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Figma make working but not loading preview ?

  • May 8, 2026
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Xena Brittle

I am new to Figma make and started trying it out by asking it to organise some text in a specific way. The prompt was very specific and all the AI reasoning is correct, but the only issue is the preview will not load. I have tried clearing the cache and it’s still the same , has anyone else solved this issue ?

 

There was some issues with locating my file, but it apparently was found according to the AI

 

Still not viewable, even when I click the 3 dots beside “Vertical Settings List Design” and click “Preview Version”, nothing happens, is there any way to fix this or download the file locally ?

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adamsmasher
Figmate

Hey ​@Xena Brittle! Thanks for your post.

 

Thanks for trying out Figma Make - I’m sure this confusing but let’s see if we can figure out what might be going on. First, can you click the Code icon at the top of the preview area in Make? It’s right next to the Eye icon:

The code display icon.

This will show the source code of the app for you. Can you take a screenshot of that and share it here? I’d like to see what the structure of the app is as that might give us an idea of why nothing is showing. My working theory is Make updated Settings.tsx with your changes but hasn’t yet built the required parts of the app to actually display anything. Thanks!

Xena Brittle

Hey ​@Xena Brittle! Thanks for your post.

 

Thanks for trying out Figma Make - I’m sure this confusing but let’s see if we can figure out what might be going on. First, can you click the Code icon at the top of the preview area in Make? It’s right next to the Eye icon:

The code display icon.

This will show the source code of the app for you. Can you take a screenshot of that and share it here? I’d like to see what the structure of the app is as that might give us an idea of why nothing is showing. My working theory is Make updated Settings.tsx with your changes but hasn’t yet built the required parts of the app to actually display anything. Thanks!

Only just seen this; not at my work laptop right now but will send it tomorrow, I did check the code but I shall screen shot it and send it 

Xena Brittle

Hey ​@Xena Brittle! Thanks for your post.

 

Thanks for trying out Figma Make - I’m sure this confusing but let’s see if we can figure out what might be going on. First, can you click the Code icon at the top of the preview area in Make? It’s right next to the Eye icon:

The code display icon.

This will show the source code of the app for you. Can you take a screenshot of that and share it here? I’d like to see what the structure of the app is as that might give us an idea of why nothing is showing. My working theory is Make updated Settings.tsx with your changes but hasn’t yet built the required parts of the app to actually display anything. Thanks!

Where is Settings.tsx ?

adamsmasher
Figmate
  • adamsmasher
  • Figmate
  • May 14, 2026

Thanks for the screenshot, ​@Xena Brittle - this is helpful!

 

I suspect your Settings.tsx file is in the imports directory (actually, it is according to the earlier chat screenshot). Looking at your App.tsx file, I can see that Make has indeed not yet added anything that can be shown visually yet - it’s basically just added the basics needed for the app structurally.

 

Did you want it to display the contents of the Settings.tsx file? You could ask it to do that - if you want to ask in a way that makes sense for a React app, it should build a Settings component in the components directory that is based off your imported file, then import the new component into App.tsx. There are plenty of ways to do this other than that, though - this is just an example. You could even have it plan things first, though this doesn’t seem too complicated unless you want to go over bigger changes to the app.

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