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Should my UI kit in Figma match my UI component in code?

My team is currently building a design system but we are running into the same conversation on building a component in Figma vs building it in a code base. Full transparency, I am a designer and have only a small amount of knowledge when it comes to how a developer might take a design and code it. It is my understanding that “a Design System is the complete set of standards, systems and processes a company will use to implement a design at scale” and a UI Kit is purely a representation to be used when creating these products (ie. putting components in a mockup). For context, designers and developers are discussing how to make a list item with a divider. Designers want to use a HR component but developers would prefer to attach a bottom border. How crucial is it for the component in Figma to match the code, or is it ok for them to share a name but be built differently.

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5 months ago

Chanel2

asked in Ask the Community

Prototype - Drag elements around the screen?

Hi, Within my prototype, I need to show the ability to drag events around the page, multiple elements. Image a bunch of Polaroid photos on a table and trying to drag them around and place them in the right order. Is there a way of showing this? Keep in mind this is not just one element need to be able to move, it’s many. Thanks in advance.

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5 months ago

Ben_Buckley

asked in Ask the Community

Update Variables from other files/designs

Design files 1: all the primitives, colour typography etc Design file 2: building buttons and other components. I have the typography size as a variable for desktop/Mobile connected to the text style on design file 1. Desktop: 24 Mobile: 14 When creating a outer frame with a collection of different text and change it from desk to mob on Design 1. all the text change to the smaller size, perfect! My issue is when im moving to design file 2. add in the library from D1, create variable sizes desk and mobile for let say a button, add in the text using the text styles from D1 then apply that layer/button with mobile or desktop. Figma has given me two sets of variables. one for the current file im working in and one from D1. Im probably doing something wrong but what i was hoping was to use D1 to create the primitives. colour, typography etc and then use the other files to design everything else. so in the end i would like a full desktop page i can change at the top frame to desktop/mobile a

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5 months ago

Tom_KNew Member

asked in Ask the Community

Preview / mirror mode crashes at random moments

The last few days the mirror/preview mode has been crashing for me and a colleague, a hover effect freezes the entire tab and then give " Something went wrong - Reloading Figma may fix this.’ Reason: crashed. This happens in de desktop app as well as in the browser mirror on both pages that have no interactions and pages that have hoverstates for e.g. content cards. Have re-installed the app, used different browsers but noting seems to fix. Any experience with this?

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5 months ago

Renan_Malato

asked in Ask the Community

Variant 2+ does not interact with current Prototype

Why does Variant 2 doesn’t accepts interaction in the current Prototype? As an example, a Scroll Bar component in it roots you click the scroll move to right, click back move it to the left So in the Prototype, you use this scroll bar when click - scroll offset some table Then you (changed Scroll Bar to variant 2) but you can’t insert interactions for this variant 2 as an example scroll it back I tried create variables as well but the only interaction that works in the prototype is from Variant 1 - so in a conditional case, it is not Variant 2 anymore, it changed And if you change in the Design to Variant 2 - try to set up interactions - but need to change component back to default to start the prototype, the interactions you set in Variant 2 doesn’t work… I got various example cases that this functionality made a confusing confusing prototype with variants… should just simple allow Variant 2 interact How can I make a feature request for that?

5 months ago

paulBL

asked in Ask the Community

Missing data cards

I made a screen on Figma, and try to convert it to Power App. However it prompts that "cannot create app. One or more forms are missing data cards. In Figma, add data cards to your forms, then try converting again. " I followed exactly the tutorial from Microsoft. and ensured that I did use the data cards when I designed app on Figma learn.microsoft.com Anyone has encountered the same issue? Thank you, Paul

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5 months ago

ahainenNew Participant

asked in Report a Problem

Set as Thumbnail often requires multiple attempts

It’s more consistent than it was years ago, but still: so often I have to Restore default Thumbnail → Set as Thumbnail, then refresh my browser/app on the Files screen to see if it worked. Often it takes 3 to 4 tries for some files

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5 months ago

Fred_TinselNew Member

asked in Ask the Community

Can a file be edited by an account from another team without charging the owner team?

Hi! I’m in an agency and I work with a lot of clients. Each time I’ve tried to onboard a client in the Figma process, the edit account of my client is added to my bill… I want them to manage their own accounts while keeping the file property till the end of the job. Do I miss the right way to share ??? ———————————————————— Edit 01/02/2024 Now that I know, I have very well understand… I hope that this dark pattern will not be applied to the dev mode 🙏 Because I work with a lot of external companies and so with a lot of developers

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5 months ago

Anton_Cermak

asked in Ask the Community

Custom pen SF SYMBOL icon is filled with one solid color no details inside

Hi there, I need help, I try to create CUSTOM SF Symbol in Figma using SF Variable Template. After importing my custom symbol to SF symbol custom folder, icon looks filled with one solid color. Do you have idea what I’m doing wrong? Or do you know some better tool or workflow? thanks Using SF Symbol template Variable, made 3-Small: Ultralight, Regulas, Black icon, Regular scale up and down to make other, no vertex count changes. Naming and guides are the same as in template.

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5 months ago

Luke34

asked in Ask the Community

Help with this > but the old thread is closed: Overlays not working with main components?

I searched for the issue I am having and this closed topic seems to be the same problem > Overlays not working with main components? Here’s my setup. 1 - I have a ‘Sidenav’ component, inside the Sidenav component are instances of ‘Menu item’ component (these instances are Home, Users, Settings, etc) 2 - I have a smaller Frame (not a component) which is just a Submenu list, framed. 3 - From the Sidenav COMPONENT, I select the ‘Users’ menu item instance, and set the Interaction to On mouse enter, Open Overlay, connect to the Frame holding the submenu. (interaction is Instant, position is Manual and definitely moved into a visible position right next to the trigger item) 4 - The Sidenav component with all of that setup is then inserted into a Page that is the full design, ie the page/app ui now has an instance of the sidebar. 5 - When I run prototype on the Page, no overlays show when I ‘mouse enter’/hover on the trigger item (Users). ! What am I doing wrong here?? Thanks guys

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5 months ago

varpennyli

asked in Report a Problem

Cannot get prototype reactions by REST API while it's normal by Plugin API

Plugin API: REST API: The reactions data is missing. However, it was normal a few months ago.

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5 months ago

Ian-B

asked in Ask the Community

Question About Charges

I am considering upgrading to the Pro Plan which I believe is around £14/mo but I am confused over the pricing. Scenario: I am only a home user but I would like to invite one other person to edit and create designs with me and also be able to share libraries across different projects. Would I incur additional charges by inviting this other person with editing permissions and if so how much?

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5 months ago

al.mousavi

asked in Ask the Community

I had previously sent you an email regarding the purchase of an Enterprise account, which includes 1 design mode, 1 dev mode and 1 figjam. Please answer my question that how can i buy this account with these Specifications

please answerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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5 months ago

Alexey

asked in Report a Problem

Wrapping an object in auto layout affects the internal objects’ auto-layout settings

I’m using this amazing hack to keep images’ aspect ratio. After the last update, each time I wrap such an image in auto layout, it looks like it affects the internal auto-layout settings.

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5 months ago

Tetiana_Kolomiiets

asked in Ask the Community

Navigation in new UI 3 (beta)

New navigation in Figma makes me cry, because now the tool panel is on the bottom of the page. I use shortcuts a lot, but also I often use tools just by clicking on them. And it was very convenient when everything was on the left top corner: switching between project tabs, tools, home, layers and assets. And now: some things are on the top, some things are on the bottom – why do I need to think where to click? And also it takes time to jump from the top to the bottom and back. Also in UI3 the left and right toolbars are located at a distance from the edges of the screen. Why do I need this “pretty” spaces if they take space from my primary art board zone? I prefer to see as much as possible screen with my designs – not give this space to “pretty” toolbar. It is totally useless improvement. I will stay with old interface as long as its possible. Hope someone from the product team will see my feedback.

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5 months ago

Sarah_Cederberg

asked in Ask the Community

The new UI requires a lot more clicks

I feel like so much of the UI has been simplified and nested in a way that’s slowing me waaaay down compared to before (looking at the change image from upload in particular and the ability to select a bunch of items and create a section without having to manually draw it). Just something I’ve been feeling when I open the app recently, and wanted to drop in the feedback

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5 months ago

Jorge_Montero_GFT

asked in Report a Problem

Figma applies the Hugh Content to the width and height, but I only want to apply it to the width

When I try to only apply the Hugh Content to the width, Figma applies it to the width and height, but I only want to apply it to the width. Does anyone know how I can make it only apply to the width?

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5 months ago

Saadeldeen_Yasser

asked in Ask the Community

keyboard prototyping issue

hey everyone, I am new to Figma and I was designing an interactive text field that switches between states (enabled ,hovered,focused ,error) I chose to insert this component from Google Material Design and I chose the prototype trigger between focused state and error state to be pressing ‘Enter’ button and when I present the whole form the text field freezes in focused state though I press ‘Enter’ . here is a photo of the variants with prototypes. Thank you in advance.

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5 months ago

Sympathy

asked in Ask the Community

Upgraded to macOS 15, Figma not working properly

Hi everyone, I recently upgraded my operating system to macOS 15 and have encountered some issues with Figma: After the upgrade, when I open a Figma design file, the page becomes unresponsive. I’ve tried using Chrome, Safari, and the Figma desktop app, but only Safari can open the file normally. The design files use the “PingFang SC” font. However, after the OS upgrade, it shows a font error and I’m unable to replace the font. This issue did not occur prior to the upgrade. Has anyone else experienced similar problems after upgrading to macOS 15? Any insights or potential solutions would be greatly appreciated. I’m wondering if this is a compatibility issue between Figma and the latest macOS version. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions!

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5 months ago

Sunil_Thapa

asked in Ask the Community

How do I hide content when it gets pass a frame while prototyping?

I am trying to recreate the feed of the threads (web). But I am having this trouble. I tried using clip content. It might be due to lack of expertise in the feature, I can’t figure out the solution.

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5 months ago

Abu_Sayeed

asked in Ask the Community

Frame and object Gap fixing

I’m new in Figma. I cannot fix the gap between frame and object. i need the object will cover the frame.

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5 months ago

BroVan

asked in Ask the Community

Layer opacity edit in the slide mode

May I ask where is the layer opacity edit in the slide mode?

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5 months ago

Piotr_Mitrega

asked in Ask the Community

Upscale images?

Hi there, What do you guys use to upscale images? I’ve been doing it in photoshop but it takes forever and it’s not so handy. Do you know any tools worth recommending?

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5 months ago

Alessandro_Maculotti1

asked in Ask the Community

[New UI] Apply variable to Auto Layout vertical gap

Hi there, I’m having trouble figuring out how to apply a variable to the Auto Layout vertical gap. The variable icon is missing, and I’ve tried right-clicking but haven’t found anything.

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5 months ago

Nicola6

asked in Ask the Community

Animation Figma Slides

Hello! Do you know if I can animate parts of slides in FigmaSlides?

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5 months ago

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