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Today I can version a full component library file, which is fine, but I wish I could version individual components and add notes for each update (just like a commit in github). I also wish semantic versioning was implement that could assist in building a history log, which in turn could be used to build release notes when the file is published. At the moment I’m highjacking the Component Configuration’s Description box to keep track of the changes. Craziness, right?

When nesting components, we’ve found that the Constraints on the nested component need to be set to Scale (Horiz) and Scale (Vertical), in order to size appropriately as the component dimensions change across devices. Does anyone know if it’s possible to set a default for the Constraints?

When arranging local styles in folders (using the / naming convention), expanding and collapsing them is very tedious due to a very tiny clickable zone, hardly larger than the visible arrow icon. In the screenshot below, the mouse cursor is outside the clickable zone. It looks like there’s enough space to make the clickable zone 30x30px, surrounding the actual arrow.

It would be amazing if users could record a prototype and have the option to export as a gif or video file, similar to Principle. This would be a fantastic tool for product designers creating assets for their portfolio.

Hi Figma, I need your magic. According to the update, when styling doesn’t affect the text style, I hope a future update could cover the cycle of weight. Currently, when I press ⌘+B, it switches to bold and vice versa. What I need is a cycling shortcut, so when I hit the shortcut, it cycles through the weights one by one. For example, if there is a medium weight, it will cycle from regular to medium first, then when I hit the shortcut again, it will go to bold, and so on.

In editor mode, the slice layer is at the top of the frame, but when switching to Dev mode, the slice will automatically be at the bottom. And the size of the material image will be selected by clicking the mouse directly, not the size of the frame. The problem is that it is difficult for developers to select the correct slice size. Because some icon slices are composed of one or more material combinations and attribute changes, especially in many places in the interface that need to be unified in size, the material sizes are different, and designers want to use slices to unify the resource size. After all, the working habits of engineers and designers are very different, and letting engineers manually select slice layers still has a great impact on efficiency. I don’t know how Figma considers the current design plan. It is very inconvenient to directly connect designers and engineers. I hope this problem can be solved.

Hi, since you added linking in Figma I use Copy Link constantly - is there a shortcut key for that or can you please add it to the wishlist? Thanks, Ben

Hi Figma team, I am heavily using the variables in one of my projects and i start to realize that in some interactions, i have more that 15 variable switches and i need to apply that on several actions. As you can imagine this quickly adds up in clicks, so i was thinking… How nice would it be if i can just copy/paste little code snippets… that would save me lots and lots of time in creating advancer prototypes… I am coming from the times when we were still using (adobe) flash and i could do soooo much with code which i would love to be able to do as well in Figma… maybe that is a bit too much asked but for now it would already be super nice to have a code view as well for prototyping so i can save lots of time creating complexer prototypes. Happy to even collaborate if this feature might be considered by the Figma team 🙂 thanks!!

I hope that the plug-in can add notes and custom label classifications, so that when we use the plug-in, we will not need to remember a large number of plug-in names and not know which one to use because there are too many plug-ins in our collection.

Please introduce prototyping components, like input fields that actually work. Ready made drop-down component that sets a selection variable per default, repeaters I can sync to a database or spreadsheet and so on. Please enhance they way we can build conditions and build prototypes with conditional logic.

Although this is a plugin api, in previous experiments it was possible to retrieve the figma object in the browser and perform the same behavior. But it doesn’t seem to be working now. Is it a proactive strategy or an inadvertent defect?

Hi everybody! BACKSTORY: I tried using new fill variable tables for Material design approach and created these variable collections: one for color palettes (e.g. primary90 or neutral30) and another for color roles (e.g. Outline Variant or Surface). I use Color Palette variable in Color Role variable. What I have noticed is that when I detach Color Role variable from a layer, it also detaches a Color Palette variable that was inside. IDEA: I think it would be very cool if the “detach variable” button would detach only outer variable and inner variable would still be attached.

Hello! I would love something similar to code where you can see who last edited a line but at the frame level. For example, if someone changes a gap size from 4px to 8px it would be awesome to know who did that. Even if it was myself and i forgot. lol

Tables and grid patterns are crucial for SaaS interfaces and are used very frequently. These elements are essential for displaying data in a structured and clear manner, which is particularly indispensable for complex applications. Currently, it is very cumbersome to build a manageable table from individual components. This is particularly challenging for those who utilize our design system, as they often need to detach components to expand the table and adjust it to respective data. This issue arises because we can only provide a limited number of columns and predefined table components. Additionally, it is very counterproductive to push components with hidden rows and columns in the layers list, as many of our users do not understand that this component can be expanded in this way. One should be able to add another row with a click, as a stackable component is simply loaded in the background. Proposal: A tool in Figma that functions similarly to an artboard and allows the creation of

Hello, that would be great to be able to add multiple devices to do a prototype (desktop, tablet, mobile) in one page. Currently, we have to create one page per flow, which is annoying as I often do proto on the same page. 🙃 (I can see that this idea has already been shared in 2021/2022 🫣)

This is the absolute worse place to put this think. I have nothing but problems exporting file formats because this thing is constantly in the way. CAN WE MOVE IT or perhaps allow the user to turn it off. Thx

Currently, when text is converted to vectors by flattening, it is rendered as one single vector object. Double clicking reveals all bezier nodes. For complicated letter forms, this can make it difficult to move/manipulate individual letters. It would be more useful if flattened text were rendered as a group of individual letter paths with each letter’s layer named that particular character. Bezier points could still be accessed by double clicking the letter form. Hopefully the image will help clarify:

Hi everyone 👋 With each update of Figma, which occur quite often, the shortcut is removed from the desktop. This is annoying and makes me waste time trying to create a shortcut again. The desktop is my workspace that I manage. The program should not perform actions without warnings, such as creating or deleting something. It is correct to create a setting or dialog box that allows you to manage shortcuts if it is really important. It will be great if the Figma developers fix this. Hug 🤗

We will have many favorite resources or plug-ins in the community. But when I look them up on my profile, I can’t easily find the one I used to like. Because there are so many, there are no categories in the personal homepage, and you cannot add custom tags.

It would be great if we could have a “Run Prototype” option for users who do not want to interact with the prototype. This option would play out to the user like a video.

As of right now, applying variables to stroke is incredibly counterintuitive. Right-click → apply variable. Why not use the same pattern that was used everywhere else? Cog. A second thing that would be incredibly useful would be to have the stroke property exposed and overrideable. This is incredibly useful when you need to have icons with different stroke sizes. Instead of having to create 5 variants, you can create a single one, scale it based on your needs, and simply override the variable attached with a different stroke size. This would also save a lot of memory for situations where you have large icons sets that are part of the design system.

I can do almost my entire FigJam sketching workflow using the Creator Micro, my Apple Pencil, and my iPad Pro (using the native app or using the MacOS app over SideCar). It’s amazing. BUT… I cannot change the color of the marker or highlighter. For this action, I have to interact with the UI, which breaks my flow. I prefer working with the UI hidden since, again, my entire flow can be done with the macro pad and stylus. So I’m requesting a keyboard shortcut to cycle the colors. A single key to cycle is important, because I’d like to bind this function to a knob or roller. Then I could rotate my way to the color I wanted and keep flowing. Shift + the keyboard shortcut could cycle in reverse. Bonus request: do the same for pen and highlighter thickness. Extra bonus request: give onscreen feedback when any of this happens and the UI is hidden.

What if Figma had an option where you can easily copy one item/object/ shape and on the right click section you could paste into another project or pages? Definitely saves time and has to be one of the game changing option.

I have found a thread below which mentioned Google Khmer font missing, but it was closed and no response. That’s why post another new one clarify my needs to enhance Figma missing Khmer fonts. I have some projects which are required to share the prototype in Khmer display to be reviewed by my clients. Somehow they can’t see the prototype properly due to a missing font error message. I understand that Figma can support local fonts by installing a font helper, but not everyone will install that helper application for any reason. Anyway, a Figma article says that “By default, Figma includes Google fonts in Figma design files.” That’s why I prefer to change fonts in my projects to use Google fonts, but unluckily I can see only one “Khmer” font from the font list as below which is not usable: Please help add other Khmer fonts from Google as below links to let other people view the prototype without any issue with Khmer fonts: Noto Serif Khmer - Google Fonts Noto Sans Khmer - Google Fon

The first, and easiest one would be to switch the selection from an element to its immediate parent using something like [command option shift] + [up]… I think [down] could select into immediate children and then use [left/right] to go between them, but I haven’t given it much thought. Selecting multiples might be possible too, but I think the issue here would be a lack of available modifier keys for the arrows.