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I’ve been teaching my coworkers to give figma slides presentations, which are superior to google slides partly because of the inherited prototyping features. One reason I still make hand-made slides is non-linear presentation structure -- if I could copy and paste a link to a specific slide, in viewer mode, and link it to a component, I’d convert my whole team. We have a pretty important presentation that needs this feature and I’d prefer not to build it from scratch. 

The official Figma MCP server currently supports Design files and FigJam, but not Figma Slides. This is a significant gap.Use case: We use Claude Code with the Figma MCP to generate designs programmatically. Being able to create and populate Figma Slides decks via MCP would be a game-changer for our agency workflow -- we produce dozens of presentations per month (pitches, case studies, client reports) and want to leverage AI to draft them directly in Figma Slides.What's missing:create_new_file only accepts "design" and "figjam" as editorType -- needs a "slides" option use_figma / get_design_context should work with Slides files (reading and writing slide content, speaker notes, layouts) Ideally: slide-specific primitives (add slide, reorder slides, set slide transitions)Why it matters:Figma Slides

If you are using the “isolate” function on the Figma AI image Editor, you must have noticed that the image below it fills it in with an assuming background. Often, you need to copy that, and put the isolated part back into the original image, (I don’t always want the function to be destructive, nor do I like creating endless copies, just so I can isolate something) . I am proposing a feature that lets you simply copy the “isolated” part of the image, allowing you to paste it somewhere while still keeping the original intact. My current workflow: I am “isolating”, copying, and then undoing the action to get the “isolated” part back into the original image. Often, due to slight of hand, I undo the isolation faster than I copied it, and that leaves me with the option to do it again (if redo is not working) and wait for it to isolate. Sometimes I just want a part of the image without the original being destroyed. What do you think about this feature?

 Almost all of the work I do happens in branches, so I’m often jumping between different branches across different files. (And I break out in hives if I have 20 tabs open at a time 😅). I’m having a hard time finding the stuff I need.Since we can’t search for branches, how about putting recently viewed branches under the “Recents” tab?(I did try adding frequently-visited branches to my sidebar, but that got out of hand pretty quickly.)

Hi I suggest that Figma includes a “Copywriter” permission level, allowing designers to grant edit access to copywriters for text editing only, preventing displacement of elements. This would enhance collaboration between designers and copywriters, who play a vital role on product teams.

When I’m working with components, sometimes I don’t plan for all states ahead of time, and find myself overriding elements within an instance. I’d love to be able to push an override to the main component, creating a new variant of that component, instead of having to return to the main component to go through the process then and there. I think this would be helpful for library/pattern maintenance without disrupting me while I’m in a flow state.

This update is genuinely one of the most frustrating UX changes I’ve experienced in a professional design tool 😡 😡 😡The new left-hand navigation panel permanently steals ~60px of horizontal space on small screens, which is completely unacceptable. That space is my primary working area — the canvas. I am literally losing room to do my job so a panel can sit there doing nothing most of the time.Yes, Variables, Files, Assets, Find, and Library are important.No — they are NOT minute-to-minute actions.They do not deserve permanent, always-visible real estate. This panel is idle 90% of the time, yet it constantly punishes my workflow.On smaller displays, this feels especially hostile. Instead of prioritising the canvas (the entire reason Figma exists), the UI forces a bulky navigation column that adds zero value moment-to-moment and actively makes precision design harder.

Hello! I feel that there should be a option to set a “default” or “display” variant for components, which shows at all times while viewing instances within Edit/Dev views of Figma pages. Perhaps a checkbox or a toggle which allows this to happen, so if it is left unchecked the component acts as normal. Perhaps someone could provide some information on what the best practices are for solving this problem that I have, or else I suppose this post should stand as a feature request. The reason being is that for components which have complex animations built into them using variants as keyframes, the first frame of the animation may not properly represent the purpose of the whole component when it is viewed outside of “Present” mode. The component may be blank when viewing in Edit/Dev mode, but when presenting the content animates in. Here is an example:

Issue: After a recent Figma Make update (approximately April 30, 2026), the application now blocks all attempts to edit .html files, incorrectly identifying them as incompatible with a "TypeScript + React application."Error Message:PreToolUse:Edit hook error: [${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/block-bad-file-extensions.js]: Blocked: This is a Typescript + React application. Please write to a TSX file instead.Impact:Cannot edit legitimate HTML files used for third-party platform integrations Breaks existing workflow that has functioned correctly for months Forces use of workarounds (command-line editing) instead of standard editing tools Affects regular maintenance tasksTechnical Details:What's Happening: The Figma Make plugin added a

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I’m trying to find the CSS properties in dev tools for the glass effect, but can’t find any styles related to it at all. How do I share this with devs? There’s nothing as much as even a background blur mentioned. the only styles I can find are border radius and bg color, both of which I applied to my comp, and are not related to the glass effect at all. All help is much appreciated. TIA

I would like to be able to selected multiple child components which are all associated with the same parent component and edit their shared nested instance properties across all selected child components.

Hello, Credir Card is out of date payment method, especially when you ask for security code and expiry year. We do not carry the wallet any more, not even the credit card or cash.  As Chinese people in China, we have our own credit system for payment, we use AliPay or Wechat Pay, it is very concenient and safe and reliable, we just need to scan the QR codeusing our mobile phone.  Please talk to AliPay and establish your cooperation with the company, then you will have more Professional users and we are willing to pay.  Please do not let the payment method stuck our relliance Figma. Otherwise you are pushing us to have our own Figma and you will be losing us.  Thank you, Litao 

I want to share my experience with Figma subscriptions so other designers and freelancers know what to expect before paying for Pro.I purchased a Figma Pro seat for one month (around $20) specifically to complete a client project. Everything worked fine while subscribed. But after the billing period ended and I chose not to renew, I discovered something frustrating:My files became heavily restricted Editing/export access was limited I couldn’t properly continue working on my own project files Downgrading back to a normal free workflow was not straightforwardThe biggest issue is this:If a project was created while paying for Pro, users should still be able to access basic editing/export functionality afterward — especially for files that are no longer using paid-only features.For freelancers and agencies working on temporary projects, this can become a serious workflow problem because your work effectively gets h

There is no way to add spaces between words in typography section in Figma. There is a huge difference between letter spacing and word spacing in typography. However, we only have the ability to change the spacing of letters instead. There is even a CSS property called word-spacing. word spacing in CSS Letter spacing in CSS So can we have the simple word spacing feature added to Figma typography section

Within CSS padding spacing, it goes:Padding: TopBottom LeftRight;While figma visual editor has: Padding: LeftRight Top Bottom; 

Hello everyone!Somehow Figma design started to show tags on video in canvas. Not in jam, not in dev mode or prototype, just basic canvas.Didn’t find any options to turn it off, figma support agent didn’t help.I have no HTML tags option in right sidebar, no annotations enabled and such, how can I turn them off? 

hey there! variables seems to be super nice but what i am missing is that if i make a colour alias to a specific collection - i can’t set the opacity separately (e.g. colour 50 with 20% opacity) So basically i want the colouyr to be from another collection and i want to set the alpha seperatly (controlled as rgba - since i dont need it as opacity) Example how we can fix this in token studio:

I’d like to suggest an improvement that would streamline the design process—especially when working with components.Currently, when resizing or aligning elements, I need to press the ALT key to view spacing measurements (such as padding, margin, and distance between elements). This adds unnecessary friction, especially during frequent adjustments.My suggestion is to add a toggle in the settings that allows users to always show spacing measurements by default. This way, whenever an element is selected, its padding, margin, and size can be instantly visible—without needing to hold down a key or guess the values.This feature could be customizable. For example: Always show padding/margin/size values when selecting an element. Let users choose which measurements they want to see by default (padding, margin, width, height, etc.). This wouldn't overcomplicate the UI but

I need the option to be able to share a presentation with clients in a way that doesn’t allow for members of my team to make updates that client will see while they are reviewing. This would also be incredibly helpful for internal reviewing. This could be in allowing a link to only be updated manually and/or adding an additional layer of permissions. Generally my pain points are: Designers have accidently make updates to a working file and it threw off clients who were actively reviewing the work and added confusion My company uses Page Proof for internal routing already but our clients are happy to use Figma to give us feedback. I need to be able to facilitate internal conversations around client feedback without the client seeing the discussion. Page Proof allows links which works well with Figma, but if the designer forgets to make a duplicate page the comments don’t align with the prototype anymore. Duplicating pages to “archive” ro

I would love to be able to create one prototype across the pages in a file that resembles an actual website. This would be ideal for bigger projects and would be easier to maintain as well. We can connect the component libraries across all the pages anyways. A way to connect the prototype would be great in my opinion and that will give Figma a big leg up on other platforms. What do you guys think?

The way that it works already when selecting fonts from the menu for text without a class applied

We’ve been moving toward a D2C workflow, and we found that component documentation is great context for AI, so we’re starting to put specs and behavior definitions there.The problem is that we also want this to work as shared documentation for designers and engineers, but right now it’s not very visible in either Design Mode or Dev Mode, so people may never discover it.Annotations could help surface it, but since they can’t display the documentation directly yet, the only workaround is to duplicate the content there—which breaks the single source of truth.Therefore, it would be helpful if annotations could directly surface linked documentation content.

Hey We’re in a situation where different billing groups have different billing contacts but that's not possible, so right now it's manually to send the billing out to the right people for every quarter. Also… billing groups don't support billing possibilities. so even though they are grouped like the bill is split it is just a hallucinated separation of billing. why even bother then? please fix

Describe the problem your experiencing and how your idea helps solve this Every time I enable Auto Layout (AL), the detail setting is set to Hug Contents. I realize that in some cases, it makes sense, but not always. We use the fixed width/height quite often, and changing it manually every time to fixed is pretty annoying. Probably introduce a user setting for default AL behaviour or remember the last setting used. Meaning that if I used Fixed the last time, it would be the initial setting next time I enable AL. Add as much context as possible (screenshots, Figma files, mockups, etc.) AL is a versatile tool, and more flexibility would make it even more user-friendly. Ask questions to bring the community into the conversation (e.g. Does anyone else experience this? Is anyone using a plugin or workaround to help solve this?, etc.