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Interactive state doesn't reset after overlay is closed

  • September 24, 2024
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Celyn_L
Figmate
  • Figmate
  • April 23, 2026

Hey ​@Tascha, thanks so much for sending the file over via your ticket and for sharing it here as well for the community - really appreciate you taking the time to do that.

I’ve made sure all the details you’ve provided here have been relayed to the team.

Thanks for working through this with us, we’ll be in touch with you via email as soon as we have an update!


Tascha
  • Active Member
  • May 18, 2026

Hey everyone - I’ve received a (for now?) final message from the figma team via e-mail, I will copy it below for anyone interested; tldr atm they can’t fix the behavior...
 

Thank you for your patience while we looked into this.
 
I checked with our engineering team, and the fix for this issue is unfortunately not straightforward. The behavior involves a more complex interaction between hover and click states internally.
 
At the moment, the team is focused on an ongoing product release, so we’re not able to provide a fix in the near future. I’m very sorry for the inconvenience and understand this is not ideal.
 
We’ll continue tracking the issue internally.
 
Best regards,

Anju | Technical Quality Specialist


Luongnd
  • Author
  • Active Member
  • May 20, 2026

Hey everyone - I’ve received a (for now?) final message from the figma team via e-mail, I will copy it below for anyone interested; tldr atm they can’t fix the behavior...
 

Thank you for your patience while we looked into this.
 
I checked with our engineering team, and the fix for this issue is unfortunately not straightforward. The behavior involves a more complex interaction between hover and click states internally.
 
At the moment, the team is focused on an ongoing product release, so we’re not able to provide a fix in the near future. I’m very sorry for the inconvenience and understand this is not ideal.
 
We’ll continue tracking the issue internally.
 
Best regards,

Anju | Technical Quality Specialist

 

Thanks for the update. Can’t wait for the AI hype to be over so they can come back to focus on their original core values….


Marcelo Venturotti

I have the same issue, please figma team fix this 🙏


Marcelo Venturotti

Please try this method:

Create a Component of the Button.

 

Prototype Button:

Default → Hover
While Hovering

Default → Pressed
While Pressing

Pressed → Default
After Delay: Change to Default.

 

Use an instance of it to oben the Overlay → Close clicking outsinde.

 

The Button Should be pressed as long as the overlay is opend. 

After closing the delaytime begins and the button change to its default state.

 

For a larger design system, you might need to create an extra "Overlay Button" that automatically reverts to the default state.

 

Hope thats a usecase...

Thanks ​@Lennard_Brauner for this suggestion.

I use his idea as an inspiration but I changed it a little bit and it worked for me.

I have a button with these 3 states:
- Enabled
- Hover
- Focused (after open the overly the button stays in this state forever)

What I did:
In the Focused state (it could be pressed in yours):
- I have Added a delay interaction change to: Enabled state

Result:
After closing the overlay panel the focused state is removed

I hope this solution helps somebody here.