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Double-clicking a text layer won’t let me edit it. The layer is not locked. This issue seemed to be resolved in past for other users, but the solution has not been mentioned in the thread. I am first time coming across this issue. Please guide.

This was driving me crazy as well but got it fixed!  I have a MacBook Air with just the trackpad so no settings adjustment was working for me.  Had to install SF Pro font on my Mac and then install them to Figma.  Follow the steps in this article: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/24037833895831-Get-started-with-Apple-s-UI-kit

I solved the issue for me...I’m not sure if this is what anyone else was experiencing.  So double click the text you want to edit and go under “Typography” in the Design Panel.  To the right of the pre-selected style, a little symbol only appears if you hover over the area and it says “Detach Style”.  The symbol looks like a chain that’s breaking.  Below that is another that says “Detach Variable” next to the pre-selected variable.  Now I just created a new page and didn’t create any style or variables so I’m not sure how these got created?  It’s taken me hours to figure this out which feels so silly.  Can’t even change the font in a program.  

Did you make sure, that the textbox is set, where you want do double-click? You can’t double-click text outside the text-box. 

 

Hope that helps eventually

I have an updated solution for this.

I started noticing that my type cursor (both on trackpad and magic mouse) was not surfacing, preventing the ability to make text edits. Also had an issue with double clicking, but I thought something was wrong with my mouse.

 

I unknowingly did this to myself when I wanted to increase the tracking speed (for both trackpad and mouse). If you want to increase the tracking speed, use the “mouse” section in the left-hand nav of your macbook settings. Changing this shouldn’t disable the type cursor surfacing in Figma.

BUT if you somehow stumble across the ‘double-click speed’ (Accessibility > Pointer control) and have THAT at max, you gotta bring it down (just keep it in the middle). Double-click speed in Macbook setting should be brought down or kept in the middle - not max.

When the double-click speed is at max, it interferes with the controls in Figma - because the speed is too fast.

 

So, it’s OK to have the tracking speed at max but not the double-click speed!

Specs:

  • MacBook Pro
  • macOS Sequoia v15.5

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