Enable Assets search only for enabled libraries

yeah this needs to be implemented

Part of the problem is that the results don’t show which library they come from so you will see little thumbnails of similar components but can’t choose the most recent library. It’s normal to have an old version of something in a new design file for reference but that automatically forces you to include the old library in the search results. It basically makes the search unusable. You have to go to the design library file or pick from the Asset hierarchy list to be sure what you are getting.

“All Libraries” seems to be the default search parameter. When you do search it seems to first show results from only the libraries you have enabled.

The issue is it won’t show all the results from your selected libraries. I have tested this and when I select only the specific library it shows more results, but when I select “All libraries” it doesn’t show as many results and instead starts showing results from other libraries called “Showing results from all libraries”.

I am not sure why it decides to only show a few results before showing other libraries you don’t even have turned on. It should show all the results from your current libraries before showing other libraries that aren’t turn on.

++ please fix this. component search is theoretically a great feature and this oversight ruins it

“All library” default is killing our team.

It searches also archived libraries that aren’t even connected, showing things even before new one 😡 😡 😡
FIX THIS ASAP

I’m curious if anyone actually likes the way this works? If so, they could add a radio button option (or similar) to choose which type of search one wants.

I have to say, this topic is over three years old (as are several others on these boards). I often wonder if anyone from Figma actually reads anything that we post here. With their recent surplus of $1,000,000,000*, you’d think they could prioritize a few of these things. Or at least acknowledge our posts and let us know the status of them.

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I too face the issue that is discussed in this topic. Why Figma isn’t fixing it?

Agreed – this is an issue for me and my teams as well. Locking in the search to a designated library would save so much headache, and seems so simple it’s mind blowing they haven’t implemented this yet.

I’d hope for more QOL improvements like this and less AI cruft.

I very much agree: Improve the UI instead of spending time on AI cruft.