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In Sketch, holding Option + Command allows users to drag a selected object from anywhere on the canvas, without needing to hover directly over the object. This feature significantly enhances workflow efficiency, especially in complex designs where objects may be obscured or challenging to click precisely. In Figma, dragging an object requires the cursor to be directly over the object or its bounding box, which can be limiting in certain scenarios. Introducing a similar functionality in Figma would streamline the design process, reduce unnecessary clicks, and improve overall usability for designers accustomed to this behavior in other tools. Implementing this feature would be a valuable addition for users transitioning from Sketch and would enhance Figma’s user experience by providing more flexible object manipulation.

Hi Figma Team, Why can’t user set preferred screen size as default in 'Options menu"? can we have this feature in future?

There is no shortcut button for copy link to selection Copy link to selection is imprtant for working with llms - it’s become a high priority feature - need to have a shortcut  

When creating an Open Session link, I would like to only allow certain email domains to use it. Our institution does not allow Guests and a link that will allow anyone access is not allowed. We only want our authenticated users to have Open access. 

I can’t seem to find a way to Hide all lower levels of my mind maps. I click on the arrows, and nothing happens. It’s making a mess. I can’t use it for practical reasons, presentation-wise it’s kinda frustrating. Is there any viable way already for me to do it? If it’s yet to come, please do it 😍 it’s a game changer for me and many others who are still waiting for it

Engineers on my team just noticed that they can’t see and export local variables unless they have edit permissions. This is a huge limitation since not everyone on my team can have edit permissions due to licensing/cost. My ideas is to keep local variables visible to View Only collaborators. They should not be able to edit the variables.

In the new UI, the Figma tabs aren’t readable on the lighter ver.Could you please add the option for a darker tabs line like in the old UI?See example below.  

Currently, only Preview and Code edit modes are visible. Are additional editing modes accessible?

I want to organize my components into Icons, Buttons, Fields etc but these are already inside a folder and figma does not let me create any more nested folders so I need to browser all my 200+ components from one heap? And I’m not going to move them out from the folder because I need the parent folders too. Very bad designer experience!

It used to be that when you changed the fill on a shape from solid to a gradient, it would make the second gradient color the existing solid color with an opacity of 0%. This was great and really sped up my process. In the last update they changed this behavior so now it makes the second gradient color some arbitrary darker shade which just adds more clicks to my workflow and some annoyance especially since it used to work better… Is anyone else having this problem?

ngl, the new ui3 is pretty good. the only thing i dont like is the toolbar position. im still not used to it. maybe add an option to move it to the top?

Hello 👋 First, I’m happy about the opportunity where I can make an impact on this amazing product. My idea is pretty simple but can make a huge difference in the way we share files with stakeholders and colleagues. I suggest adding the ability to give different access (viewer/editor) for pages within a Figma file. Because in most cases, we’re trying to include a whole project, feature, or function, whether small or big, in one Figma file - it becomes a real pain-point if the lowest level of grant permissions it’s the file itself instead of the pages within the file. I’m sure a lot in this community can agree with me that many times you gave people access - it was relevant to certain areas of the file, and less to other areas. I want to give content writers access to a specific page where they can edit and review content. I want to give developers access to a specific page where they can play

Figma does let us move an object’s rotation origin with Alt + R / Option + R in the design canvas, but Smart Animate only documents support for matching layers plus property changes like position, scale, opacity, fill, and rotation/orientation. Because rotation origin is not listed as a Smart Animate property, prototypes often don’t honor the off-center pivot the way you expect.Use case: Opening door. Pendulum motion.

I’m surprised that after three years, FigJam still doesn’t support vertical text alignment in shapes. This has been a longstanding request (as evidenced by this older forum thread), and it’s a must-have for creating clean and professional-looking diagrams. Being able to align text to the top, center, or bottom of a shape is a standard feature in most design and diagram tools, and its absence in FigJam makes it harder to organize content quickly and consistently. Please consider adding vertical text alignment options to improve productivity and the overall user experience in FigJam.

I think it would be amazing if there is a font filter Option for the style like, Handwriting, serif, sans!

Organization would be immensely helpful if we could create folders for our drafts. I want to be able to organize my drafts into different categories (such as UI kits, Ideas, Wireframe kits, iOS, Android, etc…) so I can find files easily. Right now, the drafts page is a huge jumbled mess and I can’t create Team pages for everything. Maybe something as simple as being able to add ‘tags’ to each file, similar to Zeplin.

I need to see the full list of a designer files to transfer ownership to new team member

When using typographic tokens and variables that have pre-determined values for the line-height, the only way to alter the line-height is to detach the variable from the text element and then manually edit the values in the "Type settings" palette. This essentially defeats the purpose of using tokens and variables and makes the detached item hard to update quickly in the future.Please consider adding more typographical overrides in the "Type settings" palette so that we can change the values without breaking the variable connection.  

Is there a way to add ‘Match Size’ when using the Paste to Replace function? (CMD+Shift+R) I have tried a few plugins, but Paste to Replace is more smooth and quick.

Is there a way to auto-play a Figma Slides presentation? I created a Slides deck for use at a high school career day booth and I’d like to just start it and let it go through the slides automatically and then repeat until I stop it. Any built-in or creative solutions to achieve this?

Right now I’m not able to refresh a page in figma make preview. I have to close the tab and again preview it to refresh it.

Right now it seems like the ‘default’ variant is set based on which variant is ‘upper leftmost’ in the variant container frame. Instead, I suggest decoupling arrangement from precedence, and using the property ordering functionality to determine the default variant. The default variant should simply be the one with the first value for each property, regardless of where it’s placed in the variant frame. This would allow teams to set defaults directly from the properties panel, without having to move components around. See this thread for some more context: How to set defaults / precedence of variants with multiple properties?

Dear Figma,I wanted to bring to your attention that we are in the 21st century, and there are devices specifically designed for designers, such as tablets. I own an iPad, which has an amazing display and can be used with a keyboard and mouse. However, I currently use it only for viewing my designs because Figma, the professional tool I rely on, does not fully function on my iPad. This leaves me with a few options: sell my expensive iPad to buy a PC or laptop, which is less comfortable for me, wait for an iPad update from Figma before GTA VII, or use it solely for watching movies. I wanted to remind you that tablets exist for a reason, and it would be beneficial if Figma could support them more fully.

It would be highly beneficial if we could create Variables for Effects (Drop Shadows, Layer Blurs, etc.) just like we do for Colors and Numbers. Currently, handling different shadow intensities for Light and Dark modes is tedious because we have to switch Styles manually.By adding this feature, switching between Light and Dark modes would become much more seamless and effortless, as shadows could automatically adapt to the active mode.

 I’m building a component library for Figma Slides and ran into some issues:Users can use my published variables / styles inside the components, but they can’t use those same styles directly when creating content themselves in Slides.For example, I built a dark/light mode switch with variable colors. Works great in the components. But if someone adds a new text box, they can’t pick those colors from the library.Would be really useful if published library styles/variables were available directly in Slides, so native content can stay aligned with the rest.