables

Hi folks, I’m trying to create a prototype which allows me to toggle a layer visibility on and off using a ‘Hide’ checkbox which sets a boolean variable (applied to Blue box layer appearance ). In the file, I can hide the blue box when checkbox toggled on, but I cannot show the blue box when toggled off. Here is prototype: Show hide layer Am I missing something really simple here? Any advice appreciated…

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jurijsk
jurijskNew Participant
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Moving Figma site to different hosting or platform on the later date

EDIT: in the title I meant to say “Hosting or platform” not “hosting domain”. Figma Sites sounds cool and handy, but I’m a bit of the fence regarding lock-in. What is official Figma stance on moving the website elsewhere for one reason or another. Who own the design? Who owns generated html and Javascript bits? (There is a little bit of React application going on, for what I gathered from browser DevTools.) Will Figma Corp be so generous to allow to download the project folder to take it to VS Code? I’ve noticed that DevMode tab is missing from Sites UI, does that mean devs are not welcome?

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Stephen3462New Participant
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Variables modes in MCP server

I am trying out the new MCP server, which is awesome news btw. The first thing I tried to use it for was to pull variables from some design files into my codebases and it doesn’t seem to support modes at all. I can seemingly get almost every other thing out of the file but not the variable modes. Am I missing something? Variables seem to me to be the most obvious thing you want to translate directly from Figma to your codebase.

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Tim Sfiligoj
Tim SfiligojNew Member
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Transfer from Make to Design

Hey! How can I transfer the AI generated Prototype in Figma Make to Figma Design and continue editing it manually there?

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Miti_Abulaiti
Miti_Abulaiti
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BUG (FIXED): I can't find corner radius in Figma Slides

Who else is trying to find where the corner radius is in Figma Slides? The problem is sometimes it’s there, but sometimes not… 😰

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youngssung
youngssungNew Member
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Is Figjam supported on Android?

Hi is Figjam supported on Android? I've been using Figjam on my iPad but recently switched over to a Samsung S tablet. I can't seem to find a Figjam app.

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BradleyA
BradleyANew Member
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Updates in Design System not updating in other files

I am pushing updates from my design system and when updating the instances in external files I am not seeing changes. For context, I had some cards with an outline in my design system, I have now removed these outlines and updated various times in the other file and still I am not seeing the outlines disappear. I have even tried the ‘repair component connections’ command I have seen in other posts and that has not worked, even though it said it repaired various connections. After pushing another update after this was done the outlines are still on the cards. What is the point in the design system if I can’t make changes at the source? Now I have to remove the outlines from each individual card in my other file, this is very frustrating.

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Kim Strigl
Kim StriglNew Member
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If I export a PDF, the printer prints a blank sheet of paper. How to fix this?

Whenever I export a PDF and try to print it from Preview, the sheet of paper comes out completely blank. I can only print Figma PDFs from Adobe Acrobat—when I do, the issue doesn’t occur. But that only solves my problem, not the issue for the rest of our team, who don’t have Acrobat. I notice a similar issue when placing the PDF in InDesign, the page also stays blank there, which makes me feel that something is wrong with the PDF itself. Is this a bug? Is there a workaround that doesn’t involve exporting as JPG/PNG? Additional information: Multiple team members have this issue, but not everybody. The PDF shows the full design in Preview. Printing as a JPG/PNG works fine. The issue also occurs from FigJam.

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PierreLNew Member
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How to Use the Wrap Feature with Figma Grid

With Figma Grid, I can’t longer find the previous Wrap feature that allowed me to create a reactive and responsive grid by applying a "min" element.

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Mariusz_Ostrowski
Mariusz_OstrowskiNew Member
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How to mass reassign components to the new libraries after splitting.

Hey, I have components in one library and now want to split on few separate libraries like “buttons.library”, “notifications.library” etc. and I have few files with designs. How to easily reassign components in these design files to the same components but in the new libraries? Thanks in advance!

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Clement_Bettini
Clement_Bettini
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Change Properties Variant Order

It would be great if we could put the properties in the order we want in the variants. With drag and drop like layers. Have a good day 🙂

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Noor2
Noor2
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Font Installer Not Working on Figma Web

Hello, I only use Figma on the web, I can’t use the desktop app due to my computer macOS version. I have installed the Figma Font Installer, and it says that I can use local fonts on the web, but this is not working. Any solutions? Best,

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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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Добро пожаловать на форум (RU)

Всех приветствую! Открываем топик для общения на русском языке. Пишите свои вопросы, пожелания, идеи. Официальное сообщество в России Figma Moscow Телеграм канал с анонсом всех новостей Мероприятия, которые будут по Figma, параллельно официальному сообществу буду анонсировать тут: Мероприятия по теме Figma (RU)

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Kindstrand_Linus
Kindstrand_LinusNew Member
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Color Variable Reset When Switching Icon Variants in Component Instances

Hey everyone! Our team has built a multi-brand design system that supports three different brand themes, each with both light and dark modes. All our icons are created as unions. This helps preserve the color override when an icon is swapped inside a component. For example: all icons use the “icon” color variable by default, but within a success inline message component, the icon is overridden with the “icon-success” color variable (green), as the icon should always be green in that context. Swapping, say, a checkmark icon with “icon-success” applied for a shield icon retains the correct “icon-success” variable. So far, so good. However, when we re-theme the inline message component from Brand 1 to Brand 2, the icon switches to a different brand-specific variant from the icon component set. Here’s where things break: in component instances, the color override (“icon-success”) is lost during this brand switch, and the icon falls back to the default “icon” color variable — which in our c

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