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When creating a component, I might use one setting of the extended collection, however, it always fixes the "Default" mode, which means, if I want to change the mode in an instance, I have to manually pick that mode regardless of it being applied on a parent container.Ex: A Collection with expanded brands, and dark and light modes. If I decide to use Brand X (not the default brand), it immediately applies the light mode, and every time I want to use the instance of that component, I need to manually set it to Dark mode even though the dark mode is used in that specific frame or section.I don't know if this is the intended behaviour, and if it is, I would suggest to consider changing it and always inheriting the mode from the parent unless otherwise stated.

Design files BADLY need a way to organize old and regional design pages. There is so much happening in some files because of globalization that we REALLY need a way to create folders so that people don't get confused and look at old or in design process work.  I would jump off Figma in a heartbeat if another program did the same thing and allowed for such a structure in side of the files.

Why is this impossible while logged in? or without switching to incognito mode?this seems to be an insane user experience when I just want to see what’s new real quick or perhaps check pricing or any other normal or sane reason to visit your front page!Just add a link to the figma menu? or even in the help button? 

For example searching keyword ‘Tooltip’ here should find 2 results But only one is returned

Every time I switch back to Draw the tools color resets to white. Am I missing something? A product that really understands designers perhaps 🤔?Jokes apart, it feels “rude” to forget the colors I so carefully picked just a couple clicks previously.

I need variable for corner smoothing !

ProblemCurrently, there’s no way to bind the Flex Direction property (horizontal / vertical) to a variable or boolean condition. This makes it impossible to dynamically switch layouts inside a component using variables or modes. Designers are forced to create duplicate components or manually toggle the direction. Proposed SolutionAllow flexDirection to be controlled via a variable or boolean property, similar to how alignment, spacing, and padding can already be managed.Example syntax:flexDirection = isVertical ? "VERTICAL" : "HORIZONTAL" Expected Benefits  Enables adaptive, single-source components without duplicates. Improves token-driven and responsive design workflows. Makes component logic consistent with existing variable bindings.   Priorit

Summary: Allow edits to your local dictionary. Details: You can accidentally add a misspelled word to your local dictionary in Figma, but they don't give you as the user or their support / engineering team to remove it. That misspelled word will just never be spelled checked for you in your added misspelling again. Our engineering team has confirmed that it's not currently possible to remove words that have been added to your local dictionary. They have also confirmed that it's not yet on the road map but the team may address it in a quality week. Help article content: "Once a word has been added to your dictionary, it cannot be removed." is why I'm reaching out for help to get it removed.

Right now, when I export a PDF from figma, I expect it to be like a regular PDF from any other software such as illustrator. However, when I look at the internal structure, some things are in an XFORM object, other things are not, text has redundant copies and are masked by other shapes elsewhere in the hierarchy. things in frames are similarly structured in weird ways.This makes it impossible for screen readers to read it, and it makes it impossible for me to use Figma to design stuff for use in PDFs, even though figma does support exporting to PDF. 

After making changes to my library file, two things happen:Sometimes it takes a really long time for the file to recognize that changes have been made and prompt me to publish the library; It takes too long for the library updates to show up in my design filesPlease improve this.

Introducing annotations is great, they’re super helpful ✨ That said, the lack of flexibility when it comes to their positioning is quickly counter intuitive. They end up overlapping with other elements, which can make designs harder to read and manage—especially when multiple annotations are stacked in the same area. It would be incredibly helpful to be able to manually drag the annotations component to reposition it (e.g. top, bottom, left, or right of the target element), while still maintaining their link to the relevant object.   

This thread is here for you to share your thoughts and suggestions about the Figma Forum.We’re proud of the work we’ve done so far, but we know there’s always room to make things even better.
Here’s some prompts that you can use:What are your thoughts on the forum makeover of January 2025? What do you like the most? What have you struggled with so far? / What are the top three areas that need improvement? What would you like to see us implement next?If you spot a bug or have any feedback, drop a reply here — we’ll do our best to respond and improve!

When aliasing a color variable to another (img 1), or using it directly on an element (img 2), we should be able to override the opacity without the need to create a variable for each transparency variation: Cant override opacity in the alias: Example 2 Cant override the fill opacity:

I’ve been a long-time user, but there is a significant quality-of-life improvement I’ve been longing for regarding file organization.Currently, "Drafts" acts as a catch-all for everything. I view it as an extension of my personal desktop, but not every file warrants being a formal "Project." The lack of organization creates visual chaos with dozens of files accumulating the moment I log in. It would be a game-changer to have the ability to create simple folders within Drafts. It doesn’t need to be fancy—just a basic directory structure to group files like "UI Kits," "Design Systems" or "Templates" would be enough to keep the workspace organized.Additionally, regarding workflow efficiency: it would be incredibly helpful to have a specific tab or filter strictly for recently executed prototypes. Often, I just want to re-run a prototype I was just testing without digging through the source files or cluttering the main view.

When you have a lot of files open in the sigma app it gets really difficult to find your file. You do have the ability to use emojis in the filename, but this does not work when you pinne files. Would it be possible to at least be able to set a dedicated favicon to each files you have pinned so that you can easily visualy identify each files?

I’ve been encountering several recurring issues for quite some time:When clicking a version link copied from a past version, the Versions panel does not consistently auto-focus or highlight the selected version. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, and the behavior feels unpredictable. There should be a clear way to distinguish or filter manually created versions from autosaved versions, instead of mixing them together. I work at a bank with hundreds of projects and daily modifications, so a search function is necessary to quickly locate a specific version. Scrolling through a long list of versions is mentally taxing; there should be an option to filter versions by date. I often accidentally try to edit a file without realizing that I’m viewing a past version, as Figma does not clearly indicate that the file is in view-only mode.

I just used up 300 credits for it to try to use the fast apply tool and fail and then tell me to do it manually - This was just a find and replace of a field name across a few data files. With the 3000 monthly cap - ill get 2 days worth of work.  

When I write create long paragraphs with text tool on the Figma I get the unnecessary spaces on edges of the paragraph like below. But I think if there a hyphenation feature (like Adobe Photoshop) it could add dashes automatically on the texts and fix this issue.

Just like driving width and height, I want to dynamically position elements in weird ways too. But not weird like this:

Hi, I wanted to suggest preset colour options for Sections in Figma, similar to FigJam. The default grey colour blends into the default canvas background meaning I always need to choose a custom stroke + fill after using it. It’s an easy task but it breaks my flow to have to stop and change the colour of a section in the middle of whatever I’m doing.

Hi folks ! I’m wondering if there is a way to remove the “use the app” banner on top of the Figma Mirror webpage. Here is the situation : I’m using www.figma.com/mirror to test some design for a website. Since the app is fully out, we get the banner pushing use to use the app, but I want to be in the browser environment. Of course I can use some “X-browser UI resources” and use Figma App to simulate the browser visuals, but to me it makes not much sense. Usually there is a dismiss icon, but not in this case. Thank in advance, Alex.

Attention: I’ve seen a few discussions about file organization before, mostly focused on Drafts. I wanted to share a slightly different perspective, especially regarding Figma Community profiles.I was wondering if folders for design files could be a useful addition to Figma, especially for organizing personal workspaces.Many designers work on very different types of projects at the same time — for example: educational, experimental, personal, professional, etc. Having the ability to group files into folders could help keep Drafts more structured and easier to navigate over time.This could potentially work within the Drafts section and also be reflected in a user’s Figma Community profile, making it simpler to manage and present different kinds of work as a portfolio.I’m curious what others think — would folders be helpful for your workflow, or do you have alternative ways of organizing your files? How do you currently organize your Drafts?

I’ve been looking into how I can leverage the new MCP server functionality in my design-to-dev handover process, but have been struggling with a few issues.As a means of speeding up my web design process, I have created singular components (no variants) that use variables for spacing, typography etc. These variables relate to modes like Wide Desktop, Desktop, Tablet, Mobile. My idea is that I’d like the MCP to read the singular component and be able to extract all the variables information across all modes and map those values to Tailwind classes (such as pt-4 md:pt-6 lg:pt-8 etc..) With a fair bit of back-and-forth, I’ve been able to recreate a passable version of my designs, but only for a single instance - this using variables from the default/first variable mode. So it’s not ideal to select one frame/screensize at a time and prompt the agent to recreate it - the code output can get messy pretty quickly.Do we know if th

Can you please explore adding a feature request to allow admins to set a guest expiration time when a guest account can automatically be deactivated?

Figma, Auto jump to next comments when previous comment is resolved is frustrating to use. Most of the times when we resolve a comments we tend to look and ponder on screen if we want to add any new comments. When it auto-jumps we need to search for the section again which is really bad experience. Please look into this.