Figma "Search" issues for Huge files

Question

Hi,Problem:When we have huge files with a lot of pages then doing search functionality freezes figma. Let’s say Figma finds it after taking sometime and the person continues their work. However, the problem is that when they click on search the same keyword that was typed before retains and makes the search freeze again. Now, either the person has to reload file or wait again to complete the search and retype something different to do another search. Solution:One solution that comes on the top of my mind is that the search functionality shouldn’t execute autmoatically until the person presses enter to search.Regards,Hamza

adamsmasher · Accepted Answer

Hey, ​@Hamza Jamal! Thanks for your post. I know it’s been a little while since you posted this, but I went ahead and created a ticket for you with our Technical Quality team so they can investigate. You should get that via email shortly.Can you reply to that with a link to your file shared with support-share@figma.com with Edit access (this won’t affect your billing)? It would also help to include in your reply an example query that was causing freezing. Thanks!

OddButton.studio · Answer

Figma’s help says Find runs as you type, so a leftover keyword will start searching again the moment you open it. Two things that might help: open Find with ⌘F and clear the field (⌘A, Delete) before anything else, and set the results to the current page instead of all pages. You can also add a layer type filter (text, frame and so on), which makes the result list a lot smaller. If it still freezes, splitting the file by area is the usual way out, though I know that is not always possible.

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