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When im on a different window and alt+tab back to figma, it loads the home tab instead of the tab i was on before. This is extremely annoying cause i have to then navigate to the desired figma tab every time. I switch between vs code and figma 1000 times per day and its doing my head in. Is this intended behaviour or a bug? I dont know why it would be intended.

The blue circle that appears every time there’s an library update keeps showing up, it tells me there’s updates from some years ago (which there’s not) and when I click it, it says “library updated” but the dot keeps appearing. This happen in all my layers and all my files.  

This is painful that I cannot navigate when there are more tabs which overflows… Clicking “...” button on the nav bar’s left side is only let me showing “recently closed tabs” only… Any chance the desktop app can let the user (like me) to easily navigate tabs even those are hidden in small size of width of window? 

Good morning everyone Please I have been dealing with this prototype issues and every video I watch doesn't address the issue.Lately my prototype keep showing up of the screen,it doesn't display in the full selected phone frame,I have tried my best to solve it but it not working..Pease I need help on how to fix it,so I can be able to view my prototype in the full screen of the selected phone/frame size .Thank you very much 

I am trying to install code connect on my Mac, for an iOS app.I installed npm (latest to date) npm install -g npm@11.4.1 I installed code connect npx figma connect --token=<my token>I selected my components and hit returnand consistently got this error message:I tried from my office and from hotspot, so unlikely caused by network issues.Does anyone have any idea? 

I hope someone form the community support could send this post for developers.There are existing bugs that could break most plugins.Bug 1 - The plugin api can't be used to modify fills if there is a pattern fill. The following error message shows when setting the fill via `node.fills = fillsClone` :`in set_fills: Property "fills" failed validation: Invalid discriminator value. Expected 'SOLID' | 'GRADIENT_LINEAR' | 'GRADIENT_RADIAL' | 'GRADIENT_ANGULAR' | 'GRADIENT_DIAMOND' | 'IMAGE' | 'VIDEO' at [3].type`It seems that the validation of the internal `set_fills` is outdated, as it doesn't include the new type 'PATTERN'.This will break any plugin that modifies fills if there is a pattern fill among fills.  Bug 2 - The plugin api can't be used to modify fills if there is a video fill. Case 1 - Can't modify fills if there is an empty video fill (no video uploaded yet) :According to the type definitions for video paint : https://www.figma.com/plugin-docs/api/Paint/#videopaintThe `videoHash`

Like many others, I’d like to reference components from our design system or other style files when creating something in Make.  This page on the Figma Help site says a Design Library can be attached to each Make file so I can reference components from it, but I don’t see the Browse Libraries link the article mentions to attach it - specifically this direction from the article, “Above your components, click Browse libraries”.  The Browse Libraries link isn’t there for me, only a random assortment of components seem to appear. Maybe I need to move the Make file to a different folder on my account?  Any advice would be helpful. Thanks! 

Hi All! I using of this project, but I have problem with set color border. I can't choosing light grey from pallets color. I have opportunities only choose dark grey, but is opportunitie set color for font: dark and ligh grey. Why there aren't set that same for font and border? I didn't know how made shape with light grey.Link to img screenshot: https://postimg.cc/HVX0NxMk (edited)I used project from: https://www.figma.com/community/file/1157625510956011362

I am new to Figma and come from a programming background (C#, HTML and CSS, Java Script). After viewing the appropriate videos and reading your official written documentation, I feel that none of it helps me understand the fundamentals. There does not appear to be any “Top Down” Videos or documentation. Of course, there is a lot of fragments covered in many videos and documentation but nothing I can find that ties it all together. From my perspective, and hr. or two spent with one-on-one training would save me many many hours sifting through multiple videos and documentation documents. While I understand that Figma does not currently offer one-on-one training, there must be some Figma expert out there that is willing to do a couple of paid hours of training. Anyone in the community interested?

Hello, I am trying to get my prototype of a mobile app to have a fixed (not scrolling) header and footer. The elements don’t scroll when I select “fixed position” but the content behind them does not scroll all the way, leaving a bit of desired space on the page behind the fixed elements. Anyone know how I can get the page behind the fixed elements to scroll all the way? Anyone else running into this issue?

Hello! For context I’m working on an application that syncs design system files from Figma and compiles them into CSS for multiple sites.I’m currently trying to implement some additional styles for links and trying to get the text decoration color / text decoration style / etc. from the Figma REST API, but it is not present in the styles or nodes. Is there currently a plan / way to get this data from the REST APIs or a timeline on this being available?Thanks!

I have a hard time finding the corresponding Chinese fonts in Figma. I think fonts in other languages ​​have similar problems.Can we add the ability for the software to read font names? The font name displayed on the current text font selection interfaceThe name of the font that should be displayed 

I have a persistent issue that is driving me bonkers.  I have a design system (DS) doc that I include and use on all of our design files.  I recently updated some of the variables and re-published the document.  I then ran the update on the design file and it appeared to have updated however, one variable in particular says it still needs to be updated.  I have tried to update that single variable over and over but it never clears.  I can confirm the variable has been changed and I can use it in the design file but, as far as the system is concerned it still needs to be updated.  I have tried the following to clear it:Shut down Figma and restart Re-edit the variable and publish/update again Clear Figma cache (desktop)When I cleared the cache the issue was gone for a short bit of time but returned and I can’t clear it again.  I have included a screenshot of the variable in the update screen:Please help me resolve this as it is super distracting and frustrating.I should also note that if

the problem is with the colors interface, it's been a month now, but it still hasn't been fixed, what can I do??? 

THe issue seems to apply when i’m attaching either an image or a Figma component. Button to “send” the prompt is disabled. Removing the attached image or component makes the button functional again.

Hello I have to export a lot of assets for a client, can be several thousands. I noticed that when exporting, some assets still have that pixelated rendering that looks like progressive JPG. I’m quite sure this is because when exporting, Figma hasn’t finished loading all the HighRed images. So I tried scrolling through all my images at more than 100% zoom and waited for Figma to load the complete image when it wasn’t. Did that through all my assets, launched export, and it still had that pixelation on some of them. I think by the time I had scrolled through all my images, Figma just decided to go back to low res for some of them, which is not very nice… Do you guys have any idea how I could resolve this? Thanks

TL;DR I want to know if anyone has explored using “Preferred Values” instance swapping as opposed to large Component Sets as a way to improve memory performance in both the Library and downstream project Figma Files.I have a Library file with very complex components for charts in the UI. The components allow other designers to deeply configure a chart, and every aspect has nested variants for controls to be used in downstream project files. Each chart has many nested instances for controlling aspects such as the axis labels, number of columns and rows, the marks, count of series to be presented, and the legend, and the state of the data.A single nested instance could contain hundreds of variants, as many as 5 tiers deep.  For example, a Trend Line instance can be configured with Variants for line style, which series it is, how many columns are in the data field, and the type of data.This instance is set within a chart with other sibling instances, and higher tier interaction patterns b

 We have a problem with updating components. We have published the updates, but they are not arriving in the file where the instance is located.  What can we do? They are not hidden with a point.  

the drop shadow on my elements are very boxy and glitchy. it is creating an issue. Whenever I zoom, the dropshadows gets weird and boxy and when i export, they get exported in the same way like this  

I’m currently building a website using Figma Site, and I’m trying to make a button redirect to an external URL (e.g., https://google.com). I’ve set the link properly in the button settings, but when I preview or publish the site, clicking the button does nothingHas anyone experienced this?Is there something I might be missing, or is this a bug/limitation of Figma Site?Would really appreciate any insights or solutions. Thanks!

Recently, I develop a figma plugin to use with my system and service. I need request api of back-end which requires cookie that stores in figma. But when I try set “Cookie” in header of a request, I get error that chromium dose not allow javascript to do it. So now I have no idea to send cookie to back-end, what can I do? I do not want to change my back-end suck as jwt for auth.

Hey Folk. I’m trying to export a frame in Figma which has noch images, just text, forms, blurry layer…When I export this frame, the file size is around 18MB and I don’t get why? I’m creating presentations with Figma and when you’ve 50 Slides… Do the math… Any help here?

We have build are own design library. We use this one for all our prototyping. If i use the library there are style variables that i don’t reconize. The file i’m working in, doesn’t have any style variables so it isnt ‘created in this file’ .  I think there is an component in the library that doesnt uses our variables but variables from an other library. How can i find that component, zo that i can fix this?   

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…  

Hi Figma team, The component is 1195 × 560, but when exported as SVG the size becomes 1509 × 871. I’ve already verified that none of the elements inside the component use decimal values. Am I missing a configuration setting?  I’ve already seen a similar forum post and tried the suggested solutions without success:https://forum.figma.com/report-a-problem-6/svgs-are-exported-with-an-incorrect-size-37102?postid=151785#post151785Please help me fix this or let me know what I should do. Thank you.