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“Shift + D” is very easy to press and similiar to other high-prioirty keyboard shortcut (“Shift+[Character]” in context of Figma’s shortcut scheme, yet switching back and forth between Dev Mode and Design Mode doesn’t necessarily need such quick or frequent access, comparatively. Furthermore, Figma’s keyboard shortcut cannot be overidden because the key binding is simply “Shift + [Character]”, which is disallowed as a keyboard shortcut under the MacOS system. It’s too easy to hit inadvertently and becomes a workflow distraction cost unequal to its benefit.

Cuando quiero cambiar la búsqueda, me costó como 6 segundos encontrar el componente. LoviU ✨ PD: And when I wanted to attach the image here, I think that upload icon is not associated with a text editor.

Leverage variables or even some kind of AI to provide a UI element that allows to tick a box like “Generate Dark Mode for All Screens” and of course let them be modifiable once generated.

Currently to create a single variable, one has to click the Create variable button and then click again to select a variable type. This is two clicks. As you can imagine, after creating a handful of variables this gets tedious fast. Given there seems to be sufficient real estate to add dedicated buttons for each variable type it be great if one could just click a single button to create a variable. Better yet, it’d be great if there was a keyboard shortcut for creating each variable type or some hotkey that automatically creates the same type of variable right after the previous one.

Can we add a way to check spelling in comments? Maybe Grammarly integration?

I use Shift + I for Plugins and Components pretty equally, so it’s frustrating having to add extra steps to get to the panel I’m trying to search. Plugins are meant to simplify my workflow, but grouping them with different use cases adds an extra step.

Sometimes, there are just too many comments. Can’t delete them because I or the team members might need them later on. It’s like GitHub commits. But, if I happen to search for a specific comment, it’s very time-consuming. Instead, we could just star the comment which will surely be needed later. Showing the star in both the comments list and comments on the artboard will be better. Maybe just add a filter to the comments list, and add a golden outline to the comment icon for the artboard.

I just went to the Figma support center and didnt notice any links or navigation to the support forum. I think it would be great to add some mention of the support forum in the help center and the community portal. I was only able to find the support forum from google search.

Like in 3 times out of 10 instead of change layer visibility I scroll. Getting little annoying. 8px gab is all I need.

Every time I add a new fill it automatically adds a linear gradient #fff. Each time I add a new drop shadow it automatically adds a blur of 4, #000 opacity of 25%, y value 4 etc. I have to go in each time and change the default values. Ex.) Change the linear gradient to an image or a solid fill. Or change the drop shadow to 0 blur, #000 opacity 50% etc. It would be very helpful to set these default values to your preferred defaults or even a layer style component. Ex. Effect Styles, Colour Styles, etc. This would remove a lot of tedious and repetitive editing of default values since the default is now custom to your workflow.

Dear Figma Team, Currently, when an element is locked in Figma, it poses a significant challenge to easily unlock and manipulate it thereafter. This results in a frustrating experience for users, as it becomes cumbersome to locate and manage locked elements once they are locked. I propose implementing a feature that allows users to easily select and unlock locked elements with minimal effort. This could be achieved through one of the following methods: 1. Right-click functionality: Enable users to right-click on a locked element and unlock it directly from the context menu. 2. Keyboard shortcut: We continue with the keyboard shortcut Cmd + Shift + L to quickly toggle the lock status of selected elements. 3. Lock icon indicator: Display a small lock icon near locked elements, allowing users to click on it to unlock them. The key differentiator with this proposed improvement is that although locked elements can still be selected, they will remain immovable and unaffected by global action

I’m currently prototyping a mobile bottom sheet, and I can only set the drag interaction to expand and collapse it. I would love another option to add a swiping down on the sheet so the user can dismiss the sheet completely, whether it’s in an expanded or collapsed view. Thank you!

Describe the problem your experiencing and how your idea helps solve this Can’t use certain emojis (🫀🪴🧡) as they do not show up in the Figma design file. But the emojis are displayed appropriately in the Layers sidebar. Add as much context as possible (screenshots, Figma files, mockups, etc.) Ask questions to bring the community into the conversation Anybody else having the same problem?

Maybe I want to show width @75% or width @50% so I can show more of the depth (height of the page) in one view. I think it would be nice to have other options for how we show prototypes.

I am currently working on color updates to our UI kit and have noticed that not all of the colors are updating when I drop a screen from one variable mode to another, therefore I cannot accurately look at my color updates side by side. This feature seemed to be working fine on Friday.

Line height and tracking variables scoped to “Text variables” are not accessible when manipulating text props:

It would be nice to have a composite style option that would allow one to define which variables should be used to create a card for example, only having to apply a single style (similar to how typography allows for bundling of multiple variables). This would eliminate the need to “hunt” for variables to either apply them correctly, and/or fix where a component that does not follow the established/agreed upon pattern.

I like to add a feature to the wishlist: The hover event is very “aggressive” and reacts instantaneously. I have an accordion which expands on hovering. However, it makes it hard to scroll the entire list. I wish I could set a delay time for the “on hover” event which serves as a sensitivity setting. You would need to hover over a specific object a certain time (= user setting in ms), before the event is actually triggered. This would be absolutely fantastic and is hopefully not hard to implement.

Make a modal inherit the mode of the frame it appear in. Use case: I am creating a prototype using variables, the prototype has a button that triggers a modal. Easy enough but here’s the issue: Although the modal’s mode is set to Auto it does not inherit the mode from the frame it appears in. I will be great if the modal can inherit the mode of the frame it appear in.

Opening comments to all viewers is a problem for most designers since stakeholders or clients can grill them by commenting online. Also, some companies want to drive all feedback to ticketing systems, and Figma comments can impact their processes. Adding a “Commenter” role would help differentiate between those who need to be informed (viewer) and those who need to be consulted (commenter). Please consider this feature. 🙏

During the process of writing comments, the cursor will always jumps to other positions inexplicably. I use my keyboard doing the comment imputing process, but during that process, especially when I edit the comment, the cursor will suddenly jump to other lines, make the new typed contents added to the wrong places. And it will not staying at one place, in the other seconds, it will jump to another place.

The Frame and Rectangle tools in Figma share similar properties, such as fill and stroke, akin to the SVG format. However, adding more strokes doesn’t seem to be particularly beneficial. For instance, consider creating an input element have deault and focus states like this: Default state: Focus state: In CSS, the border and outline properties are used to achieve this effect. In contrast, Figma utilizes stroke and drop shadow effects to create a similar result. It might be beneficial to separate the stroke in Frame into border and outline properties.

hello and thank you for the support. He is the situation. I have a personal Figma account but I also have an account with the company I work for. 2 different emails and 2 different account. one day, I was trying to access a file from the company i work for and for some reason didn’t have access to it, so I clicked on the “request Access” button. I didn’t realize that i was logged into my personal account at the time. access was granted, and I then realized the mistake, so I went in and deleted the access to my personal one. The problem I am having is that everyone at my job is still able to @mention my personal account. and not just on the file i was granted access to on ALL the files within the organization. How do I remove myself entirely from this organization so that no one can @mention my personal account anymore?

The way Variables and Libraries are displayed in the UI are extremely confusing. I just spent a day looking at MUIs design kit to figure out where and how variables and colors and libraries are edited, displayed and linked to one another. I think some changes are necessary. The terms ‘library’ and ‘variable’ should not be used in multiple panels to describe various objects/functions. Use the term ‘Library’ to only refer to a set of file components, variables, styles etc that are published to be used in other files. I have no idea why the word ‘libraries’ appears in the left panel and in the selection colors modal. The colors modal should deal only with color styles. It is very confusing to have a dedicated Variables modal, and also have the option to add a style or variable in the colors panel. Make the colors modal a default pane or be able to be toggle on to display as a view setting. Users should not have to click on a color selection to access this modal to view their proje

I find myself frequently working on files which require Boolean operations (union, subtract, etc). Because of the placement at the top of the screen, the Boolean button dropdown is slightly inconvenient when working on bulk/repetitive tasks on a large monitor. Operations such as Mask and Flatten have keyboard shortcuts, but not the Booleans. The boolean operations are also not discoverable in the right-click menu. I can use Quick Actions to search for a boolean operation if it makes sense to do that instead of moving the cursor, but it would be nice to have a direct keyboard shortcut.