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seniManager, Community Support
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We’d love to hear what feature requests, ideas or improvements you have in mind for any of the Figma products you are using. Note: If you have feedback on an existing product or feature, head over to the category Share Your Feedback . Sharing product improvements and ideas Our teams look at ideas and feature requests across many different channels throughout the product cycle and it has truly helped make Figma a better product. With that said, we want to make sure we set some expectations for how feature requests, ideas and improvements will be handled in the forum. We cannot make any guarantees or promises that you’ll see your idea/feature request/improvement implemented into the product Our team will merge topics with the same/similar ideas to keep the forum organized Inactive topics that are 12 months or older may be closed or archived to help keep the community organized and healthy Voting on topics At the moment, it is not possible to vote on topics. This is a feature we are revie

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Nick_Angiolillo
Nick_Angiolillo
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Video thumbnails

I’d like to be able to choose a thumbnail (either a frame from the video, or upload a thumbnail) for an object that has Video fill. Currently Figma uses the first frame of the video as the thumbnail, and if that video starts all black, then the thumbnail is just black. It will show fine in prototype view or mirror once the video starts playing, but when you are editing it would be helpful to see a frame of the actual video so you can adjust properties of elements (e.g. colors, opacities, gradients) and see what they’ll look like composited with video.

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Lars_Remes
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Send invoice as email attachment

In Finland, we have to attach the invoices to all card payments for bookkeeping. Now I need to every month to go to Favro and manually download the invoice. Please add a feature where I can define an email address for the invoice emails and automatically send new invoices in an email with the PDF invoices attached so that we can automate the download and processing of the invoices. The subject of the email should have the same structure each month ("You Figma invoice YYYY-MM-DD) and the PDF invoice name should be unique and contain the date of the invoice, for example, Figma incoice YYYY-MM-DD

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Peter_Uithoven
Peter_Uithoven
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Allow subscript and superscript as text style overrides?

Since a recent release we can already do some text style overrides. While maintaining the connection to a text style we can bold, italic and underline by using keyboard shortcuts. Example in UI where I made a part bold: Is there any change we can get the same feature for subscript and superscript? This would enable us to maintain the text style, while entering formulas like: Currently I have to disconnect the text style and then change the position. Which also isn’t the easiest feature to find. This probably also requires putting making something sub- or superscript under some kind of keyboard shortcut, it currently isn’t: Note that there is no problem using m³ for example, because I can just enter these as characters using my compose key (on Linux).

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Aretha Alves
Aretha AlvesNew Member
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Chart Creation Tool

Hi! I would like to suggest a feature for creating and modifying graphs/charts natively on Figma. I design a lot of dashboards on a daily basis and unfortunately, each chart I encounter, I have to manually create and then use them as just placeholders (and sometimes the devs and stakeholders really need to see the real numbers on the designs, and it takes a lot of time to modify them). I would love it if there were a tool on Figma that allowed us to: Create (at least) pie, donut, line and bar charts; Export and import the chart data as .csv; Modify chart data and have it changed in the chart design; Apply styles and variants to the chart design; Enable chart legend. PowerPoint and Adobe Illustrator have this type of functionality, so it would make sense to have it on Figma too.

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Stan5
Stan5New Participant
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Preferred instance lists should dynamically update with published library updates

In File A I create 20 (arbitrary example) different components that have an icon instance property. File A has access to my Icon library (in another file). So I add all icons as preferred values for my 20 instance props in File A. Now I add some icons to my library and publish the update. Well guess what? Now I have to go through the 20 props in File A to manually add those new icons as preferred value. Imagine this at the scale of a mature international design system. What’s the point of the preferred values feature then?

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Coronel_Oliveira
Coronel_OliveiraNew Member
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Problem with file organization

The year is 2025 and we still don't have the option to organize our files ourselves... frustrating! A segmentation feature ("templates") was released (I believe, to meet this need) where it is possible to distinguish between icons, illustrations, shapes, colors. However, unfortunately, we were not given the autonomy to do this ourselves. In other words, this predefined segmentation of "icons, illustrations, shapes, colors" is only valid for public files that have been published in the community. I've seen some people reporting here how horrible it is to deal with files in Figma when you are an agency or when you are working in a team, but in fact this lack of autonomy when managing files is also felt by a solo user like me who likes to switch between different types of icons, illustrations, mockups, 3D images, style guides, design systems, etc., but cannot do this easily because the files are scattered throughout the interface with filters of questionable quality. Finally, my feature s

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Sara_McGovern1
Sara_McGovern1New Member
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Annotations and Measurements - when attached to an item, option to hide when item hidden

Annotations and Measurements - when attached to an item, option to hide when item hidden.

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Antoine
AntoineNew Participant
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"Empty" Auto Layout Frame keeps the size of last hidden child

Hi, I’m not sure if this is new since the May update, but I wonder why “empty” (all elements hidden) Auto Layout Frames keep the size of the last hidden child (and I do not mean last in the list, but the last element to have been toggled out of view by the user), making them not-0px high even with nothing in them. See here a file with a Frame with three hidden rectangle: the Frame keeps the size of the last child rectangle to have been hidden. When adding a 0-px Frame to the AL frame, and toggling this 0-px Frame off last, the container goes 0-px. In my opinion, empty AL Frames should have a height of 0. What do you think?

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Shriratna Bejugam
Shriratna BejugamNew Member
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Drag in different directions in prototype mode

While in prototype mode, try dragging the screen or interactive elements in multiple directions—left, right, up, and down—to test how the interface responds to user gestures and transitions.

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Blackwood
Blackwood
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Allow developers to switch Page-level variables (e.g. Light/Dark mode)

We have a design system set up with tokens (variables) to enable all components to switch between light and dark mode. For developers/viewers to see what a screen should look like in Dark mode, we have to duplicate that screen. But as an editor I can set the colour mode variable at the Page level to Dark and all screens on the canvas/page turn to dark mode. If developers/viewers could also do this, I could delete the dark mode duplicates of every screen and only have one copy of each screen, defaulted to light mode, and then just toggle dark mode as needed. This would be much more efficient on memory usage and maintenance.

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Eric Essoyan
robin_figma
robin_figmaNew Participant
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Ability to Return to Default Theme

I tried out the new light and dark themes but unfortunately now there is no way to return back to my default theme that I know and love. Please add a ‘Default’ theme so I can return back to the best theme of all. Both of the light and dark themes don’t even compare to the previous default.

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Jyoti Kukade
Jyoti KukadeNew Member
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Variables connection in prototyping

1. Variable/Library Connection in Prototyping Overlay Backgrounds While Figma Libraries and Variables are brilliant tools, I noticed a gap: Buried Access: Picking colors from the library for overlay backgrounds is buried under multiple clicks and is not intuitive. Static Colors: Even after picking a library color, it behaves statically (just a hex/opacity). This means if the library color changes, the prototype overlay doesn’t reflect that update. Suggestion: Provide an upfront, dynamic option to pick colors from the library directly in the prototype panel. If the library is updated, the overlay should also automatically update. 2. No Memory of Overlay Background Colors For multiple overlays in a prototype, I have to set the background color manually for each one. While Figma remembers certain settings like Smart Animate (e.g., it retains the last-used easing and duration, reducing repetitive effort), it does not do this for colors. The overlay background color always defaults to #0000

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Claire_Denning_Sage
Claire_Denning_Sage
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Allow designers to use previous versions of a library

I work in the design system team, and we’re constantly updating and publishing the Figma component library. This is great for users who already have design files: They can choose whether or not to accept our updates. BUT for designers starting work on a NEW file, they can only use the current version of the Figma library components. That may sound ideal, but it’s not. Here’s why: Often product engineering teams are some way behind the changes that we publish in the Design System team. They simply may not be able to implement those changes quickly, or possibly, at all. Their designers may want to work with previous versions of the Figma library in order to design TO THE PRODUCT. If they are forced to use the current library, this can cause confusion in the product teams, because devs and QA won’t be able to work to or check against those designs. Could the lovely Figma guys somehow allow designers to choose which version of a library they pull assets from?

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sebastien.giroux
sebastien.girouxNew Member
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Multiple independent strokes

You can currently set multiple stroke colours to an object, but they will share the same properties (thickness, position, etc.). My idea is that you should be able to set all stroke properties on each stroke: Make sense or am I missing something?

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Tim2000
Tim2000New Member
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Thumbnails for Slides

Currently you can add a thumbnail to a Figma file, and Figjam file but not for Figma Slides. Would it be ok to add this feature to Figma Slides ?

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rahend
rahendNew Member
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We need max and min character on text property

hi Figma, i need your magic. I require both a maximum and minimum character limit for the text property. This will allow me to establish clear guidelines for UX writers, ensuring that their content fits within the designated character limits and maintains a tidy design and layout.

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Akhil_Dakinedi
Akhil_Dakinedi
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Figma Slides: Publishing template changes should auto-apply to existing slide decks

This seems like a very large design oversight in Figma Slides. The help article says that “Published changes only apply to new slide decks that are made with the template.” Doesn’t this defeat the entire purpose of having a custom template where you can edit a style and have it apply to your entire presentation, instead of needing to manually tweak a header style on every slide? I expected this to work the same way instances update in Figma Design when you make a change to the main component, but even after publishing changes to a custom template in Figma Slides, my existing slide deck that pulls from that template isn’t updating colors & text styles. The published template changes would only apply to brand new slide decks, which means I’d have to define the template first and then create my slide deck. That completely goes against the general approach to how many of us create slide decks. For example, I don’t make the template before I start the slide deck. I make my slide deck first

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Equinusocio
Equinusocio
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Add way to change opacity for color variables alias, fills, strokes, etc

When aliasing a color variable to another (img 1), or using it directly on an element (img 2), we should be able to override the opacity without the need to create a variable for each transparency variation: Cant override opacity in the alias: Example 2 Cant override the fill opacity:

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Alice_Holm
bart13
bart13New Participant
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Variables: Color alias with alpha / opacity (rgba ideally)

hey there! variables seems to be super nice but what i am missing is that if i make a colour alias to a specific collection - i can’t set the opacity separately (e.g. colour 50 with 20% opacity) So basically i want the colouyr to be from another collection and i want to set the alpha seperatly (controlled as rgba - since i dont need it as opacity) Example how we can fix this in token studio: So what i want is that i can set blue/5 and then the opacity (which i dont want to capture in another colour variable) Now its only possible if i break the link with gray/75 - and then i loose the reference to that colour

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Ivan_96
Ivan_96New Member
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Bring back Black top bar in the light mode

Hello, In the UI3 when you switch to light mode the topbar becomes transparent-grey, other than looking like a UI from 90s, it does not pass the contrast test! Contrast test results:​​​​​​​ It used to be black like this (even in the UI3), and everyone was happy with it, please bring this back:

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GrandPM
GrandPMNew Member
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Change default canvas stacking in auto layout

I am using auto layout a lot in my projects and think it is awesome. However, there is one small issue that annoys me a lot. The default setting for canvas stacking is always “Last on top”, which is usually not what I want. For instance when switching state of a dropdown in a layout, the dropdown list will appear below the content that is underneath it (at least in my case where the list is using absolute position). With lots of nested auto layouts, things quickly become a mess if you forgot to change this when you created the auto layout. I would suggest either of these solutions: Change default to “First on top”. Make the default setting optional Remember the last used setting (like the animation properties work)

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Sun Shifu
Sun ShifuNew Member
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Figma Site-Rolling positioning is not supported for publication

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Vosidiy_M
Vosidiy_MNew Participant
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Hiding tab bar at the top for more space

Mostly I like to use figma on browser (with fullscreen) just because it has more space, because there is no tabbar on browser. So, my suggestion is, there should be an option to hide topbar (or tabbar) on figma app, so users on smaller screen like macbook air will have more canvas view. Most people keep open a single tab, Why to waste entire screen width with tabbar?. Something like “Dock” on mac os. You can hide it, but when mouse hovers on that area it will be shown.

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SBXFDR
SBXFDRNew Member
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Why in the name of all that's holy can we not sort by "most recently edited"?

I lead a team of designers and when i log into our project I want to sort by most recently edited; i want to see all the stuff thats been/being worked on since the last time i looked. This must be a common use case. What am I missing?

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